Good idea. We will work on getting a page available on showmyip.com to do this - maybe something like http://www.showmyip.com/torstatus/ with just the relevant data for new Tor users.
. . . Wesley Kenzie WebMaster http://www.showmyip.com/ http://www.privacy-ecosystem.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Hogan Sent: December 19, 2006 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: suggestion for 'is my installation of tor working?' page Hi all, http://lefkada.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ipaddr.pl?tor=1 https://tns.nighteffect.com/ https://torstat.xenobite.eu/ All of the above provide useful information for the first-time tor user. But the last two are only really meaningful to initates (and probably confusing to everyone else), while the first is reassuring but could really offer a little more. What is needed (IMVHO) is a page that confirms you are using tor successfully, but also introduces you to the other services that tor offers and also some advice for the tor debutante. A sort of official or unofficial 'welcome to the tor network' page. This could be linked to in the FAQ/INSTALL and used by controllers/front-ends. Would the maintainers of any of the above be interested in providing such a thing? Given that the heavy lifting has already been done on all of the above, it would be very trivial to create. Would there be an appetite for such a thing on the tor homepage itself? Suggestions for content: * A warm greeting! * Top Five things all tor users should know * Appeal for users to run servers and link to how-to * An introduction to some hidden services Anyway, just a thought... Robert
