How does TOR deal with mac addresses

2010-03-26 Thread emigrant
During ARPs the mac address would get recorded isn't it? So how does TOR protect anonymity with regard to mac addresses? Thank you very much. *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe

Re: How does TOR deal with mac addresses

2010-03-26 Thread Al MailingList
Where exactly do you think the MAC address would get recorded? Your MAC Is only sent on your local LAN segment? i.e. your MAC only gets as far as your home router, and then your home router's MAC only gets as far as the ISP's end point... etc... On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:50 PM, emigrant

Re: How does TOR deal with mac addresses

2010-03-26 Thread emigrant
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 18:07 +, Al MailingList wrote: and then your home router's MAC only gets as far as the ISP's end point... etc... you mean, the ISP would get my home routers mac address? if so that would be like he knows me very well.

Re: How does TOR deal with mac addresses

2010-03-26 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:20:40 +0530, emigrant fromwindowstoli...@gmail.com wrote: :During ARPs the mac address would get recorded isn't it? :So how does TOR protect anonymity with regard to mac addresses? Tor works at the tcp layer, not the layers below it. -- Andrew Lewman The Tor Project pgp

Re: How does TOR deal with mac addresses

2010-03-26 Thread Seth David Schoen
emigrant writes: On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 18:07 +, Al MailingList wrote: and then your home router's MAC only gets as far as the ISP's end point... etc... you mean, the ISP would get my home routers mac address? if so that would be like he knows me very well. In the message you're

Re: How does TOR deal with mac addresses

2010-03-26 Thread Marco Predicatori
emigrant, on 03/26/2010 07:19 PM, wrote: On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 18:07 +, Al MailingList wrote: and then your home router's MAC only gets as far as the ISP's end point... etc... you mean, the ISP would get my home routers mac address? If you want to have a data link, yes. :-) if so that

Re: How does TOR deal with mac addresses

2010-03-26 Thread Michael Cozzi
On 3/26/2010 2:27 PM, Seth David Schoen wrote: In the message you're replying to, the ISP means your ISP, not some other ISP. It's true that your ISP knows your home router's MAC address. Other ISPs don't. As an aside, This is true, assuming the upstream protocol uses ethernet

Is it possible to use eDonkey clients with the Tor?

2010-03-26 Thread James Brown
I find in the Tor-wiki only information concirning its using with BitTorrent clients. *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/

Tor Browser Bundle for GNU/Linux 1.0.0 Released

2010-03-26 Thread Erinn Clark
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-bundle-gnulinux Tor Browser Bundle for GNU/Linux is now available for x86 and x86_64 architectures in 12 languages. The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a