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Is it possible to use tor browser inside a transparent proxy? I try to use the tor browser inside a transparent proxy but I can't, it gives an error. The transparent proxy itself works perfectly, in other browsers accessing onion sites and I navigate perfectly on clear a net! Here is my torrc configuration:

VirtualAddrNetwork 10.192.0.0/8
AutoMapHostsOnResolve 1
AutoMapHostsSuffixes .onion, .exit
TransPort 9040
DNSPort 9053

my rules iptables:
iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --syn -j REDIRECT --to-ports 9040

iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp --syn --dport 53 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 9053

iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 9053

Output error log Tor:
warn] Rejecting request for anonymous connection to private address [scrubbed] on a TransPort or NATDPort. Possible loop in your NAT rules?

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  • "Tor over Tor" is not supported by the network. You'll need to run Tor Browser from outside of the proxied environment. See tor.stackexchange.com/a/23538/24966 Commented Jun 13, 2023 at 4:02
  • Well I thought of that! Do you know of any online material where I can delve into tor settings? Commented Jun 13, 2023 at 4:08
  • The best place to look is the man page. Commented Jun 14, 2023 at 2:20
  • Thanks Steve, however I see that tails uses transparent proxy and can use the tor browser as well what do I need to do to achieve this feat? Assuming that tor over tor doesn't work, how can I force my browser to establish my proxy without trying tor over tor? Commented Jun 15, 2023 at 1:08
  • I don't know what Tails does, but I posted an answer with the instructions in Tor Browser's start-tor-browser file. Commented Jun 15, 2023 at 4:16

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The Tor Browser gives the following documentation in tor-browser/Browser/start-tor-browser for running the browser using the system Tor. I haven't tried it, and I don't know if these instructions are up-to-date.

# Using a system-installed Tor process with Tor Browser: # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # The Tor ControlPort password should be given inside double quotes, inside # single quotes, i.e. if the ControlPort password is “secret” (without # curly quotes) then we must set the environment variable *exactly* like # this: # # TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD='"secret"' # # Yes, the variable MUST be double-quoted, then single-quoted, exactly as # shown. This is used by TorButton and Tor Launcher to authenticate to Tor's # ControlPort, and is necessary for using TB with a system-installed Tor. # # Additionally, if using a system-installed Tor, the following about:config # options should be set (values in <> mean they are the value taken from your # torrc): # # SETTING NAME VALUE # network.proxy.socks 127.0.0.1 # network.proxy.socks_port <SocksPort> # extensions.torbutton.inserted_button true # extensions.torbutton.launch_warning false # extensions.torbutton.loglevel 2 # extensions.torbutton.logmethod 0 # extensions.torlauncher.control_port <ControlPort> # extensions.torlauncher.loglevel 2 # extensions.torlauncher.logmethod 0 # extensions.torlauncher.prompt_at_startup false # extensions.torlauncher.start_tor false # # where the '[...]' in the banned_ports option means "leave anything that was # already in the preference alone, just append the things specified after it". # Either set `TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD` before running ./start-tor-browser, or put # your password in the following line where the word “secret” is: setControlPortPasswd ${TOR_CONTROL_PASSWD:='"secret"'}
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