FoxTor requires Tor and Privoxy to protect your identity. Tor is the underlying software that provides anonymous communication across the Internet. Privoxy passes all web requests from Firefox to Tor. Vidalia is an application that nicely bundles Tor and Privoxy together. When these applications are running, their icons are displayed in the system tray. (Phew, that's confusing, isn't it? :)

The Environmental Assessment Act in Ontario requires proponents to prepare a Terms of Reference (TOR), before undertaking an individual environmental assessment (EA). A TOR is a document that describes: Comments on the draft TOR will be incorporated in the Final TOR, which is submitted to the Ontario Minister of the Environment. A TOR must be approved by Ontario’s Minister of the Environment before an individual EA can proceed. See similar questions...

A Tor Tor Sam (3) is an official bank document issued by the receiving bank upon the receipt of foreign currency into your bank account in Thailand. You must request a Tor Tor Sam from your bank when you are remitting funds to Thailand for the purpose of purchasing a condominium, and the Tor Tor Sam must specify that the remittance is solely for the purpose of purchasing a property - Code 5.22. See similar questions...

Rush's road manager, Howard, came up with the title at a party. There were two dogs at the party, one a German shepherd and the other a tiny white nervous dog. Howard used to call the shepherd By-Tor because anyone that walked into the house was bitten. The other dog was a snow-dog (white ...). So from that night on Howard called the pair of dogs "By-Tor and the Snow Dog." - from scrs_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu See similar questions...

This window (see below) appears when Privoxy loads. It is one of the programs that FoxTor relies on to ensure anonymous browsing. You can disregard the window by just minimizing it. See similar questions...

Anyone who is interested in security, privacy, or in finer-grained control over their web and Internet experience. See similar questions...

The most important reason is because you have access to everything, and you can control everything. You can check every line of every configuration file yourself. You can check every last bit of source code should you desire. And even if you can't read code, there should be some comfort in knowing that other people can, and do read it. You can build the software from scratch, if you want, so that you know the executable is clean, and that it is yours. See similar questions...

A Thor Tor Sam (3) is an official bank document issued by the receiving bank upon the receipt of foreign currency into your bank account in Thailand. You must request a Thor Tor Sam from your bank when you are remitting funds to Thailand for the purpose of purchasing a condominium, and the Thor Tor Sam must specify that the remittance is solely for the purpose of purchasing a property - Code 5.22. See similar questions...

Yes. In order to get the privacy enhancements of Privoxy and much (but not all) of the performance of Polipo, you should put Polipo upstream of Privoxy. See similar questions...

Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which should be virtually all browsers, including Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera among others. Direct browser support is not an absolute requirement since Privoxy runs as a separate application and talks to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a web server does. See similar questions...

long as there is some way to set a HTTP proxy for the client, then yes, any application can be used, whether it is strictly speaking a "browser" or not. Though this may not be the best approach for dealing with some of the common abuses of HTML in email. See How can I configure Privoxy with Outlook Express? below for more on this. Be aware that HTML email presents a number of unique security and privacy related issues, that can require advanced skills to overcome. See similar questions...

We recommend you un-install Junkbuster first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to save your old configuration files for future reference. The configuration files and syntax have substantially changed, so you will need to manually port your old patterns. See the note to upgraders and installation chapter in the User Manual for details. See similar questions...

All browsers must be told to use Privoxy as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy address and port number in the appropriate configuration area for the browser. See the User Manual for more details. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any stored cookies. See similar questions...

If you set up the Privoxy to run on the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or some networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on 127.0.0.1 (sometimes referred to as "localhost", which is the special name used by every computer on the Internet to refer to itself) and the port will be 8118 (unless you have Privoxy to run on a different port with the listen-address config option). See similar questions...

Modern browsers do indeed have some of the same functionality as Privoxy. Maybe this is adequate for you. But Privoxy is very versatile and powerful, and can probably do a number of things your browser just can't. In addition, a proxy is good choice if you use multiple browsers, or have a LAN with multiple computers since Privoxy can run as a server application. See similar questions...

Privoxy is certainly a good choice, especially for those who want more control and security. Those with the willingness to read the documentation and the ability to fine-tune their installation will benefit the most. One of Privoxy's strengths is that it is highly configurable giving you the ability to completely personalize your installation. See similar questions...

A web proxy is a service, based on a software such as Privoxy, that clients (i.e. browsers) can use instead of connecting directly to web servers on the Internet. The clients then ask the proxy to fetch the objects they need (web pages, images, movies etc) on their behalf, and when the proxy has done so, it hands the results back to the client. It is a "go-between". See the Wikipedia proxy definition for more. See similar questions...

Yes, ad blocking is but one possible use. There are many, many ways Privoxy can be used to sanitize and customize web browsing. See similar questions...

Though outdated, Junkbusters Corporation continues to offer their original version of the Internet Junkbuster, so publishing our Junkbuster-derived software under the same name led to confusion. There are also potential legal complications from our use of the Junkbuster name, which is a registered trademark of Junkbusters Corporation. There are, however, no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the Privoxy project itself, and they, in fact, still share our ideals and goals. See similar questions...

First, there are certain patterns in the locations (URLs) of banner images. This applies to both the path (you wouldn't guess how many web sites serve their banners from a directory called "banners"!) and the host (blocking the big banner hosting services like doublecklick.net already helps a lot). Privoxy takes advantage of this fact by using URL patterns to sort out and block the requests for things that sound like they would be ads or banners. Second, banners tend to come in certain sizes. See similar questions...