Accessing resources on the local network can be useful in the context of Tails, for example to exchange documents with someone on the same local network without going through the Internet.
This page describes some of the security measures built in Tails to protect from such attacks and explains how to access some types of resources on the local network.
It is impossible to access web pages on the local network using *Tor Browser*.This prevents websites on the Internet from deanonymizing you using the content of other web pages that might be specific to your local network and reveal where you are.
To download files from web pages on the local network, you can use the `curl` command instead. For example, to download a document available on the local network at *http://192.168.1.40/document.pdf* execute the following command:
