Tor – How it is working
Created: 2014/02/28 ; Modified: 2014/06/20
Content of the video:
- How a direct connection to a server is working (00:05)
- How a proxied connection is working (01:10)
- Limitations of the security and anonymity of using a proxy (01:41)
- Showcase of the Tor network (01:57)
- Nodes type: client, relay and exit (02:11)
- Example of a route (02:18)
- All connections are encrypted, but the last one if not HTTPS (02:59)
- The exit node does not know the full route (03:22)
- Best practices to use the network safely (03:57)
- NoScript (04:23)
- Use HTTPS (and the HTTPS everywhere plugin) (04:41)
- Do not use plugins like Flash (05:14)
- Do not open files like PDF or Word (05:37)