How do I tell if tor is working ....

[William A. Mahaffey III]

On 11/19/14 10:27, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
>
>
> .... when I am using firefox (firefox-33.0,1), supposedly configured 
> to use it (SOCKS IP (127.0.0.1) & port # (9050) set) ? Tor logfile 
> shows nothing new when I started FF. TIA for any clues ....
>
>
> [wam at kabini1, ~, 10:24:41am] 308 % uname -a
> FreeBSD kabini1.local 9.3-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p3 #0: Mon 
> Oct 20 15:08:33 UTC 2014 
> root at amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
> [wam at kabini1, ~, 10:24:47am] 309 %
>
>

forget about this, I now see stuff in tor logfile, however, that output 
raises a new question:


[root at kabini1, /etc, 10:39:04am] 388 % ( tail -15 /var/log/tor ; date )
Nov 19 01:20:24.000 [notice] TLS write overhead: 15%
Nov 19 07:20:24.000 [notice] Heartbeat: Tor's uptime is 15 days 0:00 
hours, with 0 circuits open. I've sent 2.85 MB and received 66.00 MB.
Nov 19 07:20:24.000 [notice] Average packaged cell fullness: 75.050%
Nov 19 07:20:24.000 [notice] TLS write overhead: 15%
Nov 19 10:16:23.000 [notice] Application request when we haven't used 
client functionality lately. Optimistically trying directory fetches again.
Nov 19 10:16:37.000 [notice] We now have enough directory information to 
build circuits.
Nov 19 10:16:38.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. 
Looks like client functionality is working.
Nov 19 10:34:58.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
'[scrubbed]' using exit 
$9480EBF2412469D219237D422B4F2A1185CB4112~Unnamed at 198.50.151.228. 
Retrying on a new circuit.
Nov 19 10:34:59.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
'[scrubbed]' using exit 
$9480EBF2412469D219237D422B4F2A1185CB4112~Unnamed at 198.50.151.228. 
Retrying on a new circuit.
Nov 19 10:35:13.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
'[scrubbed]' using exit 
$4C4C145D632DA31C20D4CE10829756F34C0D3EE8~ArachnideFR4 at 95.130.9.89. 
Retrying on a new circuit.
Nov 19 10:35:14.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
'[scrubbed]' using exit 
$4C4C145D632DA31C20D4CE10829756F34C0D3EE8~ArachnideFR4 at 95.130.9.89. 
Retrying on a new circuit.
Nov 19 10:35:28.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
'[scrubbed]' using exit 
$16C8B29E441E53778E2A4DBC1C85136D75845B85~mod101srv01 at 81.231.226.38. 
Retrying on a new circuit.
Nov 19 10:35:29.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
'[scrubbed]' using exit 
$16C8B29E441E53778E2A4DBC1C85136D75845B85~mod101srv01 at 81.231.226.38. 
Retrying on a new circuit.
Nov 19 10:35:43.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
'[scrubbed]' using exit 
$B035D07FB91EF419D00B0E2CEFEDD9A163EC4E1B~fuckGCHQslashNSA at 
95.211.60.34. Retrying on a new circuit.
Nov 19 10:35:44.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
'[scrubbed]' using exit 
$B035D07FB91EF419D00B0E2CEFEDD9A163EC4E1B~fuckGCHQslashNSA at 
95.211.60.34. Retrying on a new circuit.
Wed Nov 19 10:39:08 CST 2014
[root at kabini1, /etc, 10:39:08am] 389 %


Those last 2, w/ the last 8 letters in the server name, worries me 
slightly :-/ ....


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	William A. Mahaffey III

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