Re: [tor-talk] Is there a known tool/script for analyzing the Tor consensus files?

2014-08-13 Thread Virgil Griffith
I am interested in the diffs between two consensus files. E.g., * which relays are in only one of the two consensus files * substantial changes in advertised/read bandwidth for a relay in both consensus files -V -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change o

Re: [tor-talk] Is there a known tool/script for analyzing the Tor consensus files?

2014-08-13 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 14/08/14 04:34, Griffin Boyce wrote: > Hey Virgil, > > The answer depends on what you'd like to do with consensus files. > There was (is?) a GSoC project by Daniel Marti in furtherance of > proposal 140 [2][1], but that's probably not what you're looking for. > > There's also a script by

Re: [tor-talk] Is there a known tool/script for analyzing the Tor consensus files?

2014-08-13 Thread Griffin Boyce
Hey Virgil, The answer depends on what you'd like to do with consensus files. There was (is?) a GSoC project by Daniel Marti in furtherance of proposal 140 [2][1], but that's probably not what you're looking for. There's also a script by Moritz Bartl that analyzes consensus files and tu

[tor-talk] Role of Bandwidth weight

2014-08-13 Thread saurav dahal
Hello, I studied about section 3.5.3 computing bandwidth weights in Tor Directory Protocol Version 3. I know now how to compute the values of these weights. 1) I am not able to understand how these values are used in path selection by the client. Anybody please highlight on this. 2) There are gu

[tor-talk] Attention Admin

2014-08-13 Thread Ben Healey
Hello, I've been randomly generating keys to try to stumble upon sites. - - I'm trying now a list of supposedly current or past .onion sites. I've noticed a pattern in all the addresses. I don't know what it is or what it could be used for so I'm not sure if i should to share for all to read.

Re: [tor-talk] Is there a known tool/script for analyzing the Tor consensus files?

2014-08-13 Thread Virgil Griffith
And just to be pedantically clear, the data on metrics.torproject.org is computed from the collecTor historical consensus files? -V On Wednesday, August 13, 2014, Virgil Griffith wrote: > Or, if I were to dream, to highlight the differences between two Tor > consensus files? > > -V > -- tor-ta

Re: [tor-talk] tor-talk Digest, Vol 43, Issue 29

2014-08-13 Thread Charles Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is anything else know about the attack using Javascript? How does that even work? Speculations, wild guess, reports, and rants are all appreciated On 08/13/2014 05:18 PM, tor-talk-requ...@lists.torproject.org wrote: > AFAIK the malware used javascript

Re: [tor-talk] Wired Story on Uncovering Users of Hidden Services.

2014-08-13 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:06:00AM +, blo...@openmailbox.org wrote: > If it's possible for the owner of a hidden service (whether the FBI > or a regular person) to install malware which grabs visitors' IPs, > then what is stopping any hidden service owner from doing this? See https://lists.tor

Re: [tor-talk] Wired Story on Uncovering Users of Hidden Services.

2014-08-13 Thread Mirimir
On 08/13/2014 03:01 PM, Anders Andersson wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:06 PM, wrote: >> How, in this case, was it possible for the FBI to learn the IP >> addresses of visitors to this hidden service? The Tor hidden server >> page states that "In general, the complete connection between >

[tor-talk] Is there a known tool/script for analyzing the Tor consensus files?

2014-08-13 Thread Virgil Griffith
Or, if I were to dream, to highlight the differences between two Tor consensus files? -V -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Wired Story on Uncovering Users of Hidden Services.

2014-08-13 Thread Aymeric Vitte
Le 13/08/2014 23:01, Anders Andersson a écrit : Considering the number of individuals that must have visited the hidden service, this doesn't seem to be very many people. Why were so few identified? Were the 25 using outdated browsers (TBB)? How, in this case, was it possible for the FBI to lea

Re: [tor-talk] Performance

2014-08-13 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 03:18:23PM -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > The Privoxy part of the chain could be an issue. What is your > reason for using Privoxy? > In general, I find Tor to be faster overall, since overhauls in > TorBrowser - when they stopped using Privoxy (& likely started other > speed

Re: [tor-talk] Wired Story on Uncovering Users of Hidden Services.

2014-08-13 Thread Anders Andersson
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:06 PM, wrote: > If it's possible for the owner of a hidden service (whether the FBI or a > regular person) to install malware which grabs visitors' IPs, then what is > stopping any hidden service owner from doing this? Nothing is stopping a hidden service owner from d

Re: [tor-talk] Performance

2014-08-13 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 8/13/2014 2:20 PM, Martin S wrote: I've set up a Tor and Privoxy chain for our organisation, especially for our courntry offices, of which some work in high risk countries. After some brief tests I notice performance issues (it's somewhat slow opening new pages). is there any suggestions for p

[tor-talk] Performance

2014-08-13 Thread Martin S
I've set up a Tor and Privoxy chain for our organisation, especially for our courntry offices, of which some work in high risk countries. After some brief tests I notice performance issues (it's somewhat slow opening new pages). is there any suggestions for performance improvements that is generall

[tor-talk] torbundlebrowser.org

2014-08-13 Thread tor
Hi, Not sure if that has been discussed yet... the site torbundlebrowser.org is a almost perfect copy of the TOR webpage and has a TBB download which has malware in it. (down at the moment) http://dustri.org/b/torbundlebrowserorg.html -- Regards -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.t

Re: [tor-talk] The Tor network doesn't support Named relays anymore

2014-08-13 Thread s7r
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 8/13/2014 5:51 PM, Sebastian Hahn wrote: > Dear Tor users, > > the system for naming relays has been an issue for a long time. > Referring to a relay by the operator-chosen nickname in your Tor > configuration file was never a great idea if you w

[tor-talk] The Tor network doesn't support Named relays anymore

2014-08-13 Thread Sebastian Hahn
Dear Tor users, the system for naming relays has been an issue for a long time. Referring to a relay by the operator-chosen nickname in your Tor configuration file was never a great idea if you wanted to rely on Tor using that specific relay. As a band-aid, the Tor directory authorities implemente

[tor-talk] Nestat Results Connections Established With Hardware Disabled

2014-08-13 Thread Ben Healey
Hello, I came across 2 connections that were able to stay established with my hardware disabled. I'm not sure why. So I did a set of different netsat runs. I don't know if any of this can affect Tor. But I thought I would post what I found. The results are below. Hardware Disabled(lapto

[tor-talk] Tor Weekly News — August 13th, 2014

2014-08-13 Thread Lunar
Tor Weekly NewsAugust 13th, 2014 Welcome to the thirty-second issue of Tor Weekly News in 2014, the weekly newsl

[tor-talk] Wired Story on Uncovering Users of Hidden Services.

2014-08-13 Thread blobby
A recent story in Wired is entitled "Visit the Wrong Website and the FBI Could End Up in Your Computer" by Kevin Poulsen (http://www.wired.com/2014/08/operation_torpedo/). The story involves the FBI uncovering the IP addresses of numerous users of a Tor hidden service. I know this was mention

[tor-talk] Tor Security Issues???

2014-08-13 Thread Ben Healey
Hello, I just downloaded tor and am trying to figure it out. 1. I noticed that all the links I see are 16keys long followed by .onion. Couldn't someone(person/company/government/other) just generate every 16 digit combination possible then try to connect to them? Is there another layer I haven