Re: [tor-talk] Introducing Tor Forums :-)

2013-08-06 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 20:14:13 -0400 Nathan Suchy wrote: > Admin of Tor Forums > http://www.torforums.tk/ The amount of seriousness and dedication with which you approach this project truly shines through the fact that you couldn't even spare $7 for a real domain -- using a free .tk TLD instead, wh

Re: [tor-talk] Introducing Tor Forums :-)

2013-08-06 Thread adrelanos
Nima: > Why not helping the official forum[0] grow instead of creating new ones? I am not involved in this forum, but one reason could be the half-hearted attempt by The Tor Project to get the stackexchange forum up. They could already have enough users to start it, if they advertised the forum i

Re: [tor-talk] Introducing Tor Forums :-)

2013-08-06 Thread bvvq
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/08/2013 11:34, Nima wrote: > Why not helping the official forum[0] grow instead of creating new > ones? > SE sites are great for getting answers to specific questions but the Q&A format doesn't encourage open-ended discussion. On 07/08/2013 10

Re: [tor-talk] Introducing Tor Forums :-)

2013-08-06 Thread Nathan Suchy
B ecause it's not a full forum! Plus an easier URL :-) -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Introducing Tor Forums :-)

2013-08-06 Thread Nima
Why not helping the official forum[0] grow instead of creating new ones? [0]- http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/56447/tor-online-anonymity-privacy-and-security?referrer=Vph2zDf3JM5W0VuASrAkNA2 -- Nima 0xA4D4C009DB191C92A77B "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death y

[tor-talk] Introducing Tor Forums :-)

2013-08-06 Thread Nathan Suchy
I have taken the time to setup an Internet Discussion Board on Tor. It will be as secure as possible and uses the PhpBB Forum Software. We will not modify the PhpBB Software in any way other than adding Tapatalk but that will not happen for a while. We are hosted by NFSN, Inc are cannot be taken do

[tor-talk] Getting a GnuPG version for Windows in a secure way

2013-08-06 Thread Jens Kubieziel
Hi, Roger told during the SummerDev meeting that Windows users have no secure way to download a copy of GnuPG. I contacted Intevation, the company which hosts GnuPG and other projects and got the following info. If you are using Windows and want to download GnuPG, there is http://gpg4win.org/>. T

Re: [tor-talk] Can the Hidden Service ever be FAST?

2013-08-06 Thread Wendell
Doesn't that seem something that a network of telecoms in cahoots with a global, quasi-governmental intelligence apparatus could pull off, without much stress? And worse, doesn't the above imply something close to the capability required to achieve monitoring of the entire network at once, thus

[tor-talk] Tortilla

2013-08-06 Thread Jason Geffner
I'd like to announce the availability of Tortilla, a free open-source tool that allows users to securely, anonymously, and transparently route all TCP/IP and DNS traffic through Tor. Though the Tor client natively supports transparent proxying on Linux-based systems, Tortilla allows Tor users t

Re: [tor-talk] Javascript vs privacy?

2013-08-06 Thread Lunar
Hi Jon, A few of your assumptions look incorrect. Here's some of my understandings. Jon Tullett: > My understanding is that NoScript shipped disabled in the TBB NoScript itself is enabled in the Tor Browser Bundle, configured to allow JavaScript globally. This configuration already adds protecti

Re: [tor-talk] Can the Hidden Service ever be FAST?

2013-08-06 Thread Andreas Krey
On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:46:01 +, Wendell wrote: > So if I could somehow convince the network that my nodes were the fastest, I > could capture all of the Tor traffic? You need to actually provide the bandwith to convince the network. If you manage to bring up that many machines (and not gettin

[tor-talk] Javascript vs privacy?

2013-08-06 Thread Jon Tullett
Hi all I have a couple of questions related to the Freedom Hosting saga. Disclosure: I'm a journalist and I'm writing about this, but I won't quote anyone without prior permission. So: My understanding is that NoScript shipped disabled in the TBB because that would reduce the likelihood of the b

Re: [tor-talk] What's the proper way to reset entry guards?

