Re: What can see a server of a Bittorent when I contact with it through Tor?

2010-02-25 Thread Stephen Carpenter
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:20 AM, grarpamp grarp...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think there's much of anything wrong with using Tor for bittorrent provided: a) You do all operations in Tor... NO use of exit relays, in other words, entirely in onionspace. The smart reader will already know how to

Re: What can see a server of a Bittorent when I contact with it through Tor?

2010-02-25 Thread Flamsmark
On 25 February 2010 11:17, Stephen Carpenter thec...@gmail.com wrote: Well how exactly would you accomplish that? You could put the tracker on a location hidden service, that eliminates one exit node, however, to connect with other hosts in the swarm, you need to be able to connect to them...

Re: What can see a server of a Bittorent when I contact with it through Tor?

2010-02-25 Thread grarpamp
a) You do all operations in Tor... NO use of exit relays, in other words, entirely in onionspace. The smart reader will already know how to configure this :) Well how exactly would you accomplish that? You could put the tracker on a location hidden service, that eliminates one exit

Re: Create a SAFE TOR Hidden Service in a VM (Re: Please Help Me Test my Hidden Service Pt. 2)

2010-02-25 Thread 7v5w7go9ub0o
On 02/24/10 23:16, Ted Smith wrote: On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 11:56 -0500, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: [] Perhaps mention the benefits of TPM chips (on 'ix, they can be configured to benefit the user, not some record company)? Yup. Check out Trusted Grub if you're blessed with the appropriate hardware.

Re: What can see a server of a Bittorent when I contact with it through Tor?

2010-02-25 Thread Flamsmark
On 25 February 2010 12:50, grarpamp grarp...@gmail.com wrote: BitBlinder attempts to create a closed Tor-based network for bittorrent traffic, including a system attempting to assure equal sharing. It may end up being ok. But never I understand why create a separate Tor universe. Sure, if

Re: Create a SAFE TOR Hidden Service in a VM (Re: Please Help Me Test my Hidden Service Pt. 2)

2010-02-25 Thread Ted Smith
On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 13:41 -0500, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: On 02/24/10 23:16, Ted Smith wrote: On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 11:56 -0500, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: [] Perhaps mention the benefits of TPM chips (on 'ix, they can be configured to benefit the user, not some record company)? Yup. Check out

Re: What can see a server of a Bittorent when I contact with it through Tor?

2010-02-25 Thread Kyle Williams
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Stephen Carpenter thec...@gmail.comwrote: Well how exactly would you accomplish that? You could put the tracker on a location hidden service, that eliminates one exit node, however, to connect with other hosts in the swarm, you need to be able to connect to

Re: What can see a server of a Bittorent when I contact with it through Tor?

2010-02-25 Thread grarpamp
you have to have every bittorrent client in the swarm ALSO running a location hidden service Correct. All users and trackers would have to have a .onion address. I highly doubt any bittorrent client yet supports operating in this manner. I have both a torrent tracker and client setup to

Performance with potential mass use

2010-02-25 Thread grarpamp
Excluding bandwidth as that's probably the easiest to guesstimate [6x each user's use for onion2onion case]. Assuming whatever typical usage patterns exist today, and expecting a partial shift to include more bandwidth intensive apps... What sort of issues exist as each new set of say