Re: [tor-talk] What IPs does Torbrowser need?

2016-03-15 Thread Martin Kepplinger
.nu/contact/gpg-key > Preferred GPG Key: Fingerprint: AB46B7E363DA7E04ABFA57852AA9910A DCB1191A > Google Voice: +1-703-493-0128 / Twitter: ITechGeek / Facebook: > http://fb.me/Jbwa.Net > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Martin Kepplinger <mailto:mart...@posteo.de>> wrote:

[tor-talk] What IPs does Torbrowser need?

2016-03-15 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Hi Imagine a router that wants to only whitelist the IP addresses that Torbrowser needs to work. What IPs would it need (for start up and browsing and everything) ? * Guards * Authorities * HSDir flagged relays (?) and would such a whitelisting of IPs even be enough? At least I think DNS can

Re: [tor-talk] TBB update experience

2015-02-28 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2015-02-28 um 07:37 schrieb Andreas Krey: > Hi all, > > the auto-update experience of the tor browser bundle is > a bit strange. I'm somewhat used to the 'please update > now' popup (and like it very much). But if/when I start > TBB while an update is due I get the 'please click here > to updat

Re: [tor-talk] Tor weather is broken

2014-08-05 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-08-05 13:49, schrieb s7r: > Tor Weather is broken for many weeks now. > It still sends reports when node is down (I can confirm this) but you > cannot subscribe with a new fingerprint - it gives you Error #500 > Internal server error. > > maybe someone can fix? I know Weather is old and no

Re: [tor-talk] Question about the myfamily variable in torrc

2014-07-31 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-07-31 01:02, schrieb Cypher: > I'm about to fire up another exit relay and I want to make sure users > are protected from picking both of my relays in the same chain. So I > came across the MyFamily variable in the torrc file. I have two > questions about how to properly set this variable:

Re: [tor-talk] I can't use tor in state university's campus network...

2014-07-23 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-07-21 18:40, schrieb ttzeqq: > I am in US.What can I do? > the hard way would be to raise awareness, find a responsible prof or admin and talk to people why Tor might be interesting especially for students. prepare yourself with https://www.eff.org/torchallenge/tor-on-campus.html for examp

Re: [tor-talk] Tor Exit Operator convicted in Austrian lower court

2014-07-02 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-07-02 17:56, schrieb s7r: > On 7/2/2014 2:54 PM, MacLemon wrote: >> Hey! > >> On 02 Jul 2014, at 03:49, C B wrote: >>> in no way makes Montblac, Southworth, or Smith's Stationary the >>> least bit responsible for the bank robbery. This ruling is a >>> clear lack of understanding of how th

Re: [tor-talk] Tor trademark policy for local user communities

2014-06-14 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 12.06.2014 04:05 schrieb Helder Ribeiro: Hi, I'm thinking of starting a forum for tor users in a specific geography and append its name to "tor" as, for example, "ruby-sp" is a group for ruby users in Sao Paulo. Is that allowed? Could "torsp", for instance, be used as a domain name? Thank

[tor-talk] Thoughts on Guards

2014-06-09 Thread Martin Kepplinger
So assuming that people here https://www.blackhat.com/us-14/briefings.html#you-dont-have-to-be-the-nsa-to-break-tor-deanonymizing-users-on-a-budget are serious and do a "straight-forward", yet clever passive-observer attack on Users; Given that they are listening *really* well and knowingly manage

Re: [tor-talk] ExoneraTor commandline?

2014-05-07 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-05-07 15:22, schrieb Karsten Loesing: > On 07/05/14 15:00, Martin Kepplinger wrote: >> hey, >> >> does exonerator have any kind of commandline interface when installed? > > No, it does not. But why not browse to localhost and use the more > user-fri

[tor-talk] ExoneraTor commandline?

2014-05-07 Thread Martin Kepplinger
hey, does exonerator have any kind of commandline interface when installed? thanks martin -- 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] US ip address

2014-04-24 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 24.04.2014 07:33 schrieb C B: Yes, I would recommend an option to select country, with the dropdown indicating how many exit nodes that would mean you would be rotating through. Start with a list of continents, followed with a list of countries. That would be something that a control panel wou

Re: [tor-talk] Disabling the warning for self signed certificates in Tor Browser

2014-04-23 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-04-22 08:54, schrieb Georg Koppen: > antispa...@sent.at: >> Could Tor Browser kill or minimize the warning triggered by entering a >> site with a self signed certificate? > > Killing is not a good idea. What do you mean with "minimize"? > > Georg > > > > I've wanted that for browsers

Re: [tor-talk] status of Tor's speed issues?

2014-03-17 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-03-17 07:54, schrieb Roger Dingledine: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 07:45:15AM +0100, Martin Kepplinger wrote: >> So I'm giving a little talk about Tor, mainly to motivate and remind >> people to run a relay. Roger gave a talk a few years back, about >> congestion

[tor-talk] status of Tor's speed issues?

