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This documentation is a work in progress and a collective task. If you think it lacks documentation on a specific topic you can suggest us to complete it or try to write it yourself and share it with us.

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[[Introduction|Introduction to this documentation]]

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* General information

** [[Main Page|Very brief introduction and summary on Whonix Homepage]]

** [[Anonymity|Why do you need anonymity?]]

** [[The World Wide Web And Your Privacy|The World Wide Web and your privacy]]

** [[Surveillance Capabilities|Surveillance Capabilities]]

** [[Data Collection Techniques|Data Collection Techniques]]

** [[About|What Whonix can do]]

** [[Features|Features]]

** [[Requirements|System requirements]]

** [[Warning|Warnings!]]

** [[DoNot|Non technical steps staying anonymous]]

** [[Security in Real World|Whonix Security in Real World]]

** [[Comparison with Others|Comparison of Whonix, Tails, Tor Browser Bundle and TorVM]]

** [[Comparison of different Whonix variants|Comparison of different Whonix variants]]

** [[Screenshots|Screenshots]]

** [[Trust|Trusting Whonix]]

** [[Fingerprint|Fingerprint]]

** [https://github.com/adrelanos/Whonix/blob/master/LICENSE License]]

** [[Download#interesting-for-users Known bugs]]

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* Get Whonix

** [[Download#first-time-user|First time user?]]

** [[Download|Download the virtual machine images]]

** [[Trusting Whonix Signing Key|Trusting Whonix signing key]]

** [[Download#verify-the-whonix-virtual-machine-images Verify the virtual machine images]]

*** [[Verify_the_virtual_machine_images_using_Linux|Using Ubuntu, Debian, Whonix, etc.]]

*** [[Verify_the_virtual_machine_images_using_the_command_line|Using Linux with the command line]]

*** [[Verify_the_virtual_machine_images_using_other_operating_systems|Using other operating systems]]

** [[Pre Install Advice|Security Advice before installing Whonix]]

** [[Download#Install_Whonix|Install Whonix]]

* First steps with Whonix

** [[Post Install Advice|Security Advice after Installing Whonix]]

** [[Starting Whonix#starting-whonix Starting Whonix]]

** [[Starting Whonix#boot-options Startup Options]]

** [[Bridges|Tor Bridge Mode, using (private) (obfuscated) bridges]]

** [[Download#stay-tuned|Stay tuned]]

** [[Security Guide|Security Guide]]

** [[Language|Change the system language]]

** [[Keyboard Layout|Change the keyboard layout]]

** [[Desktop|KDE |Whonix Desktop Tips]]

** [[Install Software|Install additional software]]

** Bugs

*** [[Reporting Bugs|Reporting Bugs]]

*** [[Test|Troubeshooting]]

*** [[Starting Whonix#whonix-does-not-start Whonix does not start]]

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* Connect to the Internet anonymously

** [[Logging_in_to_captive_portals|Logging in to captive portals, Hotspot Wi-Fi registration]]

** [[Tor Controller|Controlling Tor]]

** [[Tor Browser|Browsing the web with Tor Browser]]

*** [[Surfing_Posting_Blogging|Surfing, Posting, Blogging]]

*** [[Browser Plugins|Using Browser Plugins, Adobe Flash]]

** [[Chat|Chatting]]

*** [[Chat#General Safety Advice|General Safety Advice]]

*** [[Chat#TorChat|TorChat]]

*** [[Chat#RetroShare|RetroShare serverless encrypted instant messenger and more - experimental in Whonix]]

*** [[Chat#Pidgin|Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger]]

*** [[Chat#OTR Encryption|Pidgin OTR end-to-end encryption]]

*** [[XChat|Chatting on IRC with XChat]]

** [[HostingLocationHiddenServices|Hosting Location/IP Hidden Servers]]

*** [[Hidden Services|Hosting Tor Hidden Services, ANY, Hidden Webserver]]

*** [[Hosting|Third Party Hosting Services]]

** [[File Sharing|Filesharing |BitTorrent]]

** [[E-Mail|E-Mail: Introduction, Webmail, Mozilla Thunderbird with TorBirdy]]

*** [[Remailer|Sending e-mails without registration through Webinterface, Introduction into Remailer]]

**** [[Mixmaster|Mixmaster, a Remailer over Tor]]

** [[rss|rss reader (unfinished in Whonix - under development), subscribing to website and/or blog updates, rss to e-mail and rss to sms]]

