Torbutton 1.3.1-alpha released

2011-01-04 Thread Mike Perry
Torbutton 1.3.1-alpha has been released at: https://www.torproject.org/torbutton/releases/torbutton-1.3.1-alpha.xpi This release features a fix for the nasty pref dialog issue in 1.3.0 (bug #2011), as well as Firefox 4.0 support. Thanks to new APIs in Firefox 3.5 and better privacy options in

Re: System time in anonymity oriented LiveCDs

2011-01-04 Thread Jim
thomas.hluch...@netcologne.de wrote: Without understanding details of the tor design, did you mention that tor knows the real time? So why dont you let tor set the right time. There could be a torrc setting like when connecting to tor set system time according what tor says. This would

Tor in German media (27c3)

2011-01-04 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi, FYI: The German public radio network Deutschlandfunk put up an interview with Julius Mittenzwei, the Chaos Computer Club lawyer, about Tor. http://vimeo.com/18267378 (german only) -- Moritz http://www.torservers.net/ ***

Re: System time in anonymity oriented LiveCDs

2011-01-04 Thread Jim
Jim wrote: thomas.hluch...@netcologne.de wrote: Without understanding details of the tor design, did you mention that tor knows the real time? So why dont you let tor set the right time. There could be a torrc setting like when connecting to tor set system time according what tor says. This

Re: System time in anonymity oriented LiveCDs

2011-01-04 Thread Jim
Jim wrote: thomas.hluch...@netcologne.de wrote: Without understanding details of the tor design, did you mention that tor knows the real time? So why dont you let tor set the right time. There could be a torrc setting like when connecting to tor set system time according what tor says. This

Re: The Skype begin refusing payments making on their site through the Tor

2011-01-04 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi, On 04.01.2011 14:02, Praedor Atrebates wrote: Am I missing something? Anonymous credit cards? -- Moritz *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body.

Re: The Skype begin refusing payments making on their site through the Tor

2011-01-04 Thread Ted Smith
On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 08:02 -0500, Praedor Atrebates wrote: For something like skype or paying for ANYTHING via credit card/paypal or the like, your anonymity is lost upon making payment so having to pay online outside the tor network cannot be a privacy/anonymity violation. I would

Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread andre76
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and Tor browser bundle with scripts forbidden. Does any of my web search results or web pages (or anything else during the web session) I look at get sent to or put on the SWAP partition of my machine? That is to say- is there any data on my computer I should shred

Re: The Skype begin refusing payments making on their site through the Tor

2011-01-04 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 08:02:40AM -0500, Praedor Atrebates wrote: For something like skype or paying for ANYTHING via credit card/paypal or the like, your anonymity is lost upon making payment so having to pay online outside the tor network cannot be a privacy/anonymity violation. I would

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 02:14:09PM +0100, andr...@fastmail.fm wrote: I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and Tor browser bundle with scripts forbidden. Does any of my web search results or web pages (or anything else during the web session) I look at get sent to or put on the SWAP partition of my

Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread andre76
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and Tor browser bundle with scripts forbidden. Does any of my web search results or web pages (or anything else during the web session) I look at get sent to or put on the SWAP partition of my machine? That is to say- is there any data on my computer I should shred

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread andre76
-- andr...@fastmail.fm On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:16 -0500, Roger Dingledine a...@mit.edu wrote: On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 02:14:09PM +0100, andr...@fastmail.fm wrote: I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and Tor browser bundle with scripts forbidden. Does any of my web search results or web pages

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread Michael Gomboc
A new installation of Ubuntu with encrypted LVM is more than easy! Check the link for help (It's Ubuntu 7.10, but there is no big difference) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Encrypted-Ubuntu-7-10-68383.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/Encrypted-Ubuntu-7-10-68383.shtmlOf curse you can encrypt

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread What you get is Not what you see
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:25 PM, andr...@fastmail.fm wrote: I sure would LOVE to know an easy way to encrypt my swap. My plan had been to do a fresh reinstallation of Ubuntu 10.04 on my dual-boot machine but I got to the encrypt the disk portion of the installation using Alternate CD and

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread Gregory Maxwell
OT, I know, but this is information that all tor node operators should have. On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:25 AM, andr...@fastmail.fm wrote: I sure would LOVE to know an easy way to encrypt my swap.  My plan had been to do a fresh reinstallation of Ubuntu 10.04 on my dual-boot machine but I got to

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread andre76
-- [1]andr...@fastmail.fm On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:48 -0500, Michael Gomboc michael.gom...@gmail.com wrote: A new installation of Ubuntu with encrypted LVM is more than easy! Check the link for help (It's Ubuntu 7.10, but there is no big difference)

Re: Tor in German media (27c3)

2011-01-04 Thread Dirk
Moritz Bartl wrote: Hi, FYI: The German public radio network Deutschlandfunk put up an interview with Julius Mittenzwei, the Chaos Computer Club lawyer, about Tor. http://vimeo.com/18267378 (german only) So all I need is a competent lawyer to run as many exit nodes as I want in

