Re: Answer by perfect-privacy.com Re: perfect-privacy.com, Family specifications, etc.

2010-05-20 Thread xiando
[snip] The trouble here is that if we make family declarations one-sided, then I can tell everybody that I'm in blutmagie's family (and X's family and Y's family and Z's family and ...), and suddenly I'm influencing the path selection of other clients in a way I shouldn't be able to. We

Re: Tor v0.2.1.23 dose not work in my windowsXP box and Tor v0.2.1.24 can not work in my Debain

2010-02-27 Thread xiando
(I don't know who is the ISP for HK PolyU), when I try to connect with Tor. via bridge 74.207.232.33:443, I have found its TCP handshaking works fine, but SSL handshaking is blocked (A packet for SSL client Hello is sent to 74.207.232.33, but the bridge never gives me reponse): It would

BridgeRelay 1, tor does nothing

2010-01-15 Thread xiando
Tor story when configured to do nothing but BridgeRelay 1 is: [warn] SocksPort, TransPort, NatdPort, DNSPort, and ORPort are all undefined, and there aren't any hidden services configured. Tor will still run, but probably won't do anything. warning!! warning!! you're only acting as a bridge!!

Re: SSH and Telnet ports, tip: change the sshd port

2008-12-14 Thread xiando
Thanks for the information. I run denyhosts, and receive ridiculous numbers of these connections to my servers as well. I ran a quick script to grab what denyhosts had blocked, and determined how many of those connections were from Tor exit nodes. Quite a large number! Off topic, I had a

Re: Block hidden services

2008-08-28 Thread xiando
is it - in analogy to exit policies - possible to block certain (or all) hidden services of using my node as directory or introduction point and to disable rendezvous point functionality for my node? (I understand that I cannot block being a rendezvous point for specific hidden services.)

Re: Update to default exit policy

2008-08-16 Thread xiando
I know this has been discussed before, but I thought I'd bring it up again. The following rules are in the default exit policy and I can't see any reason why they would be: reject *:465 reject *:587 Are you absolutely positivily sure that you can not misconfigure e-mail MTAs who use smtps

Re: [Fwd: ESA Foreign Notice (fwd)]

2008-04-28 Thread xiando
Hello, i am the operator of a tor server located in austria: today my isp forwarded a copyright compliance from the 'Entertainment Software Association' (ESA). the claim is attached below. the ESA refers to the 'Berne Convention and other international treaties covering intellectual property

Re: SORBS vs Tor and the world (was: List Suggestion)

2008-01-07 Thread xiando
Ok, so that problem solves the gmail problem but pretty much every spam filter at least takes in the SORBS etc. databases as a factor. Thanks though, I'll do that. SORBS was mentioned in Tor-talk July 2005 at WTH as downloadable from

Re: Why does TOR stream data when it#8217;s not in use?

2007-12-12 Thread xiando
Hi, I#8217;m new to TOR. I#8217;ve been using it for some weeks for online privacy. I#8217;ve installed TOR and Privoxy from the latest Windows Vidalia Bundle and configured my Internet Explorer 7 manually. I strongly advice you to switch to a free software operating system such as GNU/Linux

Re: Non-technical Tor-related debates on OR-talk (was: court trial against me)

2007-11-27 Thread xiando
Can we start a tor-legal-matters and/or tor-misc-chatter lists to resolve this problem? Tor is the technology side, but it has a political and legal side too, which should be allowed to talk about, how far it likes to go. Okay, maybe in another or-list, but generally there is to provide

Re: Arrested/surveillance/etc Tor-operators (was: [Fwd: Re: I break the silence: My arrest])

2007-09-18 Thread xiando
A question to all Tor-operators: I'd like to do a survey about all incidents which happened to operators. Stuff like: * arrested * confiscated equippment * nastygram * surveillance * ... What would be possible other questions/point in the survey? I was put under surveillance and

Re: SORBS still sucks (was: Connections to botnet masters)

2007-08-27 Thread xiando
it and tell people about it and when enough people know and nobody uses it then it doesn't matter if they and their 5 users are blacklisting the whole internet. --xiando(tm).

Re: public/hidden issues

2007-05-11 Thread xiando
Is it a problem to offer the same content on a public and a hidden (Tor) http service? (I.e., does it leak enough information for useful attacks). I have no idea why you would want this, but I do it just to make sure people have the address for the hidden http service so they can start using

Re: Tor nodes blocked by SORBS (thus; e-gold+++)

2007-04-27 Thread xiando
No, its just SORBS, thay havnt got a clue. Avoid with long bargepole Quote, mr. Dingeldine at What The Hack, July 2005: If you're still using SORBS then I feel sorry for you. I did a (Scr|G)oogle seach for SORBS just now http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=sorbs and it turns up

Re: Open DNS

2007-04-23 Thread xiando
I read an article from LH this morning about the OpenDNS service. http://tinyurl.com/24y2cn http://www.opendns.com/ Can I use this with Tor? Will that void any anonymity provided by Tor? Forgive me if this is a stupid question. I call SCAM. Yes. SCAM, I tell you. This isn't really Tor

Re: [Fwd: High-traffic Colluding Tor Routers in Washington, D.C. Confirmed]

2007-04-18 Thread xiando
Do you think it's a privacy problem to run 3 to 5 servers? All servers would be non-exit servers because of the current habit of the German police to collect all exit servers. Of course, I will set the family entry. Please do run as many servers as you can afford. There is absolutely no

