(Jul 15, 2019 09:32 PM)Asdethprime Wrote:  Terminal = a console for command line.

If you are using Windows your terminal would be Powershell or simple command prompt.

For Linux Bash is normally the most popular.

Terminal over Tor ; is referring to routing all internet packets through tor.

Let’s try and give u a more practical example. First few assumptions
1) operating system being used here is Linux ( Ubuntu )
2) Terminal being used is Bash

What happens is there is this beautiful command line tool call nmap. This allows you to scan either a single IP address or a network.

One option you can use is called -A ( Aggressive Scan ).

On Ubuntu I would do as follows:
$ nmap -A google.com

This will cause nmap is aggressively scan IP address returned for google.com

To do this scanning your computer is actually sending bits of information , called packets , to google.com and checking the response to find out what it’s running.

One problem with this is these so called packets have information about your network ( normally the IP address of your wifi box) . Google.com server can see that.

As a hacker , specially when u are doing anything offensive u don’t want that to happen.

One available option is TOR ( The Onion Router ) . This is a special network you can connect to before sending these packets to google.com

Doing so makes sure that your IP address is NOT included in the packets u send.

Forcefully getting your communication packet to send through tor from a command line is what people are talking about when they say things like terminal over tor.

The way I would do this ( people have their own way of doing things ) is used a tool called proxychains.

So remember my original command from the command line was:

$ nmap -A google.com

If I want the terminal connection to go through tor I would do

$ proxychains nmap -A google.com

My scanning is going to be super slow but sadly that’s the price you pay for anonymity.

You can use VPN if you like ; tor is another method and generally one that is HUGELY recommended over using VPN.

Does that make sense to u ?

(Jul 16, 2019 03:14 AM)insta164 Wrote:  Shit, that was some heavy shit for a beginner but I understand. So using a VPN is way more risky than doing this terminal over TOR thing?
Appreciate your answer and thanks for the perfect explanation. 😎

(Jul 16, 2019 03:14 AM)insta164 Wrote:  Shit, that was some heavy shit for a beginner but I understand. So using a VPN is way more risky than doing this terminal over TOR thing?
Appreciate your answer and thanks for the perfect explanation. 😎

(Jul 16, 2019 03:55 AM)Asdethprime Wrote:  It does not have to be terminal over tor, you can just use Tor. There is a Tor browser.
https://www.torproject.org/download/
Try that if you want

Advantage of Tor
1) More secured, really FAR MORE SECURED from anonymity perspective
2) FREE

Disadvantage:
1) Very slow and hence can't be used for day to day task ( for example, try watching a youtube video over tor)
2) A lot of security sensitive machines ( for example bank server) simply wont let you use tor to connect. Why, coz they can't track who you are :p

(Jul 15, 2019 08:22 PM)Faith Connors Wrote:  link the thread i want to call out the skid

(Jul 16, 2019 04:28 AM)daymon Wrote:  browsing via tor != utilizing shell functions via tor


LOL i love ur new sig bby

(Jul 16, 2019 03:55 AM)Asdethprime Wrote:  It does not have to be terminal over tor, you can just use Tor. There is a Tor browser.
Tor Project | Download
Try that if you want

Advantage of Tor
1) More secured, really FAR MORE SECURED from anonymity perspective
2) FREE

Disadvantage:
1) Very slow and hence can't be used for day to day task ( for example, try watching a youtube video over tor)
2) A lot of security sensitive machines ( for example bank server) simply wont let you use tor to connect. Why, coz they can't track who you are :p