Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-03 Thread Julian Yon
On 03/01/12 23:03, Chris wrote: > Even then there could still be ways to fingerprint and connect a > user. Your ISP, your modem, and other latency or surfing > particularities. Do you always spell a particular set of words wrong? > Or do you always spell every word right? Tor should deal with the

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-03 Thread Matthew
You can only go so far in attempting to blend all the users together into one indistinguishable group, so the Tor Browser Bundle's job is to give it the best possible shot. It can't possibly do everything, catch all cases, or correct your unique fingerprint of spelling mistakes. However, it still

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-03 Thread Chris
> On 03/01/12 16:44, Øyvind Sæther wrote: >> Just ignore the Browser bundle bullshit, that's for stupid Windows >> users and pointless on *nix systems. > > There's a good reason still to use the Tor Browser: it provides a > "standard" environment which is the same as every* other Tor user's. > Safe

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-03 Thread Julian Yon
On 03/01/12 21:14, Maxim Kammerer wrote: > [A pointless rant masquerading as rhetoric] I'd offer you some chill pills, but I need all of mine. If you want to arse about and spend your entire life tweaking settings that's up to you. You know your own skill set. Most people I know, including many p

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-03 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 20:42, Julian Yon wrote: > There's a good reason still to use the Tor Browser: it provides a > "standard" environment which is the same as every* other Tor user's. > Safety in numbers is never truer than with anonymity; compare with the > Black Bloc tactic often used at demo

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-03 Thread Julian Yon
On 03/01/12 16:44, Øyvind Sæther wrote: > Just ignore the Browser bundle bullshit, that's for stupid Windows > users and pointless on *nix systems. There's a good reason still to use the Tor Browser: it provides a "standard" environment which is the same as every* other Tor user's. Safety in numbe

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-03 Thread Øyvind Sæther
> I have tended to find that the packaged tor is virtually always > behind and so I get notices that there is a new version and I should > upgrade but with no means of doing so because all that is available > is the browser bundle. As already pointed out, these pages: Debian: https://www.torproje

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-03 Thread Chris
You have to add the Tor repository to your distributions /etc/apt/sources.list file and then you will get the latest Tor software. In fact your system should automatically inform you of these new versions and ask you to update just like any other software in the main repository of your distribution

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-02 Thread Praedor
I have tended to find that the packaged tor is virtually always behind and so I get notices that there is a new version and I should upgrade but with no means of doing so because all that is available is the browser bundle. On Monday, January 02, 2012 07:18:04 PM Matthew wrote: > Use your distri

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-02 Thread kolohem
:14 To: Reply-To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux I have tended to find that the packaged tor is virtually always behind and so I get notices that there is a new version and I should upgrade but with no means of doing so because all that is

Re: [tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-02 Thread Matthew
Use your distribution's package manager... Debian: https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian RHEL derivitaves: https://www.torproject.org/docs/rpms.html.en ...then edit torrc to taste. On 1/2/12, Praedor wrote: > As it appears that the only tor app being provided by the tor project these > days i

[tor-talk] Real basic questions for linux

2012-01-02 Thread Praedor
As it appears that the only tor app being provided by the tor project these days is the tor browser bundle, how is one supposed to simply run tor as a relay or exit or bridge if it is only provided as a browser bundle? How does one avoid staring multiple tor instances and only start up the brows