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread Michael Gomboc
Maybe that link will be useful: http://blog.nyxyn.com/2010/05/encrypted-ubuntu-104-on-dual-boot.html 2011/1/4 andr...@fastmail.fm -- andr...@fastmail.fm On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:48 -0500, Michael Gomboc michael.gom...@gmail.com wrote: A new installation of Ubuntu with encrypted LVM is

Re: Tor in German media (27c3)

2011-01-04 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi, On 04.01.2011 17:46, Dirk wrote: So all I need is a competent lawyer to run as many exit nodes as I want in Germany? Most people run as many exit nodes as they want without even having a lawyer in the first place. It is not an illegal service at all. For the future, it might be a good

Re: Tor in German media (27c3)

2011-01-04 Thread Timo Schoeler
On 01/04/2011 05:46 PM, Dirk wrote: Moritz Bartl wrote: Hi, FYI: The German public radio network Deutschlandfunk put up an interview with Julius Mittenzwei, the Chaos Computer Club lawyer, about Tor. http://vimeo.com/18267378 (german only) So all I need is a competent lawyer to run as many

Re: Tor in German media (27c3)

2011-01-04 Thread Dirk
Moritz Bartl wrote: Hi, On 04.01.2011 17:46, Dirk wrote: So all I need is a competent lawyer to run as many exit nodes as I want in Germany? Most people run as many exit nodes as they want without even having a lawyer in the first place. It is not an illegal service at all. For the

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread Steve Crook
On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 10:13:00AM -0500, Gregory Maxwell wrote: swap /dev/sda9 /dev/urandom swap,cipher=aes-lrw-plain,size=256 Same solution as I use but with slightly different options. Mine are: cipher=aes-cbc-essiv:sha256,size=256,hash=sha256,swap The example on

Re: Tor uses swap?

2011-01-04 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Steve Crook st...@mixmin.net wrote: On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 10:13:00AM -0500, Gregory Maxwell wrote: swap /dev/sda9 /dev/urandom swap,cipher=aes-lrw-plain,size=256 Same solution as I use but with slightly different options.  Mine are:

Exit node and datacenter

2011-01-04 Thread force44
Hello! Since about 18 months I am hosting a Tor relay middleman on a dedicated box rented at Rackforce in Canada and I would like to turn it to an exit node. Any suggestion about what to do concerning the datacenter? I would like to avoid being sent offline at the 1st complaint... Thanks!

Re: Exit node and datacenter

2011-01-04 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi, Contact your ISP and tell them what you want to do. Ask if it's possible to SWIP your IP range and attach your own abuse handle (email address). If your ISP is okay with it, I think it's worth trying the open exit policy first, and only limit it later in case you run into trouble with

Re: Tor Email?

2011-01-04 Thread Orionjur Tor-admin
Jon wrote: On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:38 AM, The Doctor dr...@virtadpt.net wrote: I then tried again with a German exit, and had no problems. Since I don't speak German very well, I had to guess some, but it went thru with out any captcha.. Am wondering if it is only with a US exit

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2011-01-04 Thread Orionjur Tor-admin
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Re: The Skype begin refusing payments making on their site through the Tor

2011-01-04 Thread James Brown
Praedor Atrebates wrote: And where are these creatures, these anonymous credit cards? If I use the tor for preventing possibility of my bank (and Putin's tonton macoutes if they request my bank) to know my real location?

Re: Tor and google groups

2011-01-04 Thread force44
Though I could open an account at gmail, it is impossible to login to post in google groups. I am told, whetever the exit node is, Your browser's cookie functionality is turned off. Please turn it on.. First, did you have to go through SMS verification to open a Gmail account? Yes, but I

Re: Tor-BlackBelt Privacy

2011-01-04 Thread andrew
On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 01:53:17PM +0100, tor-ad...@privacyfoundation.de wrote 0.8K bytes in 25 lines about: : I have done a small test. It seems, high performance nodes are prefered. : The project page offers only a binary download. : What do you think about the project. Is it serious? It's

Re: BDS VPNs hosting

2011-01-04 Thread andrew
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 05:55:57PM +0100, jespa...@minibofh.org wrote 1.5K bytes in 28 lines about: : The approach described in the official Tor project documentation is : excellent from my humble point of view. As a web-hosting sysadmin I Ok, that's really what I was hoping. Otherwise, my hope

Cookie Mismatch when using Gmail.

2011-01-04 Thread Matthew
Hello, Here is what happens: I login to Gmail as normal. I go to Settings / Accounts and Import / Change Account Settings - Google Account Settings. When I click on that link the URL changes to https://www.google.com/accounts/CookieMismatch and the screen shows. We've detected a problem

RE: Downloading files?

2011-01-04 Thread Zaher F .
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:51:12 +0100 From: berta...@ptitcanardnoir.org To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Downloading files? On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:25:14AM -0500, and...@torproject.org wrote: On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 04:55:18PM +0100, andr...@fastmail.fm wrote 0.9K bytes in