What is the purpose of Tor?

  • To donate processor cycles to distributed computational tasks in a processor-sharing P2P network
  • To securely connect to a remote network over an unsecure link such as an Internet connection
  • To inspect incoming traffic and look for any that violates a rule or matches the signature of a known exploit

Explanation: Tor is a software platform and network of peer-to-peer (P2P) hosts that function as routers. Users access the Tor network by using a special browserthat allows them to browse anonymously.