Re: [tor-talk] Tor version in OpenWRT Backfire

2012-02-24 Thread Chris
This probably isn't a good approach. It would probably be better to write a program for the OpenWRT implementation that regularly checks for newer versions and downloads+installs as necessary automatically. You would need to have it check the asc file too of course. There isn't a need to include an

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Simon Nicolussi
Similar ideas came up in the past. Last year I've implemented something along those lines as part of my Bachelor's thesis, but I wasn't fully satisfied with the results. Still, maybe my work is useful to you or someone else: http://www.sinic.name/docs/bachelor.pdf The most interesting part for you

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Jeremy Rand
Not correct; Namecoin supports mapping names to Tor hidden services, as well as I2P and Freenet sites. Obviously you need to use a Namecoin implementation that's a proxy instead of a DNS server, but that's not a big deal (nmcsocks already implements this). On 2/24/2012 3:22 PM, Andreas Krey w

Re: [tor-talk] Tor version in OpenWRT Backfire

2012-02-24 Thread Mr Dash Four
The tor version in the current stable OpenWRT, 10.3.1 "Backfire", is 0.2.1.30, which complains on startup that it is too old. I would like to get a more recent version included in Backfire. Could any of the tor developers comment which version of tor is suitable for inclusion in a long-term st

Re: [tor-talk] The tor bridge in China

2012-02-24 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:01:22 +0800 (CST) 刚毅之男 wrote: > Hello,i'm anovice that i get the knowledge that china has reject the > tor network,so does it mean that it's useless to be a tor bridge in > china? Yes. Your bridge will not be able to talk to the rest of the tor network, so will remain iso

Re: [tor-talk] Tor bridge with no traffic

2012-02-24 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:53:24 -0800 (PST) Christian Kujau wrote: > I'm running a Tor bridge for some days now (after shutting down an > exit node, due to too many DMCA complaints) but it's hardly getting > any traffic: > > Heartbeat: Tor's uptime is 1 day 11:59 hours, with 2 circuits open. > I

Re: [tor-talk] Tor bridge with no traffic

2012-02-24 Thread Christian Kujau
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 at 19:21, Roger Dingledine wrote: > Sounds like you are thinking that the last hop in the circuit is called > the exit node, and earlier hops in the circuit are called bridges? This > is not so. > > The last hop in the circuit is the exit relay. Hops other than the last > are c

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Andreas Krey
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:47:30 +, Eugen Leitl wrote: ... > What's wrong with a P2P name resolution? E.g. namecoin? Everything. :-) Primarily the fact that namecoin provides name->ipaddr mapping, and the whole point of *.onion is that the service addressed ist *not* identified by an IP address.

Re: [tor-talk] Tor version in OpenWRT Backfire

2012-02-24 Thread Jacob Appelbaum
On 02/24/2012 09:53 AM, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: > Hi, > > The tor version in the current stable OpenWRT, 10.3.1 "Backfire", is > 0.2.1.30, which complains on startup that it is too old. I would like > to get a more recent version included in Backfire. > > Could any of the tor developers commen

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Ahmed Hassan
Well,.. The according to the onion wiki, the length of the onion address is 80 bits. The largest number the onion address can get is: 1208925819614629174706175 That's because FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is the largest number (unsigned) in hex for 80 bits key length. If we assume we have a di

[tor-talk] Tor version in OpenWRT Backfire

2012-02-24 Thread Juliusz Chroboczek
Hi, The tor version in the current stable OpenWRT, 10.3.1 "Backfire", is 0.2.1.30, which complains on startup that it is too old. I would like to get a more recent version included in Backfire. Could any of the tor developers comment which version of tor is suitable for inclusion in a long-term

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Robert Ransom
On 2012-02-24, Andreas Krey wrote: > Which node interprets the .onion names to hashes, anyway? Tor clients themselves interpret hidden service hostnames, so every Tor client would need to include every dictionary. (Dictionaries couldn't be kept in an optional extra package, because clients whic

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 04:10:48PM +, Robert Ransom wrote: > On 2012-02-24, Andreas Krey wrote: > > > Which node interprets the .onion names to hashes, anyway? > > Tor clients themselves interpret hidden service hostnames, so every > Tor client would need to include every dictionary. (Dicti

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Andreas Krey
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:36:45 +, Robert Ransom wrote: ... > Which languages do you want us to ship a dictionary for in every Tor > client? (Please specify the exact dictionaries you want us to use as > well.) Left as an exercise for later. > How large are these dictionaries (in bytes)? The l

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Stephen Gill
Perhaps RFC 1751 would be easily adaptable. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1751 -- steve On 2/24/12 3:36 AM, "Ahmed Hassan" wrote: >Hello Folks, > >I have a cool idea to make onion addresses memorable. That will have no >effect on its authenticity and security. > > >First, I need to define so

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Andreas Krey
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:36:14 +, Ahmed Hassan wrote: ... > > cat-rat-hat.onion. More like granoblastic-Congoese-counterirritate-solifluctional-Adeona or shameproof-paralogize-concutient-hypersophisticated-Actinomyxidiida. :-) ... > Users will not have an option to explicitly choose onion doma

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Robert Ransom
On 2012-02-24, Ahmed Hassan wrote: > Hello Folks, > > I have a cool idea to make onion addresses memorable. That will have no > effect on its authenticity and security. > > > First, I need to define some terms I will use in this email. > > Σ*_{e}: is any English (or any other language) word. > > D

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Jeremy Rand
Sounds like an interesting idea. Another potential solution is Namecoin, which supports mapping memorable .bit addresses to .onion addresses. In theory, the only way to seize/censor a .bit address is a 51% attack. I believe there are already some .onion addresses using .bit addresses. On 2

Re: [tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread miniBill
Il 24 febbraio 2012 11:36, Ahmed Hassan ha scritto: > Hello Folks, > > I have a cool idea to make onion addresses memorable. That will have no > effect on its authenticity and security. > > > First, I need to define some terms I will use in this email. > > Σ*_{e}: is any English (or any other lang

[tor-talk] Let's make Onion Addresses Meaningful To Humans

2012-02-24 Thread Ahmed Hassan
Hello Folks, I have a cool idea to make onion addresses memorable. That will have no effect on its authenticity and security. First, I need to define some terms I will use in this email. Σ*_{e}: is any English (or any other language) word. D*: is a set of all English words (or any other langua