Re: Pidgin with TOR

2009-12-31 Thread Freemor
/quickstart.html His problem is more likely due to Yahoo changing their protocol and breaking Pidgin yet again. It happens quite regularly. One of the many reasons I stopped using Yahoo. Regards, Freemor -- free...@fastmail.fm free...@gmail.com This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG

Re: Cannot Load The Onion

2009-12-25 Thread Freemor
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:17:46 -0800 Seth David Schoen sch...@eff.org wrote: Programmer In Training writes: 504 Connect to www.theonion.com:80 failed: SOCKS error: connection refused Perhaps The Onion has something against the onion router. Loads fine for me via tor/privoxy. --

Re: Tor a carrier for Botnet traffic?

2009-09-01 Thread Freemor
On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 10:51:58 -0400 krishna e bera k...@cyblings.on.ca wrote: Until some security forensics people document that Tor is being used in real botnets, i don't think new policies restricting Tor usage are called for. I'm on the same page here until I see a properly documented

Re: Javascript security question

2009-08-21 Thread Freemor
problems of it's own ;) ). Regards, Freemor -- free...@fastmail.fm free...@gmail.com This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG - ( http://gnupg.org/ ) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Annoying loop situation

2009-08-21 Thread Freemor
ages ago.. To fix it I had to un-install tor button. go into preferences and set the networking to have nothing in the proxy settings. (not just hitting the direct connection but actually blanking all the fields first) save those settings. re-install tor button. Hope this helps, Freemor Seemed

Re: The dh small subgroup confinement attack and Tor

2009-08-09 Thread Freemor
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 04:53:15 -0700 (PDT) Curious Kid letsshareinformat...@yahoo.com wrote: Maybe not a good week. Browser flaws expose users to man-in-the-middle attacks http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=3950 Pretty-Bad-Proxy: An Overlooked Adversary in Browsers’ HTTPS Deployments

Re: Obfuscated URLs?

2009-06-30 Thread Freemor
a .onion URL. (Again I welcome examples) Just my thoughts Freemor -- free...@gmail.com free...@yahoo.ca This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG - ( http://gnupg.org/ ) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Obfuscated URLs?

2009-06-30 Thread Freemor
password protected GnuPG would work wonders for this (prior to insertion of course) Regards, Freemor -- free...@gmail.com free...@yahoo.ca This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG - ( http://gnupg.org/ ) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: 25 tbreg relays in directory

2009-06-28 Thread Freemor
Nice work tracking that down.. Thanks for the info and time. I'm not a Tor dev but as a person working with/in IT, I can appreciate the time and legwork involved.. so thanks. -- free...@gmail.com free...@yahoo.ca This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG - ( http://gnupg.org/ )

Re: A Few Random Thoughts...

2009-06-26 Thread Freemor
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:16:00 -0400 Michael co...@cozziconsulting.com wrote: Quite frankly Tor is an undervalued IT tool and it's capabilities should be trumpeted loudly on the web page. You might also find IT guys like me throwing up some relays in exchange. After all- who has the

Re: Banners injected in web pages at exit nodes TRHCourtney*

2009-06-02 Thread Freemor
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:52:18 +0400 Alexander Cherepanov chere...@mccme.ru wrote: Hello! Just stumbled upon a banner injected in html at tor exit node. Nodes in question: Thanks for the heads up.. I wasn't getting the injected banners on the link you provided but when I tried:

Re: Banners injected in web pages at exit nodes TRHCourtney*

2009-06-02 Thread Freemor
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 Freemor free...@gamil.com wrote: Some rather silly stuff.. Appoligies for the proceeding post.. Certificate is correct.. The .trhcourtney01.exit/ Was throwing the browser into complaining that the certificate didn't match. I really must learn not to post before having my

Re: Banners injected in web pages at exit nodes TRHCourtney*

2009-06-02 Thread Freemor
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 05:36:43 -0600 John Brooks spec...@dereferenced.net wrote: Definitely abusive. Fortunately, because of how nearby most of the IPs are, Tor will treat them as family even if the operator neglected to, so it doesn't pose a risk to anonymity (other than the one outlying node,

Re: TOR and HADOPI

2009-05-29 Thread Freemor
On Thu, 28 May 2009 22:25:49 -0700 (PDT) Curious Kid letsshareinformat...@yahoo.com wrote: This policy model, applied globally, may put and end to Tor. Imagine if exit nodes in every country were shut down, yet their operators were still required to pay for an Internet connection for a long

Re: weird path selection

2009-05-25 Thread Freemor
On Mon, 25 May 2009 11:41:08 -0400 Roger Dingledine a...@mit.edu wrote: On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 08:53:24AM -0500, Scott Bennett wrote: Someone is up to some shenanigans, methinks. Or perhaps someone's copy of tor has a newly discovered bug. I just noticed an odd message go by, so I

Re: tor removed from ubuntu jaunty

2009-04-19 Thread Freemor
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:24:01 -0500 Matt LaPlante cybrm...@gmail.com wrote: A heads-up for fellow Ubuntu users: The tor package has been removed from Ubuntu Jaunty due to lack of maintainership. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2009-April/007866.html - M@ Thanks for

