Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-03 Thread Csaba Kiraly
Scott Bennett wrote: On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:08:26 -0800 F. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu wrote: (snip) Does TOR implement QOS or prioritization? That is only use bandwidth when other traffic is not present? This can be done further upstream of the

Tor and UDP

2008-02-03 Thread _
Relatively new to Tor. Been using Tor a few weeks. Installed it on a Ubuntu system (192.168.6.9) using Synaptic. From Firefox on Windows, I just specify the ip address 192.168.6.9 and port 8118 for the http proxy. It works. It gets slow now and then but that is just fine. I have another custom

Re: Tor and UDP

2008-02-03 Thread Drake Wilson
Quoth _ [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 2008-02-03 03:20:54 -0800: Is it possible to make UDP go over Tor? The short answer is no. https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#head-ebe87162a46f267eb697e23fb77e85e4cf643dd0 --- Drake Wilson

A root-server for about 30€ for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread kazaam
Hi, I would like to run an exit-node and I'm looking for a server for about 30€/month. And important: it shouldn't be located in germany because I have no money to spend for trouble with the feds.. Can someone tell me a provider who fits these requirements? cheers

Re: A root-server for about 30€ for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread kazaam
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:29:48 +0100 Marco Gruß [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ovh.de/produkte/isgenug.xml Not sure though if France is any better than Germany really... Marco This link points to a german company not a french one :) greets

Re: A root-server for about 30€ for an exitnod e?

2008-02-03 Thread Andrew
kazaam schrieb: On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:29:48 +0100 Marco Gruß [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ovh.de/produkte/isgenug.xml Not sure though if France is any better than Germany really... Marco This link points to a german company not a french one :) greets Quote: OVH ist in

Re: A root-server for about 30€ for an exitnod e?

2008-02-03 Thread Marco Gruß
Hi, kazaam wrote: I would like to run an exit-node and I'm looking for a server for about 30€/month. And important: it shouldn't be located in germany because I have no money to spend for trouble with the feds.. http://www.ovh.de/produkte/isgenug.xml Not sure though if France is any better

Re: A root-server for about 30€ for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread kazaam
On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:24:24 +0100 Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it don't think it matters much, where your server is as long as your address still is in Germany, or am I mistaken? Well I think/guess/believe/hope ;) if the police realizes that the IP-address has its origin in foreign

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an ex itnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Andrew
kazaam schrieb: On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:24:24 +0100 Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But it don't think it matters much, where your server is as long as your address still is in Germany, or am I mistaken? Well I think/guess/believe/hope ;) if the police realizes that the IP-address

Re: A root-server for about 30€ for an exitnod e?

2008-02-03 Thread Karsten N.
Hi Kaazam, Marco Gruß schrieb: http://www.ovh.de/produkte/isgenug.xml Not sure though if France is any better than Germany really... This server has only 256MB RAM. It seems very less for a tor server. My tor servers take 400 - 450MB RAM. May be, you need at least this one:

Re: The use of malicious botnets to disrupt The Onion Router

2008-02-03 Thread Michael Rogers
Andrew wrote: Is there anyone who could give a (somewhat professional) assessment of how a web-of-trust feature would impact on anonymity? How about tor's overall performance? George Danezis has looked at using sparse expander graphs for mix networks [1]: each node has a small number of

Re: A root-server for about 30€ for an exitnod e?

2008-02-03 Thread Gitano
Karsten N. wrote: http://www.ovh.de/produkte/isgenug.xml This server has only 256MB RAM. It seems very less for a tor server. That's true, but traffic is unlimited! :) My tor servers take 400 - 450MB RAM. Since I restart Tor on my server (Gypsy2) every midnight, it works fine with a

Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle

2008-02-03 Thread Steven J. Murdoch
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 02:36:10AM -0500, Silivrenion wrote: I did notice torbrowser was in the directory format that is friendly with PortableApps format applications, so props on that. Interesting take, taking what Portable Tor http://portabletor.sf.net has done and bringing it to an all

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an ex itnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Olaf Selke
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Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread F. Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Olaf Selke wrote: (an encrypted message) Mmmm... strong crypto. --Bruce Schneier :: giggles :: - -- F. Fox AAS, CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+ Owner of Tor node kitsune http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Olaf Selke
oops, my mail has been encrypted Gitano wrote: Karsten N. wrote: http://www.ovh.de/produkte/isgenug.xml This server has only 256MB RAM. It seems very less for a tor server. That's true, but traffic is unlimited! :) 100 Mbit/s SLA mit 1000 GB Traffic (anschliessend 5 Mbit/s, sobald der

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Andrew
Olaf Selke schrieb: btw: recently I moved my tor exit node into another network which is assigned directly to me according RIPE DB. From public perception I'm my own ISP now: http://ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois?form_type=simplefull_query_string=searchtext=192.251.226.205 My ISP was sick from

