Re: Do I need an updated .torrc file?

2010-11-24 Thread Robert Ransom
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:51:16 + Matthew pump...@cotse.net wrote: Hello, My .torrc file says: ## Configuration file for a typical Tor user ## Last updated 12 April 2009 for Tor 0.2.1.14-rc. ## (May or may not work for much older or much newer versions of Tor.) Do I need to get a

Re: Do I need an updated .torrc file?

2010-11-24 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 09:51:16PM +, Matthew wrote: ## Configuration file for a typical Tor user ## Last updated 12 April 2009 for Tor 0.2.1.14-rc. ## (May or may not work for much older or much newer versions of Tor.) Do I need to get a new .torrc version? I have had a look online and

Re: Active Attacks - Already in Progress?

2010-11-24 Thread Kyle Williams
A quick look at my cache-descriptors show the following for PPrivComXXX. family PPrivCom001 PPrivCom002 PPrivCom003 PPrivCom004 PPrivCom005 PPrivCom006 PPrivCom007 PPrivCom008 PPrivCom009 PPrivCom010 PPrivCom012 PPrivCom013 PPrivCom014 PPrivCom015 PPrivCom016 PPrivCom017 PPrivCom018 PPrivCom019

Re: Active Attacks - Already in Progress?

2010-11-24 Thread Robert Ransom
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:38:23 -0800 Theodore Bagwell torus...@imap.cc wrote: We recently discussed an attack on onion-routing anonymity, wherein a well-funded adversary overwhelms the network with compromised relays, thereby increasing his chances of monitoring anonymity-compromising data.

Re: Active Attacks - Already in Progress?

2010-11-24 Thread Damian Johnson
Hi Theodore. The reason the operators of the largest tor relays (Blutmagie, TorServers, and Amunet) operate multiple instance is because this is the best way in practice for utilizing large connections. Robert and others are right and you should call people out if they operate multiple relays