Errata corrige Hostname: never mind, I have *wrapped around* a bit, I apologize. It sometimes happens when one is doing too many things at the same time, is tired, others. Yes, I have read tor's FAQ [tinnitus in the ear] ... should have done it before, of course, at the least I should have checked google. (My config. file was correctly [crossing fingers] set up already, by surplus and ironically.)
No tor issue then. /Roy Lanek On 5/11/08, Roy Lanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
