Re: vidalia source tarball is missing

2010-10-12 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:21:30 +0300 Erdem Bayer eba...@bayer.gen.tr wrote: Hi After last website update, vidalia source tarball link goes missing from this address: http://www.torproject.org/projects/dist/vidalia-0.2.9.tar.gz However it is still referred on this page, but the download

Virtual Machines - what is their use?

2010-10-12 Thread Matthew
Hello, There are, from time to time, exhortations to use Virtual Machines alongside Tor. If an individual is using Tor, Polipo, Torbutton, NoScript, and BetterPrivacy then why is a VM needed? How can VMs improve one's Tor experience? Thanks.

Re: tor-ramdisk 20101011 released for i686 only

2010-10-12 Thread Damian Johnson
One option for providing feedback on the health of the relay would be arm ( www.atagar.com/arm) with the following config changes to keep with the aims of tor-ramdisk: # would prevent any connection related information from being queried startup.blindModeEnabled true # crops log messages after a

Re: Virtual Machines - what is their use?

2010-10-12 Thread Ted Smith
On Tue, 2010-10-12 at 16:01 +0100, Matthew wrote: If an individual is using Tor, Polipo, Torbutton, NoScript, and BetterPrivacy then why is a VM needed? How can VMs improve one's Tor experience? Presume you are being pursued by the Illuminati, because you alone have knowledge of the Holder

Updated standard .torrc online?

2010-10-12 Thread Matthew
My .torrc file says: Last updated 12 April 2009 for Tor 0.2.1.14-rc Does this matter (is it outdated) and, if so, is their a way to get the latest .torrc file without having to install from scratch? Thanks.

Re: Virtual Machines - what is their use?

2010-10-12 Thread Jan Weiher
Hello, I think there are two useful usecases for a vm in combination with tor: For Hidden Services: If you run your HS inside a VM, it is harder for a imaginary attacker to gather the location / identity of the HS. For a simple User: If you run all the applications inside a vm, it is easier for