-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 MORTEN HAGEN wrote: > Hi, > > I’m new to TOR. I’ve been using it for some weeks for online privacy. > > I’ve installed TOR and Privoxy from the latest Windows Vidalia Bundle > and configured my Internet Explorer 7 manually. Everything seems to work > fine when I test my connection on such testing sites on the internet. > > My question is: When I start Privoxy and TOR, my computer starts > immediately to stream data over the internet. It mostly downloads, and > sometimes it downloads 1MB of data each minute, or more, for a long > while. It also sends data, but in a much lower rate. (snip)
AFAIK, when activated, Tor will: 1.) Download some directory information - this can be quite a bit, if it's the first time Tor's been run on a particular install; 2.) Send some data for the purpose of opening up a few circuits, so it's ready for use when an application wants it. If by "a long while" you mean more than a couple of minutes, I'd say that's pretty odd - that's much more than is needed for a directory download (IIRC). > Is every TOR user a TOR Server or Exit Node as well? (snip) By default, Tor will act only as a client; it will not relay data, nor act as an exit node. - -- F. Fox: A+, Network+, Security+ Owner of Tor node "kitsune" http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHXzbFbgkxCAzYBCMRAs3NAJ4pKP3bfyZ33mxLYGc61TrdKINUOQCfZ6iR KqdImPJTy/ch46FoTiLAI3w= =T8az -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
