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Title: Using the VPN with Tor
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TocDepth: 2
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The main use of a VPN is to provide an encrypted connection with clean, non-interfering gateways,
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but it does not provide much anonymity depending on the threat.
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While we pledge not to leak or sell your data to any business or government unless required by law,
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we still have to know some information for operational purposes that could be taken by force by a motivated attacker or government agency.
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There are a few ways to combine our VPN with Tor for additional anonymity and privacy.
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This page will go over the methods and their uses and issues.
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[TOC]
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## a. Tor through the VPN
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Much better for anonymity, but requires careful use of end-to-end encryption (HTTPS, SSH, ...)
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#### Pros:
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- it will hide your usage of the Tor network to your ISP or local network (and show a regular VPN or TLS connection instead).
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- it will be as anonymous as using Tor directly.
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#### Cons:
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- VPN servers can get identified and blocked.
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- it uses Tor exit nodes, which are not under our control and can intercept, monitor, and alter the traffic.
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#### Installation:
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1. Install the VPN.
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2. Install tor or the Tor Browser Bundle.
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## b. VPN through Tor
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Harder to keep anonymous but will provide a clean and secure connection even over Tor.
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#### Pros:
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- it will successfully bypass most firewalls and government censorships thanks to Tor (and Tor bridges).
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- your connection to the VPN is anonymized.
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- you replace untrusted Tor exit nodes with our servers, likely more reliable and safer.
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#### Cons:
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- this anonymity is lessed depending on the payment method used for the VPN.
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- the bandwidth will be limited by Tor and its network.
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- VPN servers aren't as anonymous as most Tor exit nodes. please don't get us into any trouble.
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#### Installation:
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1. Install Tor. The exact method will be highly OS/distribution specific.
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2. Set up the VPN to use Tor:
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Edit your VPN configuration file to append the following config (or add it in the "additional config" in CCVPNGUI):
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socks-proxy-retry
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socks-proxy 127.0.0.1 9050
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Replace 9050 by 9150 when using the Tor Browser Bundle.
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3. (Re)connect to the VPN to start using it through Tor.
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**Do not** use the Tor Browser Bundle or SOCKS proxy directly if you want to go through the VPN too.
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