TOR / Vidalia - how to use specific server/s as exit node
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 1:17 am
To use a specific server as exit node (as your proxy) you have to put 2 simple lines into the config file, here's how you do it.
1. find your TOR config file which is called "torrc"
-it is usually located in "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Vidalia\torrc"
2. open "torrc" with a text editor
3. put these two lines into this file:
-replace the server with the name of the server/s on your choice
4. how to get server names
-simple. open vidalia and click on "view the network" button
-there you can see available server names, just write down the server you wish to use and put them into the torrc file as show above
5. now in vidalia click on "Stop Tor" (if its running) and then click "Start Tor" again
-now the changes have taken effect and TOR only uses the servers you specified
This is extremely useful when you find a good, no lag server for yourself and want to use it every time, or if you simply want to use a specific country's IP.
Tips:
you can change "StrictExitNodes 1" to "StrictExitNodes 0" to disable.
you can also have several "ExitNodes" configs in one file, like "ExitNodes server1, server2" and "ExitNodes server4, server3" if you wanna use 1 and 2, then add this # sign before the 4 and 3. so file would look like this:
to change from 1 and 2 to 4 and 3, just put # in front of 1 and 2.
1. find your TOR config file which is called "torrc"
-it is usually located in "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Vidalia\torrc"
2. open "torrc" with a text editor
3. put these two lines into this file:
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ExitNodes server1, server2, server3, server4
StrictExitNodes 14. how to get server names
-simple. open vidalia and click on "view the network" button
-there you can see available server names, just write down the server you wish to use and put them into the torrc file as show above
5. now in vidalia click on "Stop Tor" (if its running) and then click "Start Tor" again
-now the changes have taken effect and TOR only uses the servers you specified
This is extremely useful when you find a good, no lag server for yourself and want to use it every time, or if you simply want to use a specific country's IP.
Tips:
you can change "StrictExitNodes 1" to "StrictExitNodes 0" to disable.
you can also have several "ExitNodes" configs in one file, like "ExitNodes server1, server2" and "ExitNodes server4, server3" if you wanna use 1 and 2, then add this # sign before the 4 and 3. so file would look like this:
Code: Select all
ExitNodes server1, server2
# ExitNodes server4, server3
StrictExitNodes 1