Re: Bittorrent

2009-02-20 Thread Freemor
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:21:33 -0800 F. Fox kitsune...@gmail.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Ted Smith wrote: (snip) It's not perfect - since transfers are still done in the clear - but it does thwart the current most commonly used method for enumerating users

Re: Bittorrent

2009-02-20 Thread Freemor
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:36:12 +0100 (CET) Marco Bonetti marco.bone...@slackware.it wrote: On Fri, February 20, 2009 15:02, Freemor wrote: but what gets reported to the tracker is your actual IP as without that the other peers would be unable to connect to you. It's not that simple. [snip

Re: Bittorrent

2009-02-20 Thread Freemor
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:36:12 +0100 (CET) Marco Bonetti marco.bone...@slackware.it wrote: On Fri, February 20, 2009 15:02, Freemor wrote: As you can see at http://jonas.nitro.dk/bittorrent/bittorrent-rfc.html#anchor18 the ip field is totally optional (many bt clients let you specify your

Re: Some Bones to Pick with Tor Admins

2009-02-10 Thread Freemor
and javascript disables running under its own profile would still be less safe then a loaded browser with Tor button? If so, could you please point me to documentation of the vulnerabilities that Tor button would cover but the completely feature denuded FF would not. Thanks in advance, Freemor -- free

Re: Some Bones to Pick with Tor Admins

2009-02-10 Thread Freemor
Not sure if this is possible with Javascript turnd off or not I'll need to dig more. Thanks for the Feedback, Freemor -- free...@gmail.com free...@yahoo.ca This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG - ( http://gnupg.org/ ) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Some Bones to Pick with Tor Admins

2009-02-10 Thread Freemor
a though. Freemor -- free...@gmail.com free...@yahoo.ca This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG - ( http://gnupg.org/ ) signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Metasploit Decloak Project v2

2008-12-14 Thread Freemor
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:57:18 -0600 Roc Admin onionrou...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed that HDMoore re-released his decloak engine. http://metasploit.com/data/decloak He's improved some of the attacks from before like java, flash, and DNS in pretty interesting ways. There's also a test

Re: swap and live CD

2008-11-22 Thread Freemor
On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:48:28 +0100 Matej Kovacic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Ubuntu 8.10 has an option to create live USB disk. It could be also writable and you can install your own software. So you can customize your portable USB stick, have your encrypted private directory

Re: any middlemen seeing DoS currently?

2008-11-07 Thread Freemor
pinging away all day looking for an updated certificate.. and I've only used Tor a little.. It's now turned off till I need it. or the problem is fixed. Take Care, Freemor -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG - ( http://gnupg.org/ ) signature.asc

Re: Scroogle is allowing Tor again [Was: Re: Strange problem with Tor/Scroogle]

2008-10-01 Thread Freemor
On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:53:25 -0700 F. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think Scroogle's blocking of Tor exit nodes may have been a mistake in setting up block lists somewhere; I can access it again through Tor. Anyone else want to confirm? yep working here too... thanks for the heads up

Re: Filtering traffic from your node - for exit points

2007-09-11 Thread Freemor
this the the original author as I am aware he has stated his server is no longer a going concern). Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG See: http://gnupg.org/ for more details signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: Question about the vulnerability

2007-08-11 Thread Freemor
/control-spec.txt long story short... if you are using a GUI for tor the control port is most likely open. Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG See: http://gnupg.org/ for more details signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: Proposal of a new hidden wiki

2007-08-09 Thread Freemor
to the regular Freenet? just a thought. Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG See: http://gnupg.org/ for more details signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: critical security vulnaribility fixed in Tor 0.1.2.16

2007-08-04 Thread Freemor
there be some similar form of auto-updating for persons using the windows version of TOR? If not maybe Vadalia could be made to check for TOR updates and pop up notices to the users? ... just a thought. Sadly my coding skills are decades out of date or I'd offer to help. Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Blocking child pornography exits

2007-07-22 Thread Freemor
a pleasant day all Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG See: http://gnupg.org/ for more details signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: What will happen to Tor after the new German data retention law takes effect?

2007-06-14 Thread Freemor
sure the Tor Devs are probably gnashing teeth and pulling hair as a hundred reasons why it's a bad idea stream through their minds. Take Care Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG See: http://gnupg.org/ for more details

Re: ISP TOS restrictions on servers

2007-05-28 Thread Freemor
you might want to watch for.. Just because it happened to me (I'm not using Verizon) doesn't mean it'll happen to you. Cheers Freemor -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG See: http://gnupg.org/ for more details

Re: traceroute through tor and http proxy?

