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TOR configuration as SOCKS5 proxy (archlinux)

TOR configuration as SOCKS5 proxy

Install Tor

pacman -S tor

Add configuration

#/etc/tor/torrc

SOCKSPort 9050
ControlPort 9051
CookieAuthentication 1
ExitPolicy reject *:*                             # don't change this unless you really know what you are doing
ExcludeExitNodes {ru},{by},{cn}                   # Exclude unwanted regions for proxies
### Performance ###
AvoidDiskWrites 1                                 ## SSD wear reduction
DisableAllSwap 1                                  ## tor.service must be running as root
HardwareAccel 1                                   ## Using OpenSSL Hardware Support
NumCPUs 2                                         ## Running in two threads

Start Tor as root

# Execute as root
tor

SOCKS5 available on 127.0.0.1:9050

Start Tor as chroot (recommended)

# Let's give execution privileges for torchroot-setup.sh
chmod u+x torchroot-setup.sh

# Execute the script torchroot-setup.sh
./torchroot-setup.sh

Need to fix the configuration /opt/torchroot/etc/tor/torrc

DisableAllSwap 0

And finally, we start

chroot --userspec=tor:tor /opt/torchroot /usr/bin/tor

Start as daemon

Add parameter to configuration /opt/torchroot/etc/tor/torrc

RunAsDaemon 1

and start tor in the background

chroot --userspec=tor:tor /opt/torchroot /usr/bin/tor

To stop the service, do

ps aux | grep tor
kill [PID tor]

Conclusion

This configuration only works as a proxy through the tor network. If you want to run the full tor node, you need to expand ExitPolicy, as well as other parameters. Documentation