Re: [tor-talk] 4 relays advertising >1000 MByte/s each

2016-02-01 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 15:47:30 -0800 Green Dream wrote: > I still don't understand how such relays can gain a high consensus weight > so quickly (in 1 or 2 days) without help from the bandwidth authorities. Don't worry, just another sting operation to capture someone's traffic (by directing them to

Re: [tor-talk] 4 relays advertising >1000 MByte/s each

2016-02-01 Thread Green Dream
I still don't understand how such relays can gain a high consensus weight so quickly (in 1 or 2 days) without help from the bandwidth authorities. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/lis

Re: [tor-talk] Not able to download Tor to droid

2016-02-01 Thread libertyinperil
The url Tor was downloaded from is guardianproject.info/apps/orbot direct download(.apk). I tried doing so again and the tablet operating system indicated it had downloaded, -- but had not. I did get rid of all the google and other commercial apps on the tablet. Every one I could find. Are an

[tor-talk] Poor Browser

2016-02-01 Thread Spencer
Hi, Spencer: Should I uninstall this? Yes. Then install the 5.5 stable release. I am confused as to why the updater forced an alpha release on your client. What should I look for and where should I look? For what exactly? If you want to prevent this in the future, delete the three

Re: [tor-talk] Exit Traffic classification and discrimination

2016-02-01 Thread Elrippo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 A NAS works at home very well, but if you need access from abroad you would need to connect it to your router with a domain. Personally I prefer the mentioned solution, but to blame TOR for the lock out forced by ransomware on your desktop leads m

[tor-talk] Exit Traffic classification and discrimination

2016-02-01 Thread Spencer
Hi, Elrippo: a cloud under your own control A hard drive with Wi-Fi works wonders. instead of blaming It would be interesting to see what they see, so as to understand the source of such confusion. Blame may be accurately placed if Tor is being framed, even if indirectly through con

Re: [tor-talk] Exit Traffic classification and discrimination

2016-02-01 Thread Elrippo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Well, using Dropbox generally might not be the best option for the sake of your privacy. It would be smarter to use a cloud under your own control without the control of ONE entity. I may propose to use https://www.owncloud.org instead of blaming a

Re: [tor-talk] Exit Traffic classification and discrimination

2016-02-01 Thread Chris Dagdigian
Hi Janos, If your computer was taken over by ransomware that encrypted your files then you are yelling at the wrong people. The "tor people" had nothing to do with this. You are the 2nd person this week to contact the list about this. The first person had no backup/restore capability - at l

Re: [tor-talk] Exit Traffic classification and discrimination

2016-02-01 Thread PALMERS CONSULTING LLC
Dear Sirs, I had Dropbox professional and they restore the all files stored in Dropbox. I can offer this solution to you. And I wish "GO TO HELL" to the tor-people. Best regards, Janos Confidentiality Notice: This message, together with its annexes, contains information to be deemed strictl

Re: [tor-talk] Exit Traffic classification and discrimination

2016-02-01 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) - lists
Answers in-line. On 1/31/16 5:00 PM, amuse wrote: > Hi Fabio: > > TLDR: No, I haven't and wouldn't try this. > > > If I understand, you're asking "Why don't TOR operators discriminate on > traffic by passing packets to popular, acceptable sites and > discriminating against traffic headed "elsew

Re: [tor-talk] Scripted installer of Tor and more being worked on at GitHub, ya may want to sit down for this...

2016-02-01 Thread coderman
On 2/1/16, Michael wrote: > ... > My last question (for now) has to do with Fail2Ban and hidden services. > > My question is would you all prefer that separate jail.local configuration > blocks be written for each Tor service port individually, ei failing one > port > doesn't ban from a possible s

Re: [tor-talk] 4 relays advertising >1000 MByte/s each

2016-02-01 Thread Tyler Durden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 nusenu: > Hi, > > in case anyone wonders about the recent spike in advertised exit > bw [1][2], you can find these relays here [3]. > > Rob playing around again? ;) > > > > > [1] https://metrics.torproject.org/bandwidth-flags.html [2] > https:/