I finally got my act together and put my Introduction to Tor
presentation online. You can find it on my Google site here:
http://sites.google.com/site/mateogoog/files
Feel free to use the presentation in any way you see fit!
-Matt
This article also talks about ATT and Comcast's strategies to limit
home bandwidth:
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc20090331_726397.htm
Did I mention how much I absolutely LOVE Time Warner Cable??
-Matt
I gave a talk to a small group of people on Saturday at BarCampAustin:
http://www.barcamp.org/BarCampAustin4 I have also given this talk in
two of my graduate classes at St. Edward's University. These kinds of
informal talks are a great way to educate others about Internet
censorship,
Scott-
Sorry to hear that you are also having problems with your ISP. I ended
up dropping Time Warner and signing up for Earthlink - which actually
uses the same TWC network. So now I am back on TWC and must watch my
p's and q's or I will be kicked off. I even have the same TWC account
I agree that starting a business may be problematic but I am not sure
this would be true for a non-profit in the US.
Does anyone know if US non-profits are required to log connection
information? I help several businesses (including a large company) and
non-profits maintain their websites,
I take issue with the premise that the only course of action that ISPs
have is to disconnect customers that generate these complaints. I know
that some ISPs simply pass on the complaints to their customers with the
expectation that the customer fix the problem. It seems to me that this
is
I agree that it may be a risk for one organization to own a large number
of Tor nodes. But if that organization is a non-profit and run by some
of the Tor users, developers, and operators on this list, that should
reduce the risk that the organization will willingly compromise its Tor
Yup, I restricted my exit node policy in hopes that it would limit
torrent traffic and it seemed to work. However, the last hacking
complaint was the result of someone making excessive or inappropriate
postings on a newsgroup or website. So while the torrent/DMCA
complaints stopped, the
Wow, that is a very cool idea. This could even be turned into a
non-profit organization... We could take donations to support running
Tor exit nodes which, in turn, supports everyone's ability to use the
Internet without fear of censorship, harassment, and authoritarian (or
up-and-coming
Bennett wrote:
On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:42:01 -0600 Matthew McCabe mate...@mrmccabe.com
wrote:
So Time Warner Cable finally gave me an ultimatum that either I stop
running Tor or they will shut off my service. This was after 3 DMCA and
2 general abuse/hacking complaints. Note that Time
Thank you for all of your suggestions regarding exit policies and
contacting the EFF. I am a member and will be beating down Kurt
Opsahl's door if the MPAA decides to pursue this any further.
So just to clarify, it is possible to transfer bit torrent file content
over Tor, right? And the
Hello-
Time Warner shut off my connection again last night due to a complaint
from the MPAA. They claim that I downloaded 2 movies and 1 TV show.
This traffic, in fact, must have come through my Tor exit node.
I explained to the customer service agent that I am running a Tor exit
node and
, please e-mail or
call me before disabling my Internet connection. If you give me
specific information about the abuse complaint, I will do my best to
immediately address the issue.
Here is my contact information:
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Thank you,
Matthew McCabe
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