In this article, we'll show you how to route all of your computer's traffic through the TOR network. To do that, we'll use a small but powerful platform called Tallow, which redirects program traffic to the network without the programs detecting it. This way, you can work anonymously in these environments.
What Tallow does is make many programs compatible with the TOR network (normally only web browsers are supported), so programs that were never designed for TOR become compatible with it.
How to route all of your computer's traffic through the TOR network?
Tallow is a program that requires no configuration. Once installed, it can be used immediately.
Step one
When you run the utility, you'll see it start configuring itself automatically (bootstrapping, etc.). Then, from its interface, you'll find two options:
- Force web-only: This option will block all non-web traffic (HTTP port 80, HTTPS port 443).
- Force SOCKS4a: This option will block direct connections of IP addresses.
Step two
Once these two options are configured, you'll see that the TOR button turns green. You can click on it so that immediately all traffic leaving your computer is routed to the TOR network. You can verify this from the program's interface; at the bottom left, a legend will appear saying 'Tor divert is On'.
That's all you have to do to route your computer's traffic through the TOR network. While Tallow runs, almost all tools will work anonymously, but this is not a guarantee, because some platforms can reveal your identity, such as Google's login.
Currently, there are many programs designed to use TOR. But there are still many environments that are left out of the network, which is why Tallow exists, a utility that creates a virtual tunnel from your computer to the TOR network, so that all your traffic passes through the tunnel. Tallow is a free program available for Windows operating systems.