2007-05-26 Thread Freemor
the Devs could chime in on that one. Hope this helps. Freemor -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: new TOR seems excessively chatty

2007-05-06 Thread Freemor
Would love to check thaat out for ya but it seems the 0.1.1.26 ubuntu .deb's have evaporated. if you can point me to a location containing proper versions of them I'd be glad to give that a whirl. Thanks Freemor On Sat, 2007-05-05 at 17:23 -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote: On Sat, May 05, 2007

Re: new TOR seems excessively chatty

2007-05-05 Thread Freemor
O.k. an ~20min log and a copy of the torrc file used in the creation of said log are now at: http://74.98.7.159:16012/Chatty_Tor.zip I hope it helps. If you require more info.. please let me know Freemor (Posting this to or-talk too as it origionally went to the or-talk@freehaven.net reply

new TOR seems excessively chatty

2007-05-04 Thread Freemor
). is there some way to curtail this chattiness.. if not I'll have to stop leaving tor running all the time. Thanks in advance Freemor excerpts from /var/log/tor/log May 05 01:36:47.667 [info] connection_dir_client_reached_eof(): Received networkstatus objects (size 209145) from server '128.138.207.48:9030

Re: Is this for real?

2007-04-12 Thread Freemor
the whole reasoning for having Tor be server default and you might as well just provide an easy way to turn the server on and let the user decide based on his, network, isp, legal situation, etc. -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed

Re: Ultimate solution

2007-03-26 Thread Freemor
trust the encrypting endpoint I basically fubar'd That help? Freemor -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Ultimate solution

2007-03-26 Thread Freemor
to stick to more accurate terms. thanks, for bringing it up. I appreciate the input. Take Care, Freemor -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Ultimate solution

2007-03-24 Thread Freemor
On Sat, 2007-24-03 at 08:52 -0400, Paul Syverson wrote: On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 12:50:15AM -0400, Freemor wrote: P.s. to the tor Dev's -- Yes, I know TOR is not a security application. That just snuck in there as I deal with computer security regularly and often see the same the computer

Re: Ultimate solution

2007-03-24 Thread Freemor
On Fri, 2007-23-03 at 22:04 -0700, Andrew Del Vecchio wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Freemor, What if it was done in a way that educates and informs users, such as how Bastille Linux works? Someone could probably easily create an installer/GUI config program

Re: Ultimate solution

2007-03-23 Thread Freemor
that TOR was never intended for. Just my thoughts on the subject Freemor P.s. to the tor Dev's -- Yes, I know TOR is not a security application. That just snuck in there as I deal with computer security regularly and often see the same the computer/internet/isp/mysterious someone should take

Re: Warnings on the download page

2007-03-09 Thread Freemor
action file in the tor/privoxy/vidalia bundle. Tell people look, a lot of stuff isn't going to fly.. but trust us.. you don't want it too Just wondering Freemor -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG signature.asc

Re: Building tracking system to nab Tor pedophiles

2007-03-07 Thread Freemor
difference. Better yet volunteer at your local rape crisis centre. hound your government officials so perps don't walk with a 6 mo sentence after abusing their children for years. etc. I do apologize for the lack of brevity and the slightly OT post. 'nuff said Freemor On Wed, 2007-07-03 at 05:28 +

Re: pop3 and smtp over ssh

2007-03-04 Thread Freemor
is the ssh connection going on. hope this helps Freemor On Mon, 2007-05-03 at 12:58 +0800, Kees Vonk wrote: I would like to connect to a pop3 and smtp server over ssh server (ports 995 and 465) via tor, but I seems that a lot of exit nodes do not allow connections to these ports (even though

Re: Tormap

2006-10-03 Thread Freemor
and found a thread about a map of the TOR network. As the mentioned project seems no longer to exist I want to point you to http://0x2a.at/projects/tormap where you can find such a map (via google or via clean jpeg). Please comment and suggest features. regards, sigi -- Freemor

Re: confiscating middleman-tor-nodes

2006-09-08 Thread Freemor
to get CP. Just my 2 euro cents... -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Tor network failure

2006-09-07 Thread Freemor
be a normal lul). If there are other specific checks I can do please feel free to ask. -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Dos attack against my tor node?

2006-08-28 Thread Freemor
Thanks everyone for the feedback, I'm pretty happy with my iptables rules (and they both handled and logged the attack nicely) but I'll take a look around and see if there is any tightening up I can do that I've missed. (protect from more obscure attack vectors etc) -- Freemor [EMAIL

Quick Concerns re: Traffic injection + Tor Control port

2006-08-19 Thread Freemor
but to stimulate intelligent conversation on what I perceive as a possible risk to the Tor network. -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Traffic Logging Suggestion

2006-08-17 Thread Freemor
will be explaining clearly what Tor CAN do in a non technical way. Take Care Freemor -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail has been digitally signed with GnuPG signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Tor bug?: AllowInvalidNodes

2006-08-16 Thread Freemor
. that last one is a bit flip.. but you get the point) Once again I'd like to express my thanks to all those that have taken the time to Develop Tor, Tor documentation, etc. I think it is good (for what it is) and getting better. Take Care Freemor -- Freemor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freemor

Good reason for using Tor/Privoxy

2006-06-13 Thread Freemor
track me with the webbugs. Do they think I'm that foolish? sigh). Sadly many people will probably miss that it is just a cookie, very correctly flush their cookies and (oops...) opt back in. Anyways, Just figured that this tidbit would be of interest to some here. Take Care, -- Freemor [EMAIL