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Olaf Selke
Florian D. wrote: Olaf Selke wrote: 100 Mbit/s SLA mit 1000 GB Traffic (anschliessend 5 Mbit/s, sobald der Grenzwert überschritten wurde) means 1 TB (each month?) is included. Afterwards the server will be throttled to 5 MBit/s bandwidth. read closer: ODER 100 Mbit/s ohne SLA mit

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Andrew
Olaf Selke schrieb: cutting off power supply after the first TB traffic is transferred would comply with this offer. Do you really expect them to permit 100MBit/s unlimited traffic each month for a few bucks? Didn't I read something about a 99.9% uptime guarantee on their site? Actually, the

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Florian D.
Olaf Selke wrote: 100 Mbit/s SLA mit 1000 GB Traffic (anschliessend 5 Mbit/s, sobald der Grenzwert überschritten wurde) means 1 TB (each month?) is included. Afterwards the server will be throttled to 5 MBit/s bandwidth. Olaf read closer: ODER 100 Mbit/s ohne SLA mit unbegrenztem

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Gitano
Olaf Selke wrote: http://www.ovh.de/produkte/isgenug.xml This server has only 256MB RAM. It seems very less for a tor server. That's true, but traffic is unlimited! :) 100 Mbit/s SLA mit 1000 GB Traffic (anschliessend 5 Mbit/s, sobald der Grenzwert überschritten wurde) ODER 100 Mbit/s

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread F. Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Olaf Selke wrote: (snip) More expensive than IP traffic will be ISP's personnel expenses for a tor exit gw's abuse handling. (snip) And if you're your own ISP - as you mentioned with the RIPE trick - you'd better have a lot of money, and some

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Olaf Selke
F. Fox wrote: Olaf Selke wrote: (an encrypted message) Mmmm... strong crypto. --Bruce Schneier :: giggles :: shit, I must stop smoking this stuff! Have been confused by Thunderbird's spellchecker suggestion to replace Gitano with Antitank :-) btw: recently I moved my tor exit node into

Re: A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

2008-02-03 Thread Olaf Selke
Andrew wrote: Didn't I read something about a 99.9% uptime guarantee on their site? Actually, the German Strato AG also has switched their dedicated servers, starting at EUR 70 a month, to an unlimited traffic plan. No fair-use or similar downsides. I'd just like to know what the bandwidth

Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle

2008-02-03 Thread Michael Schmidt
Steven, i suggest to make it hardcoded default and a Must, that each user, using this browser, is as well running an tor **exit** node, tit for tat. like emule partials: upload is a MUST. That would help a lot to have more tor-exit nodes. Thanks. On Jan 30, 2008 1:52 AM, Steven J. Murdoch [EMAIL

Torbutton 1.1.13-alpha released

2008-02-03 Thread Mike Perry
Version 1.1.13 of the development series of the Torbutton Firefox Extension has been released at https://torbutton.torproject.org/dev/ This release features a couple of important security fixes to work around two Firefox bugs. Firefox bug 409737 allows pages to still execute some javascript after

Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle

2008-02-03 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
Steven, i suggest to make it hardcoded default and a Must, that each user, using this browser, is as well running an tor **exit** node, And what about countries where something like Tor is illegal?

Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle

2008-02-03 Thread Scott Bennett
On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 22:19:54 +0100 Michael Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] top-posted: Steven, i suggest to make it hardcoded default and a Must, that each user, using this browser, is as well running an tor **exit** node, tit for tat. like emule partials: upload is a MUST. That would help a lot to

Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle

2008-02-03 Thread Scott Bennett
On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 16:47:24 -0800 Michael_google gmail_Gersten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steven, i suggest to make it hardcoded default and a Must, that each user, using this browser, is as well running an tor **exit** node, And what about countries where something like Tor is illegal? Yes,

Re: The use of malicious botnets to disrupt The Onion Router

2008-02-03 Thread Michael_google gmail_Gersten
The problem of corrupted exit servers is indeed one that we should all ponder until a solution may be found. We have entry guards, with the purpose of reducing the chance of someone who has control of multiple nodes from tying your entry and exit information together. Why not have exit

Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle

2008-02-03 Thread Steven J. Murdoch
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 10:19:54PM +0100, Michael Schmidt wrote: Steven, i suggest to make it hardcoded default and a Must, that each user, using this browser, is as well running an tor **exit** node, tit for tat. like emule partials: upload is a MUST. I don't think this is likely in the near

Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle

2008-02-03 Thread Silivrenion
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I have to disagree with setting any options by default like that. The concept behind PortableTor as I wrote it was to let the end user have the right to decide what to do.. don't force anything on them! I think this concept should be relevant to all