how can we get a different tor circuit with torify command in a separate terminal window? Specifically, if I type a command in a terminal 1 window
torify curl http://icanhazip.com
I receive my IP address in response.
but if I try it in another terminal window simultaneously I get the same IP which is a normal behavior.
what I am trying to achieve is to use a different config file in every new terminal window so as to get a different IP address in a different terminal window.
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Answer
Use the -i (--isolate) option or --user and --pass to get stream isolation.
From man 1 torsocks:
-u, --user
Set username for the SOCKS5 authentication. Use for circuit isolation in Tor.
Note that you MUST have a password set either by the command line,
environment variable or configuration file (torsocks.conf(5).
-p, --pass
Set password for the SOCKS5 authentication. Use for circuit isolation in
Tor. Note that you MUST have a username set either by the command line,
environment variable or configuration file (torsocks.conf(5)).
-i, --isolate
Automatic tor isolation. Set the username and password for
the SOCKS5 authentication method to a PID/current time based value
automatically. Username and Password MUST NOT be set.
Example:
torify --user foo --pass password curl https://example.com/
Then, using a different set of credentials will get you a different circuit and exit relay:
torify --user foo2 --pass password2 curl https://example.com/
You can achieve the same using Tor’s socks proxy directly with curl, and specify a unique proxy username/password combination to get stream isolation as well.
Example:
curl -Lv --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9050 --proxy-user foo:password https://example.com/
Then, using a different set of credentials will get you a different circuit and exit relay:
curl -Lv --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9050 --proxy-user foo2:password2 https://example.com/