I've got an initial version up now at http://www.showmyip.com/torstatus/ - feedback welcome! More content and links to come!
. . . Wesley -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Hogan Sent: February 1, 2007 1:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: suggestion for 'is my installation of tor working?' page On Thursday 21 December 2006 18:36, Robert Hogan wrote: > On Thursday 21 December 2006 05:19, you wrote: > > 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/ > > Sounds great, looking forward to it! > > I'll direct TorK users to it once it's up and running. > Has anyone had any further thoughts on this? Wesley, have you thought of creating a chopped-down version of showmyip.com that concentrates on the browser/OS properties (such as javascript) as well as displaying geographical info? > > -----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 -- KlamAV - An Anti-Virus Manager for KDE - http://www.klamav.net TorK - A Tor Controller For KDE - http://tork.sf.net