2014-03-17 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Hi, So I'm giving a little talk about Tor, mainly to motivate and remind people to run a relay. Roger gave a talk a few years back, about congestion control, the problem with bulk-vs-web traffic and the "1 sec token bucket" problems. Is there a short answer on whats the status on these topics? Bt

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

2014-03-12 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-03-12 09:04, schrieb Udo van den Heuvel: > On 11-03-14 18:36, Roger Dingledine wrote: >>> The line got upgraded and I allowed more tor bandwidth. (over 100 KB/s) >>> Still the traffic is absent. >>> Why? >> >> Which relay is this? > > The main reason is perhaps that the node is not recogni

Re: [tor-talk] Blacklists

2014-03-11 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Use services that don't block Tor. Tell the other operator why you are leaving. Ask admins or poke any adress you find from a website that is important to you, that blocks us, why they are doing so. Tell your friends to use TBB, it's awesome how useable is it nowadays. They should just "click t

Re: [tor-talk] Current attack of TOR to break anonymity

2014-03-07 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Am 2014-03-07 11:32, schrieb Maimun Rizal: > Dear All, > > is there any attack can be break anonymity in TOR network? if so, how? > > I assume, if I want to break anonymity in the TOR network, I should take > control all of relays which are used by sender and destination as a > transmission media

Re: [tor-talk] No more Onion Key after upgrade to 0.2.4.19

2013-12-18 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Chris Braun: > Hi, > > i've updated yesterday both of my relays to the new version 0.2.4.19 as > recommended. > > So i have noticed two strange things at the moment. > > Both relays do not have a Onion Key anymore. The signing Key is still there. > > I have also browsed through torstatus page a

Re: [tor-talk] Tor 0.2.4.19 is released

2013-12-14 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Roger Dingledine: > The Tor 0.2.4 release series is dedicated to the memory of Aaron Swartz > (1986-2013). Aaron worked on diverse projects including helping to guide > Creative Commons, playing a key role in stopping SOPA/PIPA, bringing > transparency to the U.S. government's PACER documents, and

Re: [tor-talk] tor relay and raspberry pi

2013-12-06 Thread Martin Kepplinger
e-letter: > Readers, > > Is it possible to operate a tor relay on a dedicated raspberry pi? > > Is it safe to leave the raspberry pi connected constantly to a > broadband internet router? > > What can a novice do to maximise legitimate use of a tor relay by the public? > sure it is possible. I

Re: [tor-talk] More and more websites block Tor, which will eventually become useless!

2013-11-11 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Akater: > …what I'm saying is: Tor could be much more than just a proxy tool, it > could be a public campaign—with all the “dirty work” your generic > public campaign has. (Well, it's not /that/ dirty, actually; it's funny > once you get involved.) Activism, PR, fundraising, education, etc. The

Re: [tor-talk] TOR network topology

2013-10-25 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Mads Tinggaard Pedersen: > Hi all, > I am a student writing my master's thesis. I am, among other things, > analyzing the degree of anonymity in a network and would like to investigate > real life examples of TOR networks. > However, all I could find is https://metrics.torproject.org/network.html

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread Martin Kepplinger
grarpamp: > While everyone runs on about this or that Linux distro, > don't forget there are very good Unix'es to be found in > both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Unlike the typical Linux > distro, BSD doesn't have layer upon layer of system to > user abstraction and bling. Their model is central and > simp

Re: [tor-talk] How much data does TBB write to disk?

2013-08-23 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Gerardo: > Hi every one, > > I use a shared computer, so, to use TBB, y installed it in a encrypted > area of the disk; the problem is, is quite an old pc, so is kind of > heavy to run it from here. I'm evaluating to run it from a no-encrypted > area, I just wonder if TBB (with no modifications fr

Re: [tor-talk] google

2013-08-20 Thread Martin Kepplinger
Juan Garofalo: > > > > I'm not seeing any more captchas. Now I always get a working > "encrypted.google.com" page. That's great isn't it? > > I guess now google is directly fowarding all Tor searches to the NSA, > correct? > > Yes! They are an amazing "do no evil" American

[tor-talk] What's different in torbrowser?

2013-08-01 Thread Martin Kepplinger
hi Is there a list of what of the patches you maintain on top of firefox are user-configurable in about:config for example (like probably not leaking dns over socks proxy)? Or to phrase it differntly: How to make a systemwide firefox installation as similar to torbrowser as possible as a user

[tor-talk] on reduced exit policy

2013-08-01 Thread Martin Kepplinger
hi how much sense does it make to use your reduced policy https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy _without_ port 80 just because of laziness on my side and for a starting point to be an exit relay? it's a really small relay. Does anybody do that? thanks -- tor-talk ma