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> ) download a browser that allows access from the command line e.g. Lynx
(not TBB).

There are potentially valid reasons for doing it this way, but is there a
reason you're not thinking of doing

ssh -D 8080 myvps

And then pointing (say) Firefox at the local socks port on 8080. (i.e. all
steps the same except C - so still routing to the VPS via Tor).

You'd want to make sure you could acquire the VPS anonymously, there's
little point in having Tor in between if the connection appears to
originate from a VPS registered in your name, with your card as the billing
details.

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 1:11 PM, <blobby@openmailbox.org> wrote:

> Let's say I want to access a website and appear to be from country X. I
> can't use Tor because there are no exit nodes for Country X.
>
> Can I:
>
> a) buy a VPS from a hosting company that provides an IP that is from
> Country X?
>
> b) use torsocks to login to my VPS via ssh.
>
> c) download a browser that allows access from the command line e.g. Lynx
> (not TBB).
>
> d) access the destination website.
>
> AUIU, my VPS sees the tor exit node IP but the destination site sees the
> VPS IP in Country X.
>
>
> Does this sound viable? Is there an easier way than ssh? If this idea is
> sensible, then the command line means I have to use a very basic browser
> like Lynx. Correct?
>
> All ideas / opinions / criticisms / suggestions welcomed.
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