However, unless such analysis were performed routinely on all VPN connections, which seems unlikely, Tor users wouldn't be readily identified by ISPs and other local observers. However, Tor traffic can be identified through its fingerprint/signature, and it's possible that it can be detected even though Tor is tunneled through a VPN. With Tor tunneled through VPN, your ISP and associates don't see IP addresses of Tor entry guards. You might even want additional VPN nesting (one VPN tunneled through another) on either side of Tor, in order to further complicate traffic analysis. It may be that you want both, 'VPN2 tunneled through Tor, which is tunneled through VPN1'. Which is better, 'Tor tunneled through VPN' or 'VPN tunneled through Tor', depends on your goals.

If you run a Tor client on your router, for example, you can run a VPN client on one of your computers, and the VPN will be tunneled through Tor. Unless you're a networking expert, the Tor and VPN clients must be on separate machines, or at least on separate virtual machines (VMs). However, the mechanics of tunneling VPN tunnels through Tor is more complicated than tunneling Tor through VPNs. Once the VPN tunnel is established, you can route both TCP and UDP traffic through it. Because Tor can only route TCP traffic, you must run the VPN in TCP mode. Then a VPN client connects with a VPN server through Tor. A Tor client running on a local device connects to entry guards and establishes Tor circuits. 'VPN tunneled through Tor' is just the reverse. If the VPN connection dies, there will be no Internet connectivity, for the Tor client or any other application. With proper network routing and firewall rules, all applications will connect to the Internet through the VPN tunnel. Both clients can run on the same computer, and the Tor client will connect to entry guards through the VPN. The Tor client reaches an entry guard through the VPN tunnel, circuits are established, and so on. Instead of seeing your ISP-assigned IP address, Internet observers see the exit server's IP address. A VPN client running on a local device (computer or router) establishes a virtual private (securely encrypted) network connection (VPN tunnel) to the VPN service's exit server (perhaps through one or more intermediary VPN servers). 'Tor tunneled through VPN' means just that. They do not protect their users' privacy! EarthVPN also sells out its users. And by the way, DO NOT use HideMyAss as your VPN provider. If you want more than 50 Mbps VPN traffic, you'll need better hardware. Its performance as an OpenVPN client is similarly limited. Either firmware can run either an OpenVPN client or a Tor client, but not simultaneously.īy the way, while the Linksys E4200 is adequate as a Tor client, it arguably doesn't have enough CPU or RAM to make a good Tor router. Both dd-wrt and TomatoUSB are Linux-based firmware.

It appears that both dd-wrt and TomatoUSB firmware builds are available for the Linksys E4200.

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