Latest revision: 2021-12-05.
Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 Docker container. The Dockerfile is a single line FROM ubuntu:18.04. Alternatively, you can simply run docker run -it ubuntu:18.04 bash.
NOTE: stopping services didn't work for me for some reason. That's why there is kill $(pidof <service name>) after each failed service <service name> stop to kill it.
This guide is basically a compilation of all the resources listed below.
- How to request new TOR identity in terminal
- How to anonymize the programs from your terminal with torify
- How To: Using Tor From The Command Line
- How to change Tor identity in Python?
- Make requests using Python over Tor
- Crawling anonymously with Tor in Python
- Tor IP changing and web scraping
- Other awesome open-source projects
- Mine
root@75f6721089f2:/# apt update
root@75f6721089f2:/# apt install -y tor
root@75f6721089f2:/# tor --version
Tor version 0.3.2.10 (git-0edaa32732ec8930).
root@75f6721089f2:/# service tor status
* cannot read PID file /var/run/tor/tor.pidroot@75f6721089f2:/# service tor start
* Starting tor daemon... [ OK ]
root@75f6721089f2:/# service tor status
* tor is runningIt's not possible to connect as ControlPort is not set yet.
root@75f6721089f2:/# apt install -y netcat
root@75f6721089f2:/# echo -e 'AUTHENTICATE' | nc 127.0.0.1 9051
(UNKNOWN) [127.0.0.1] 9051 (?) : Connection refusedroot@75f6721089f2:/# service tor stop
* Stopping tor daemon... [fail]
root@75f6721089f2:/# kill $(pidof tor)
root@75f6721089f2:/# service tor status
* tor is not running
root@75f6721089f2:/# echo "ControlPort 9051" >> /etc/tor/torrc
root@75f6721089f2:/# service tor start
* Starting tor daemon... [ OK ] It's possible to connect but Authentication fails.
root@75f6721089f2:/# echo -e 'AUTHENTICATE' | nc 127.0.0.1 9051
515 Authentication failed: Wrong length on authentication cookie.Make sure that you have something like HashedControlPassword 16:ED2893D8EC97801C60DF4A72249CBCCD8B97B3B01A15C923DC49A0E500 (actual password hash can/will differ) in /etc/tor/torrc.
root@75f6721089f2:/# service tor stop
* Stopping tor daemon... [fail]
root@75f6721089f2:/# kill $(pidof tor)
root@75f6721089f2:/# echo HashedControlPassword $(tor --hash-password "my password" | tail -n 1) >> /etc/tor/torrc
root@75f6721089f2:/# tail -n 2 /etc/tor/torrc
ControlPort 9051
HashedControlPassword 16:ED2893D8EC97801C60DF4A72249CBCCD8B97B3B01A15C923DC49A0E500
root@75f6721089f2:/# service tor start
* Starting tor daemon... [ OK ] Authentication passes with a correct password.
# NOTE Use Ctrl+C to exit.
root@75f6721089f2:/# echo -e 'AUTHENTICATE' | nc 127.0.0.1 9051
515 Authentication failed: Password did not match HashedControlPassword *or* authentication cookie.
root@75f6721089f2:/# echo -e 'AUTHENTICATE "my password"' | nc 127.0.0.1 9051
250 OKroot@75f6721089f2:/# apt install -y curl
root@75f6721089f2:/# curl http://icanhazip.com/
89.196.159.79
root@75f6721089f2:/# torify curl http://icanhazip.com/
185.220.101.17root@75f6721089f2:/# echo -e 'AUTHENTICATE "my password"\r\nsignal NEWNYM\r\nQUIT' | nc 127.0.0.1 9051
250 OK
250 OK
250 closing connection
root@75f6721089f2:/# torify curl http://icanhazip.com/
185.220.101.6root@75f6721089f2:/# apt install -y python3 python3-pip
root@75f6721089f2:/# python3 --version
Python 3.6.9
root@75f6721089f2:/# pip3 --version
pip 9.0.1 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (python 3.6)
root@75f6721089f2:/# pip3 install stem==1.8.0
root@75f6721089f2:/# python3>>> from stem import Signal
>>> from stem.control import Controller
>>>
>>> with Controller.from_port(port=9051) as controller:
... controller.authenticate()
... controller.signal(Signal.NEWNYM)
...
>>> root@75f6721089f2:/# torify curl http://icanhazip.com/
185.107.81.233Now that it's clear Tor is configured and works properly we can include privoxy to the loop.
root@75f6721089f2:/# apt install -y privoxy
root@75f6721089f2:/# privoxy --version
Privoxy version 3.0.26 (https://www.privoxy.org/)
root@75f6721089f2:/# service privoxy status
* privoxy is not running
root@75f6721089f2:/# echo "forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 ." >> /etc/privoxy/config
root@75f6721089f2:/# service privoxy start
* Starting filtering proxy server privoxy [ fail ]Privoxy is unable to start, let's inspect logs.
root@ff788ea93ee0:/# cat /var/log/privoxy/logfile
2019-07-21 09:16:58.278 7f9c2c0e30c0 Fatal error: can't bind to ::1:8118: No such file or directoryThe message means privoxy cannot use IPv6. Let's disable listening on an IPv6 address by commenting out the setting.
root@ff788ea93ee0:/# sed -i "s/.*\[::1\]:8118/# &/" /etc/privoxy/configNow we should be able to start and use privoxy
root@75f6721089f2:/# service privoxy start
* Starting filtering proxy server privoxy [ OK ]
root@75f6721089f2:/# torify curl http://icanhazip.com/
176.10.99.200
root@75f6721089f2:/# curl -x 127.0.0.1:8118 http://icanhazip.com/
176.10.99.200root@75f6721089f2:/# pip3 install requests==2.26.0
root@75f6721089f2:/# python3>>> import requests
>>>
>>> from stem import Signal
>>> from stem.control import Controller
>>>
>>> response = requests.get('http://icanhazip.com/', proxies={'http': '127.0.0.1:8118'})
>>> response.text.strip()
'137.74.171.94'
>>>
>>> with Controller.from_port(port=9051) as controller:
... controller.authenticate(password='my password')
... controller.signal(Signal.NEWNYM)
...
>>> response = requests.get('http://icanhazip.com/', proxies={'http': '127.0.0.1:8118'})
>>> response.text.strip()
'87.118.92.43'
>>>
>>> response = requests.get('https://api.myip.com/', proxies={'https': '127.0.0.1:8118'})
>>> response.json()
{"ip": "87.118.92.43", "country": "Germany", "cc": "DE"}
>>> 13. [bonus] Change and check Tor IP with TorIpChanger
root@75f6721089f2:/# pip3 install toripchanger==1.1.3
root@75f6721089f2:/# python3>>> from toripchanger import TorIpChanger
>>>
>>> tor_ip_changer = TorIpChanger(tor_password='my password', tor_port=9051, local_http_proxy='127.0.0.1:8118')
>>> tor_ip_changer.get_new_ip()
'185.24.218.182'
>>>