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[[!meta title="Managing the circuits of Tor"]]
[[!meta title="Managing the circuits of Tor"]]
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<span class="application">Onion Circuits</span> displays information about
the current Tor circuits and connections.
<span class="application">Onion Circuits</span> displays information about the current Tor circuits and connections.
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To open **Onion Circuits**, click on the
Tor status icon ([[!img lib/symbolic/tor-disconnected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no" class="symbolic"]]
or [[!img lib/symbolic/tor-connected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no"
class="symbolic"]]) in the top-right corner and choose **View Tor Circuits**.
To open **Onion Circuits**, click on the Tor status icon ([[!img lib/symbolic/tor-disconnected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no" class="symbolic"]] or [[!img lib/symbolic/tor-connected.png alt="Tor status menu" link="no" class="symbolic"]]) in the top-right corner and choose **View Tor Circuits**.
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<h1 id="view">Understanding Tor circuits</h1>
<h1 id="view">Understanding Tor circuits</h1>
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If Tails is already [[connected to the Tor network|doc/anonymous_internet/tor]], a list of Tor circuits appears in the left pane of *Onion Circuits*.
If Tails is already [[connected to the Tor network|doc/anonymous_internet/tor]], a list of Tor circuits appears in the left pane of *Onion Circuits*.
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<!-- Note for translators: the entry guards in use when you take the screenshot
onion-circuits.png is in a position to identify you. You might prefer to leave it
untranslated. -->
<!-- Note for translators: the entry guards in use when you take the screenshot onion-circuits.png is in a position to identify you. You might prefer to leave it untranslated. -->
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When you connect to a destination server, for example, when visiting a website, the connection appears in the list below the circuit it uses.
When you connect to a destination server, for example, when visiting a website, the connection appears in the list below the circuit it uses.
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Click on a circuit to display the technical details about each relay in the right pane.
Click on a circuit to display the technical details about each relay in the right pane.
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[[!img onion-circuits.png link=no]]
[[!img onion-circuits.png link=no]]
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Each Tor circuit is made of 3 Tor relays. In the example above, the connection to **tails.net** goes through the 3 relays **drk**, **kicka**, and **Quetzalcoatl**.
Each Tor circuit is made of 3 Tor relays. In the example above, the connection to **tails.net** goes through the 3 relays **drk**, **kicka**, and **Quetzalcoatl**.
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The first relay, here **drk**, is called the *entry guard*.
The first relay, here **drk**, is called the *entry guard*.
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If you use a Tor bridge:
If you use a Tor bridge:
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Tor uses the bridge as your entry guard.
Tor uses the bridge as your entry guard.
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If you don't use a Tor bridge:
If you don't use a Tor bridge:
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Tor uses only 2 different relays as your entry guards, as a way of [protecting against *end-to-end correlation* attacks](https://support.torproject.org/about/entry-guards/).
Tor uses only 2 different relays as your entry guards, as a way of [protecting against *end-to-end correlation* attacks](https://support.torproject.org/about/entry-guards/).
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Your entry guards change every time you restart Tails.
Your entry guards change every time you restart Tails.
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To keep the same entry guard across different Tails sessions, use a
Tor bridge instead.
To keep the same entry guard across different Tails sessions, use a Tor bridge instead.
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The second relay, here **kicka**, is called the *middle relay*.
The second relay, here **kicka**, is called the *middle relay*.
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The third relay, here **Quetzalcoatl**, is called the *exit node*.
The third relay, here **Quetzalcoatl**, is called the *exit node*.
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[[!img doc/anonymous_internet/tor/tor.png link="no" alt="Schematics of a connection to Tor with the client, the 3 relays, and the destination server."]]
[[!img doc/anonymous_internet/tor/tor.png link="no" alt="Schematics of a connection to Tor with the client, the 3 relays, and the destination server."]]
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