2013-08-06 Thread Lunar
ra: > On Tuesday 06 August 2013 02:34:05 mirimir wrote: > > Thank you. I ended up stopping tor, deleting everything in > > DataDirectory/, and starting tor. It's crude, but it works. > > I implemented a ctrl-command for dropping all guard nodes[0]. If it is > possible for you to patch the Tor cli

Re: [tor-talk] Can the Hidden Service ever be FAST?

2013-08-06 Thread Arian Sanusi
>> If relays were homogeneous distributed among the globe, two random relays >> will be 1/4 earth circumference apart on average. > > That assumption is a bit skewed. Most of the time fast relay will be > selected, and they aren't quite randomly distributed. (Also bear in mind > that one half o

Re: [tor-talk] Can the Hidden Service ever be FAST?

2013-08-06 Thread Wendell
So if I could somehow convince the network that my nodes were the fastest, I could capture all of the Tor traffic? -wendell grabhive.com | twitter.com/grabhive | gpg: 6C0C9411 On Aug 6, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Andreas Krey wrote: > That assumption is a bit skewed. Most of the time fast relay will be

Re: [tor-talk] Is Tor still valid?

2013-08-06 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Gregory Maxwell wrote (06 Aug 2013 06:47:03 GMT) : > This is basically the threat model that whonix's isolation is intended > to address, it would be good to see tails improve wrt this. Sure. The Live environment and our wish to support not-so-powerful hardware may get in the way, but I'm cur

Re: [tor-talk] Can the Hidden Service ever be FAST?

2013-08-06 Thread Andreas Krey
On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 15:39:40 +, Arian Sanusi wrote: > Hi Jerzy, > > If relays were homogeneous distributed among the globe, two random relays > will be 1/4 earth circumference apart on average. That assumption is a bit skewed. Most of the time fast relay will be selected, and they aren't qui

Re: [tor-talk] What's the proper way to reset entry guards?

2013-08-06 Thread ra
On Tuesday 06 August 2013 02:34:05 mirimir wrote: > Thank you. I ended up stopping tor, deleting everything in > DataDirectory/, and starting tor. It's crude, but it works. I implemented a ctrl-command for dropping all guard nodes[0]. If it is possible for you to patch the Tor client, the patch m

Re: [tor-talk] What's the proper way to reset entry guards?

2013-08-06 Thread ra
On Tuesday 06 August 2013 02:34:05 mirimir wrote: > Thank you. I ended up stopping tor, deleting everything in > DataDirectory/, and starting tor. It's crude, but it works. I implemented a TorCtl command for dropping all guard nodes[0]. If it is possible for you to patch the Tor client, the patch

Re: [tor-talk] What about new Vidalia GUI features ?

2013-08-06 Thread intrigeri
Hi, VakVarjucska wrote (05 Aug 2013 22:52:18 GMT) : > What do you think about new vidalia GUI features like: You need to be aware that Vidalia currently lacks a maintainer. A new one was on his way to take care of this piece of software, but I've not been able to reach him for a few weeks. Cheer

Re: [tor-talk] Is Tor still valid?

2013-08-06 Thread intrigeri
Hi, mirimir wrote (06 Aug 2013 05:46:37 GMT) : > If this exploit had included a Linux component, Tails would not have > protected you. I've not studied the attack code but this appears to be mostly correct. Our shortest-term plan to address this is to contain [1] the web browser; this is part of

Re: [tor-talk] Is Tor still valid?

2013-08-06 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:41 PM, intrigeri wrote: > mirimir wrote (06 Aug 2013 05:46:37 GMT) : >> If this exploit had included a Linux component, Tails would not have >> protected you. > I've not studied the attack code but this appears to be mostly > correct. I believe it would have had to also