Tor is known as free software that enables anonymous communication. The Internet traffic is directed by the Onion Router Tor through a worldwide, free and volunteer overlay network. This includes more than seven thousands relays for hiding the location of the user and use by anybody that conducts traffic analysis or network surveillance.

Working Procedure of Tor

Tor is a type of network which is created by numerous volunteer nodes. They are also called relays. A relay is called a computer inside Tor and is added in the major directory. It gets signal online from another relay and passes it to the next in the pathway. The path is generated randomly for every connection request. Relays do not keep records of the connections so there is not any way for reporting on the traffic which is managed by it. While writing 7000 relays and 3000 bridges are there in the Tor network.

While connecting through Tor network like Tor browser, all the data that are received and sent are gone through this network, passes across a random collection of nodes. All the data are encrypted several times before leaving the device. It includes the IP address of the next node in the path. A layer of encryption gets eliminated the data arrives at another node until it arrives at the exit node. This procedure is called onion routing.

A bridge is known as a hidden relay. It is not there in main Tor directory of the relays. These are offered to the people who cannot access Tor by using general setup. This is due to the network which they use has a proxy. Configuration is done for blocking Tor traffic.

Is Tor Officially Authorized?

Tor is completely authorized by law but it causes suspicion in some parts of the world. No one has been punished or fined for using Tor. But people are questioned by the law enforcement and ISP about their browsing habits because the logs of ISP disclose that they connect to Tor.

People who use Tor relay are given warning that they need to contact their local law enforcement or ISP in due course. It is may be due to a number of illegal activities on the web that is connected to the IP address which is utilized by their relay. It is necessary to inform the ISP or local law enforcement that the IP address is allocated to a specific node of the Tor network. Moreover no logs are kept on the server too.

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