torify(1)

torify1

Wrapper for torsocks and tor

Usage

torify application [application’s arguments]

Overview

torify is a simple wrapper that calls torsocks with a tor-specific configuration file.

It is provided for backward compatibility; instead you should use torsocks.

Warning

When used with torsocks, torify should not leak DNS requests or UDP data.

torify can leak ICMP data.

torify will not ensure that different requests are processed on different circuits.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 8 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12–13
  9. Arch

Author

Tor Project, Inc.

Author.

From tor 0.4.9.14-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.