Is there a way for/would make sense in tor to add a *mechanism* for telling back to the originator the country of the exit node before it's first use [packets forwarding]?
I am thinking: which *best* [== most anodyne] hostname could I let announce to my proxy? Example: if I am in Indonesia, and by using tor I am *borrowing* an IP from Germany, it may not be the best idea to use a hostname such *garam* [== salt, in bahasa Indonesia]; alternatively, if I am _not_ using tor, hostnames such: benedict, rottweiler, yankee or fondue may not be too *everyday* when used from Indonesia. (Notice that there is no loss of generality also in the case of more *educated* guesses from the side of the *watchers*, when it's apparent/known by the latter that one is using tor--hence is telling *lies*--I mean. I remember that, in a test I hade made for fun, my location/country of origin has been guessed as Beijing/China [I am in Indonesia] while using tor: well better than having told: Terra del Fuego, Gibraltar or Iceland, after all.) Or say that I am in Finland: not sure that announcing hostnames such panettone, cajun or serigala [== wolf] while being perhaps *original* may be good choices too. I am thinking that there is less flexibility and repertoire in trying to use *generic*, or *international* so to speak, hostnames [what to use: colour's names? mineral's names? ...] And to not give a hostname at all is not a solution to become noticed the least unless everyone does so. I have scripts which flush caches, overwrite proxy-configuration files and reset daemons depending from my decision to use tor, or not, at a given time. I would like to use a mini constant database with a selection of most appropriate hostnames to be picked out at random every time I connect to the Internet. A similar approach should also be considered for setting user-agent [browsers] identifiers. A similar approach should also be considered for setting user-agent [browsers] identifiers. /Roy Lanek ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Polipo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/polipo-users
