Re: [tor-talk] [liberationtech] data mine the snowden files [was: open the snowden files]

2014-07-11 Thread coderman
added example privoxy config as http_proxy to Tor, add sig note for Update 13. no further updates on list; contact direct if issues encountered. best regards, Cryptome Donation Required - http://cryptome.org/donations.htm Donation also provides current archive as this selection is not curre

Re: [tor-talk] Putting the "Tor" back in Torrent

2014-07-11 Thread Zenaan Harkness
Just looked at that ycombinator thread: Regarding "substantial non-infringing uses", being able to access wikipedia in particular could be the public/politically correct "thrust" of this new application: A while back this year, someone passed me there 'smart' phone from a few years ago, saying th

Re: [tor-talk] Putting the "Tor" back in Torrent

2014-07-11 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 7/12/14, Helder Ribeiro wrote: > How a Popcorn Time fork could incentivize people to run thousands of > new Tor relays > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8022341 > > Thinking about NAT traversal as Tor's killer feature lead to this > discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=801821

Re: [tor-talk] How Tor fetchs the consensus file and maintains the cached-consensus file?

2014-07-11 Thread Bron Taylor
Hello Damian, Thanks for your kindly explanation. I have tried method c. you mentioned, and found that the returned exit node list with specified exit policy is not as the same as the result i obtained by quering "https://check.torproject.org/cgi-bin/TorBulkExitList.py";. The mismat

Re: [tor-talk] Are there any reputable .onion hosting providers?

2014-07-11 Thread Griffin Boyce
On 2014-07-11 17:18, Артур Истомин wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 08:33:52PM +, simonsn...@openmailbox.org wrote: I don't understand how to set-up an .onion domain... Can anyone please provide me with the address of a reputable .onion hosting company? It is very young business, so don't

Re: [tor-talk] Putting the "Tor" back in Torrent

2014-07-11 Thread Helder Ribeiro
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Random Tor Node Operator wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/11/2014 11:12 PM, Helder Ribeiro wrote: >> 4. Make the Popcorn Time fork also **be a relay by default* >> whenever possible**. >> >> Nobody would agree to do this on the mai

Re: [tor-talk] Putting the "Tor" back in Torrent

2014-07-11 Thread Aymeric Vitte
Hi, I had a kind of same thoughts for the Peersm project at the begining, but it can not fly. The Tor network is far too small for P2P applications and you (we) are not addressing the same threat at all, so even if you expand it I don't see the rationale of doing such. Therefore, the idea

Re: [tor-talk] Putting the "Tor" back in Torrent

2014-07-11 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/11/2014 11:12 PM, Helder Ribeiro wrote: > 4. Make the Popcorn Time fork also **be a relay by default* > whenever possible**. > > Nobody would agree to do this on the main tor software for a > thousand reasons, but it's an *app* and you can decid

Re: [tor-talk] Are there any reputable .onion hosting providers?

2014-07-11 Thread Артур Истомин
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 08:33:52PM +, simonsn...@openmailbox.org wrote: > I don't understand how to set-up an .onion domain. I've read this > (https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en) but, for now, I > would like a hosting provider to host my .onion domain. > > Finding one,

[tor-talk] Putting the "Tor" back in Torrent

2014-07-11 Thread Helder Ribeiro
How a Popcorn Time fork could incentivize people to run thousands of new Tor relays https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8022341 Thinking about NAT traversal as Tor's killer feature lead to this discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8018213 **If torrents are P2P's killer application,

[tor-talk] Are there any reputable .onion hosting providers?

2014-07-11 Thread simonsnake
I don't understand how to set-up an .onion domain. I've read this (https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en) but, for now, I would like a hosting provider to host my .onion domain. Finding one, however, isn't easy. I paid 0.1 BTC to http://7zzohostingx4mes.onion/terms.html al

Re: [tor-talk] Can NAT traversal be Tor's killer feature?

2014-07-11 Thread Helder Ribeiro
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:41 PM, str4d wrote: > On 07/11/2014 12:12 AM, Helder Ribeiro wrote: >> >> If there is a virtual network interface that transparently maps >> static IPs to onion addresses, all sorts of things could benefit >> from the backward compatibility (old games, IP-based voip, >>

Re: [tor-talk] [liberationtech] data mine the snowden files [was: open the snowden files]

2014-07-11 Thread coderman
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > ... > OK. What is the "donation required?" JYA has been serving the public good on a shoestring for years with no thanks but the occasional griefing by feds and hosting provider. if any of this is useful, help him continue doing it! > Or

Re: [tor-talk] How Tor fetchs the consensus file and maintains the cached-consensus file?

2014-07-11 Thread Damian Johnson
Stem provides three methods for getting consensus data... a. Fetch it from the Controller via methods like get_network_statuses()... https://stem.torproject.org/api/control.html#stem.control.Controller.get_network_statuses b. Read it from disk as you're trying to do. There shouldn't be any r

Re: [tor-talk] [liberationtech] data mine the snowden files [was: open the snowden files]

2014-07-11 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 7/11/2014 10:34 AM, coderman wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Joe Btfsplk wrote: HUH ?!? I don't follow this. it's the cryptome archives as of last month[0]. it is also 23G large, hence the many onions and a aria2c hint. curious to see what throughput some get; in theory it could b

Re: [tor-talk] [liberationtech] data mine the snowden files [was: open the snowden files]

2014-07-11 Thread coderman
On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > HUH ?!? I don't follow this. it's the cryptome archives as of last month[0]. it is also 23G large, hence the many onions and a aria2c hint. curious to see what throughput some get; in theory it could be pretty fast... no torrent yet as torre

Re: [tor-talk] [liberationtech] data mine the snowden files [was: open the snowden files]

2014-07-11 Thread Joe Btfsplk
HUH ?!? I don't follow this. On 7/11/2014 9:18 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: Of potential interest to some Tor users here. - Forwarded message from coderman - Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:29:42 -0700 From: coderman To: John Young , cpunks , liberationtech , grarpamp Subject: Re: [liberation

Re: [tor-talk] [liberationtech] data mine the snowden files [was: open the snowden files]

2014-07-11 Thread Eugen Leitl
Of potential interest to some Tor users here. - Forwarded message from coderman - Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:29:42 -0700 From: coderman To: John Young , cpunks , liberationtech , grarpamp Subject: Re: [liberationtech] data mine the snowden files [was: open the snowden files] Message

Re: [tor-talk] How to add Obfs3 Bridges to Network Settings?

2014-07-11 Thread George Kadianakis
andr...@fastmail.fm writes: > I'm not sure if I'm setting up Network Settings correctly. > > I got the Obfs3 Bridges from the BridgeDB site and added them to Network > Settings under "Enter Custom Bridges". > > Is that all that's needed to add and use the Obfs3 bridges or must the > "Connect with

[tor-talk] How to add Obfs3 Bridges to Network Settings?

2014-07-11 Thread andre76
I'm not sure if I'm setting up Network Settings correctly. I got the Obfs3 Bridges from the BridgeDB site and added them to Network Settings under "Enter Custom Bridges". Is that all that's needed to add and use the Obfs3 bridges or must the "Connect with provided bridges" (obfs3 recommended) be

Re: [tor-talk] How Tor fetchs the consensus file and maintains the cached-consensus file?

2014-07-11 Thread Bron Taylor
Hello~ I am trying to develop a program that can automatically build a circuit with Stem library and send my data over the circuit to the destination anonymously. At the beginning, I tried to make my program read the "cached-consensus" file to get the propriate exit node, howev