Re: [off topic] More 'bad press' for online anonymity/freedom of speech

2007-03-29 Thread xiando
This article appears on the BBC's website today can be repsonded to (possibly with some good counter-arguments in favour of online anonymity/freedom of speech) via the link below NOT HERE on this mailing list as the subject is off-topic. Call for blogging code of conduct The support for

Slightly OT: 'Big brother' surveillance makes waves in Sweden

2007-03-09 Thread xiando
good reason to use Tor right there. More Slightly Off-Topic: FRA is visiting websites with information about Tor. And they are not using Tor to do it (Yes, I realize the Xiando Total Surveillance Office is evil. But you guys are using Tor, aren't you?) (Please don't reply to this unless you

Re: list of tor IP addresses

2007-03-06 Thread xiando
Looking at the volunteer page at tor.eff.org, I spotted this: We need an official central site to answer Is this IP address a Tor server? questions. This should provide several interfaces, including a web interface and a DNSBL-style interface. It can provide the most up-to-date answers by

Norwegian DNS compromized

2007-02-27 Thread xiando
$ dig +trace alolita.com alolita.com.3600IN A 69.5.162.133 dig @217.13.4.21 alolita.com alolita.com.1800IN A 80.202.4.7 217.13.4.21 is a DNS server which belongs to Norwegian ISP NextGenTel. ** EVEN MORE ALARMING: ** $ dig @18.244.0.188

Re: Norwegian DNS compromized

2007-02-27 Thread xiando
I would just like to say that we should report that alolita.com because it is connected to bunch of PEDOPHILES!!! Is must be banned from Tor netowork and it should also be reported to authorities. Hey, wait a minute. You're talking about Censorship. Don't you realize that? Or do you want a

Re: ISP controlling entry/exti (Low-Resource Routing Attacks Against Anonymous Systems)

2007-02-25 Thread xiando
Concerning an ISP controlling both entry and exit nodes: when Tor clients build paths, they avoid choosing two nodes on the same /16 subnet (see path-spec.txt). So, it does not seem that this is likely to happen. This is false. These are actually both at the same ISP (Same datacenter, same

Re: more letters from the feds

2007-01-11 Thread xiando
I think this is a valid point. I ran an exit-node for a short while at home without thinking too much about it. The huge amount of traffic I was attracting (even within minutes of booting up) made me shut it off for the sake of personal convenience, but I don't think I will ever go back - Use

Help!! I'm a total computer n00b and know nothing and need to learn how Tor works

2007-01-03 Thread xiando
This text is copied from [Zyprexa-discuss] tor link does not work at: http://lists.acm.jhu.edu/pipermail/zyprexa-discuss/2006-December/24.html Someone said that they thought the tor download link on the wiki was working... ... it is not as of now... it goes no where. So it's apparently

Security Now: Achieving Internet Anonymity

2006-12-16 Thread xiando
Podcast. Description: Last week Steve and Leo discussed the social implications and the social power of Internet Anonymity. This week they discuss the technology of Freenet and TOR (Onion Router) networks, and Steve describes the detailed technical operation of both systems.

Re: Off Topic: Getting PGP and GnuPG Public Keys

2006-12-05 Thread xiando
I've noticed a fair number of list members use GnuPG or PGP and I got tired of manually trying to find a keyserver that had the poster's public key. I know they are supposed exchange keys, but this seems very hit or miss. So I wrote the little script below. It includes several (..) I hope

Re: Communications between Tor servers within the Tor network, an idea

2006-12-03 Thread xiando
because I've got slow ADSL at home or am at the library or at a friends house then I still want to be able to use the full potential of Tor and do everything I could do if I were running a server. --xiando(tm). pgpK7xb2dym1B.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: what happened to the hidden wiki??

2006-12-01 Thread xiando
is it just me or has the hidden-wiki disappeared? Perhaps it was down when you checked or something else went wrong, regardless, it's there (and worked for me) now.

Re: False certificates

2006-11-24 Thread xiando
I noticed that, by connecting to some https domains from some exitnodes, I receive a warning of a false certificate. Closing the circuit and using another one (so another exit node) makes the things back to normal. I could identify only one exitnode, have still doubts for 2 others bach from

Re: Tor and speed

2006-11-13 Thread xiando
if you want to. --xiando(tm) 911 inside job. (Democrats + Republicans) == CFR http://killtown.911review.org/ http://st911.org/

Re: Win32.Trojan.Agent appear when close Torpark

2006-11-12 Thread xiando
as a trojan. good luck. --xiando(tm) 911 inside job. (Democrats + Republicans) == CFR http://killtown.911review.org/ http://st911.org/

Re: Tor Network Status Website - Reduce the page size!!

2006-11-06 Thread xiando
. If there is any interest, I can package up the code and DB creation script and distribute it. Or, feel free to use the site where it is. Let me know. Sexy. Put a link where the source can be wr0red at the bottom of the page or something. Or just mail it to me. :D --xiando(tm). Rumor is that http://vidalia

Re: end-to-end encryption? SSL? GnuPG?

2006-10-21 Thread xiando
/DPolipo /MIN polipo-20060920.exe -c polipo.ini FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe Just my random ramblings. xiando -- http://killtown.911review.org/