Tor and VPN

 What is TOR ?

--> Tor network has so many nodes in it. When the Internet is surfed using TOR or packets being transferred by tor network. It travels to 3-5 nodes one after another, every node has different ip address of itself. So the first Node where you interact is known as Entry node, and the node which is interacting with the Website is known as Exit node. It is open-source and free to use.

What is onion routing?

--> The goal of onion routing was to have a way to use the internet with as much privacy as possible, and the idea was to route traffic through multiple servers and encrypt it each step of the way. This is still a simple explanation for how Tor works today.

Installation of tor Kali linux -

1. Run this command to download and install tor - sudo apt install -y tor torbrowser-launcher
2.  Run this command to run tor browser - torbrowser-launcher

- Now it will run the tor browser now you can surf anything inside tor browser, everything inside under tor browser is fully anonymised and secured until and unless you make a silly mistake.

Mistakes will lead you to revel your identity - 

• Allowing permission to websites
• Logging to your real account
• Allowing webcam, mic, location to websites
• Maximising browser window
• More detailed is provided on tor official page

What is VPN ?

--> A virtual private network extends a private network across a public network and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network.

How VPN may help you to secure and anonymise your connection?

--> VPN (virtual private network) is a technology that encrypts your internet traffic on unsecured networks to protect your online identity, hide your IP address, and shield your online data from third parties. VPNs use real-time encryption and send your internet data through a secure virtual tunnel to minimize the possibility of anyone tracking what you do online.

How VPN works ?

--> When you connect to a VPN service, it authenticates your client with a VPN server and applies an encryption protocol to all your internet data. The VPN service then creates an encrypted “tunnel” over the internet. That secures the data traveling between you and your destination.

Installation of VPN on Kali -

You can use any VPN provider, I am here taking proton VPN as example -

Visit this url - https://protonvpn.com

• Signup and create a free account, if you want more features and more regions you can go with paid plans also.
• After signing up you will get the download link of setup.
• Setup - https://protonvpn.com/download/protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.1-1_all.deb
• Locate to the directory where the setup is downloaded and run -

sudo apt-get install ~/Downloads/protonvpn-stable-release_1.0.1-1_all.deb

• run this command - sudo apt-get update
• After that run this command -

sudo apt-get install protonvpn

Now all the setup and installation is complete.

Now Search proton vpn in application drawer and click it to run.

Now just login to the account you created and start using it.