torsocks - Route Traffic Via Tor/SOCKS5

Temporary Hold

tor and torsocks are currently missing from the EPEL. These will probably be built. The Docs Team will continue to test availability in the EPEL as time allows. For now, your only option is to build these from source, and the instructions for doing so are currently missing here.

torsocks Introduction

torsocks is a utility to reroute IP traffic from a command-line application over the Tor network or a SOCKS5 server.

Using torsocks

dnf -y install epel-release
dnf -y install tor torsocks
systemctl enable --now tor

The common options of the torsocks command follow and, under normal circumstances, require nothing additional. The options come before the application to run (e.g., curl):

Options	Description
--shell	Creates a new shell with LD_PRELOAD
-u USER	Sets the SOCKS5 username
-p PASS	Sets the SOCKS5 password
-a ADDRESS	Sets the SOCKS5 server address
-P PORT	Sets the SOCKS5 server port
-i	Enables Tor isolation

A sample (redacted) output from the IP checker icanhazip.com via torsocks:

Notice that the torsocks IP address differs from the direct curl IP address.

Author: Neel Chauhan

Contributors: Steven Spencer, Ganna Zhyrnova