Today’s computers Internet question deals with anonymous Internet browsing using Tor and Vidalia.
The Tor network is a grassroots system for maintaining anonymity online. Personally, I
think that no amount of anonymity is guaranteed. Also, Tor has some known exploits that could make it potentially harmful to use. Still, it is understandable to want to have some semblance of anonymity online, especially knowing the kind of government that we now have.
A Tor / Vidalia problem
A reader question we received pertains to the use of Tor with Vidalia. Specifically, the user says that Vidalia locks up at about the halfway point through startup saying, “Loading Network Status” after this, nothing happens. Vidalia never completes loading and Tor is never enabled.
Resolution
Solving the “Loading Network Status” issue usually involves setting the system clock. I don’t really know why having the wrong date and time on a computer makes Vidalia not work, but that is almost always the cause of the error that is in question.
Set your system clock and everything should work well.
Alternate DNS system
Earlier, I mentioned the growing government threat against our God-given human rights. As the government usurps even more unconstitutional power, look for even more domain name seizures through the American puppet, ICANN. These seizures highlight the need to get off the government-dominated grid and onto an offline or peer to peer style DNS system that will allow people to freely navigate online resources.
Very thanks,
i change timezone and date,
successfully vidalia work.
Cool! I’m glad you got it going! Let us know if we can be of any further assistance to you.
i changed my time to GMT-5:00 eastern time
and i live in newyork, but it still at loading setting??
I had the same problem and when i changed my clock to update with the time servers it still lagged. any thoughts …..
you are right…i was getting stunned by the problem.And i never saw my clock.But when i did..i was a day behind..i changed the day and everything works fine…Thanks for the help
1- Change date, time, and timezone for yesterday, and connect vidalia, and cancel.
2- Change again data, time, and timezone for TODAY, and connected vidalia success.