** [[Money|Anonymous Money, anonymously pay and receive money, Bitcoin, BTC (DRAFT!)]]

** [[Voip|Phone Calls, Voice over IP, Voip (UNFINISHED!)]]

** [[Other Anonymizing Networks|Accessing Other Anonymizing Services over Tor]]

*** [[i2p|i2p]]

*** [[Freenet|Freenet (hack, advanced users only)]]

*** [[JonDonym|JonDonym]]

*** [[Chat#retroshare RetroShare (experimental in Whonix)]]

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* Encryption & Privacy

** [[Metadata|Clean metadata in files]]

** [[Software#encrypt-decrypt-sign-and-verify-text-using-openpgp-gnupg-frontend Encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify text using OpenPGP and KGpg]]

** [[OpenPGP|OpenPGP key distribution strategies and trust models]]

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* Tools

** [[Software#Media Player|Media Player]]

** [[Software#Image Viewer|Image Viewer]]

** [[Software#Desktop Screenshot Creator|Desktop Screenshot Creator]]

** [[Software#Desktop Video Recorder|Desktop Video Recorder]]

** [[Software#Calculator|Calculator]]

** [[Software#Terminal|Terminal]]

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* Work on sensitive documents

** [[Software#Office Suite|Office suite]]

** [[Software#Image Editing|Graphics]]

** [[Software#Video Editing|Video]]

** [[Software#Publishing|Publishing]]

** [[Software#Audio Editing|Audio]]

** [[Software#Printing and Scanning|Printing and scanning]]

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* [[Features#VPN_.2F_Tunnel_support|Tunnel Support]]

** [[Tunnel_Tor_through_proxy_or_VPN_or_SSH|Tunnel Tor through proxy, VPN or SSH (proxy/VPN/SSH -> Tor)]]

*** [[Tunnel_Tor_through_proxy_or_VPN_or_SSH|Tunnel Tor through proxy (proxy -> Tor)]]

*** [[Tunnel_Tor_through_proxy_or_VPN_or_SSH|Tunnel Tor through SSH (SSH -> Tor)]]

*** [[Tunnel_Tor_through_proxy_or_VPN_or_SSH|Tunnel Tor through VPN (VPN -> Tor)]]

** [[Tunnel_Proxy_or_SSH_or_VPN_through_Tor|Tunnel Proxy/SSH/VPN through Tor (Tor -> Proxy/SSH/VPN)]]

*** [[Tunnel_Proxy_or_SSH_or_VPN_through_Tor|Tunnel proxy through Tor (Tor -> proxy)]]

*** [[Tunnel_Proxy_or_SSH_or_VPN_through_Tor|Tunnel SSH through Tor (Tor -> SSH)]]

*** [[Tunnel_Proxy_or_SSH_or_VPN_through_Tor|Tunnel VPN through Tor (Tor -> VPN)]]

** [[TestVPN|Example VPNs working with Whonix for testing purposes]]

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* Misc

** [[FAQ|FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions]]

** [[Dev/Authorship|Authors/Changelog, sources, credits and license]]

** [[Changelog|Changelog]]

** [http://sourceforge.net/p/whonix/wiki/History|History of Whonix]]

** [[Whonix:General_disclaimer|DISCLAIMER]]

** [[Special:AllPages|List of all Whonix pages (Index)]]

** [[Contribute|Contribute]]

** [[Online Profiles|Legit Online Profiles by Whonix developer adrelanos]]

** [[Contact|Contacting Whonix developers |Feedback |Questions]]

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* Unfinished

** [[Censorship Circumvention Tools|Censorship Circumvention Tools]]

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* Advanced topics

** [[Other Operating Systems|Other Operating Systems such as Windows, Ubuntu, etc. torified by Whonix-Gateway]]

** [[Manually Updating Tor Browser|Manually updating Tor Browser, temporary workaround, in case the torbrowser updater ever gets broken]]

** [[Download Security|Download Security]]

** [[Tuning#replacing-desktop-environment Replacing desktop environment]]

** [[Physical Isolation|Whonix using Physical Isolation, setup using two different computers AND virtualization. This is the most secure Tor configuration to date.]]

