Re: [tor-talk] relay ACK scans

2014-02-24 Thread shm...@riseup.net
i still get these ACK scans show up in logs ... still at 2 min intervals Tor version 0.2.4.20 (git-0d50b03673670de6) shm...@riseup.net: > > i have an iptables firewall rule to log and drop ACK scans and it was > unusual to see that each of the 4 connected relays at that particular > moment (a fe

[tor-talk] Orbot built-into new Android malware

2014-02-24 Thread Nathan Freitas
The screenshot on this page shows that they've included the Orbot source itself right into the app. +1 for open-source, -1 for sneaky malware using .Onion C&C's. http://www.securelist.com/ru/blog/207769023/Pervyy_TOR_troyanets_pod_Android (google translation below) TOR First Trojan for Android

Re: [tor-talk] how relays upgrade to latest version of Tor

2014-02-24 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 02:39:16AM +0200, s...@sky-ip.org wrote: > When a new version of Tor is released, one which makes significant > changes to routing rules, covers security vulnerabilities, etc. - how > do all the ~6000 relays upgrade to the latest version automatically > and simultaneously so

[tor-talk] how relays upgrade to latest version of Tor

2014-02-24 Thread s...@sky-ip.org
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, When a new version of Tor is released, one which makes significant changes to routing rules, covers security vulnerabilities, etc. - how do all the ~6000 relays upgrade to the latest version automatically and simultaneously so the peers in the net

Re: [tor-talk] Why so many bugfixes?

2014-02-24 Thread Paul Syverson
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 12:01:43PM -0500, Griffin Boyce wrote: > On 2014-02-23 22:21, Anon wrote: >> Why so many bugfixes? >> >> 455 tor.git Changelog entries with names "(Major|Minor) Bugfixes". >> >> Do tor need better testing? > > There was just a major event where there was extensive testing

Re: [tor-talk] corridor, a Tor traffic whitelisting gateway

2014-02-24 Thread Patrick Schleizer
I've added corridor to the comparison of Whonix, Tails, Tor Browser and Qubes OS TorVM. https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Comparison_with_Others Hopefully this makes the differences a bit clearer. Please feel free to hit the edit button if anything looks wrong or tell me. -- tor-talk mailing list - to

Re: [tor-talk] Why so many bugfixes?

2014-02-24 Thread Griffin Boyce
On 2014-02-23 22:21, Anon wrote: Why so many bugfixes? 455 tor.git Changelog entries with names "(Major|Minor) Bugfixes". Do tor need better testing? There was just a major event where there was extensive testing and bugfixes. But as a rule, more testing reveals bugs which leads to bugfi

[tor-talk] restoring tor from a crash

2014-02-24 Thread kj
I was wondering which file the noscript options are stored in? I had my torbrowser crash and when I clicked on the firefox restore after it did and it wiped all settings and would not load tor. I downloaded a fresh copy and renamed the old folder so as not to lose anything but am unsure where to fi

Re: [tor-talk] How to update the consensus in client as soon as the configuration of relay nodes changed

2014-02-24 Thread Aiminyoung
Hi Karsten I've found some new settings from Chutney torrc template, TestingServerDownloadSchedule and TestingClientDownloadSchedule. Then I upgrade my tor to 0.2.5.2 since the new settings are available in 0.2.5.x and gave small values to the settings, but no help. So I went back to source code a