What is Whonix?
Whonix ™ is software designed to preserve privacy and anonymity by helping users run applications anonymously. Whonix ™ can be installed on Windows, macOS and Linux. Whonix ™ also comes pre-installed in Qubes.
How does Whonix work?
To protect a user's anonymity on the Internet all connections are forced through the Tor network and numerous security mechanisms are deployed.
What are the Advantages of Whonix?
Whonix ™ realistically addresses common attack vectors.
An IP address is a label which is used to identify a computer on the Internet. A simple analogy is an IP address is similar to a car license plate.
Hiding IP addresses is technically difficult for software. There is always a risk of so-called IP leaks, whereby a user mistakenly thinks the IP address is hidden when it is actually not.
Whonix ™ is the best solution to prevent IP leaks because it uses a more solid technical design. IP leak issues that previously applied to other software were not applicable to Whonix ™ in a number of cases; see Whonix ™ Protection against Real World Attacks.
IP leaks are not the only issue that can break a user's anonymity. Other threats include time attacks, keystroke deanonymization and data collection techniques. Whonix ™ deploys numerous security mechanisms to mitigate such attacks.
Install & Setup Whonix ™ for Windows ,macOS, Linux inside VirtualBox. FREE
Please choose:
A) Whonix with XFCE (recommended for beginners)
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/VirtualBox/XFCE
B) Whonix with CLI.
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/VirtualBox/CLI
Whonix with XFCE (with a graphical interface)
Beginner-friendly
Easy to use
Whonix with CLI (text terminal only)
Advanced users
Low system requirements
2. Install VirtualBox
Recommended VirtualBox version: 6.1.14
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
3. Import Whonix ™ Whonix into VirtualBox.
For Whonix ™ VirtualBox import instructions, please press on expand on the right.
4. Start Whonix ™
Starting Whonix ™ is simple.
Start VirtualBox → Double-click the Whonix-Gateway ™ and Whonix-Workstation ™.
First time user?
Whonix / Kicksecure default admin password is: changeme default username: user
default password: changeme
Ensure that you have imported the Whonix gateway appliance into VirtualBox, and that it is running. Make note of the non-loopback IP address that is printed in the Whonix terminal.
Open the Network Settings menu for your Kali Linux virtual machine in VirtualBox, and then configure Adapter 1 so that it is enabled and attached to the internal network, called Whonix. Save the setup, and start your Kali VM.
If you are installing the Kali VM for the first time, then select the "Configure network manually" option during Kali setup, and use the Whonix non-loopback IP address that you recorded earlier.
If you are using an existing installation of Kali, then start Kali, and execute the following instructions in the Kali terminal:
ifdown eth0
nano /etc/resolv.conf
/etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 10.152.152.10
nano /etc/network/interfaces
Add the following lines to the end of /etc/network/interfaces: iface eth0 inet static address 10.152.152.11 netmask 255.255.192.0 gateway 10.152.152.10
ifup eth0
Visit
from Kali, to verify that your connection is now using Tor via Whonix.
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