** [[Multiple Whonix-Workstations|Using Multiple Whonix-Workstations]]

** [[Advanced Security Guide|Advanced Security Guide]]

** [[Hide Tor and Whonix from your ISP|Hide the fact, that you are using Tor/Whonix]]

** [[Connections_between_Whonix-Gateway_and_Whonix-Workstation|(encrypted) (authenticated) Connection Between Whonix-Gateway and Whonix-Workstation]]

** [[Design|Technical Design]]

** [[Tunnel UDP over Tor|Tunnel UDP over Tor (Workaround using VPNs)]]

** [[VirtualBox Guest Additions|Virtual Box Guest Additions, Shared Folder (not recommend, for those who really know better)]]

** [[Grow Virtual Harddisk|Grow Virtual Harddisk]]

** [[Secondary DNS Resolver|Secondary DNS resolver]]

** [[Secondary DNS Resolver|Authenticated DNS over Tor, DNSSEC over Tor]]

** [[Secondary DNS Resolver|Encrypted DNS over Tor, DNSCrypt by OpenDNS, httpsdnsd by JonDos]]

** [[OnionCat|OnionCat, GarliCat: Tunnel TCP, UDP, ICMP or any other protocol through Tor or i2p; IPv6, VPN-like, TAP/TUN tunneling device]]

** [[Hosting a %28private%29 %28obfuscated%29 bridge or %28exit%29 relay|Hosting a (private) (obfuscated) bridge or (exit) relay]]

** Using Tor's SocksProxy in Whonix-Workstation (See [Stream Isolation]].)

** Best possible protection against Identity correlation through circuit sharing (See [Stream Isolation]].)

** [[PPTP|Connect to a Tor Gateway on your local network using PPTP VPN]]

** File Transfer

*** [[File Transfer#security-overview|Security Overview]]

*** [[File Transfer#transfer-files-from-the-host-into-whonix-gateway-or-whonix-workstation-through-iso-images|Transfer files from the Host into Whonix-Gateway or Whonix-Workstation through ISO images]]

*** [[File Transfer#adding-usb-device-to-virtual-box|Adding USB device to Virtual Box]]

*** [[File Transfer#shared-folder|Shared Folder]]

*** [[File Transfer#ssh-into-whonix-gateway|SSH into Whonix-Gateway]]

*** [[File Transfer#mount-and-inspect-images|Mount and inspect images, IMG, VDI]]

** [[Tuning|Tuning]]

*** [[Tuning|Introduction]]

*** [[Tuning|Increase Virtual Machine RAM]]

*** [[Tuning|More CPU cores]]

*** [[Tuning|Removing packages]]

*** [[Tuning|Replacing desktop environment]]

*** [[Tuning|Synthetic CPU]]

*** [[Tuning|Nested paging and VPIDs]]

*** [[Tuning|Guest Additions]]

*** [[Tuning|Hardware-accelerated graphics]]

*** [[Tuning|Memory ballooning, Page Fusion, Memory overcommitment]]

*** [[Tuning|64 bit architecture]]

*** [[Tuning|Optimized builds]]

*** [[Tuning|PCI Passthrough]]

** [[Whonix_Manual_Installation|Manually Installing Whonix]]

** [[Dev/Other Virtualization Platforms|Other Virtualization Platforms]]

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* Other

** [[Debian|Debian as Host Operating System Tips, Download, ISO gpg verification, Installation and Security]]

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* Esoteric Stuff (only for advanced users)

** [[Access Gateway Port From Host|Access Whonix-Gateway Ports From Host, make Tor accessible running inside Whonix-Gateway on the host]]

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= License =

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Whonix Documentation wiki page Copyright (C) Amnesia <amnesia at boum dot org>

Whonix Documentation wiki page Portions Copyright (C) 2012 adrelanos <adrelanos at riseup dot net>

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This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see the wiki source code.

This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it

under certain conditions; see the wiki source code for details.

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