Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-16 Thread Marko Sihvo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ringo Kamens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, I want to add my two cents about child porn. Censorship is censorship, it doesn't matter what you censor or by what logic you censor. Banning child porn is censorship, copyright is censorship, and stopping people from speaking

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-15 Thread glymr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 2. Well most people using Tor, aint running a server at ALL. They are just the users, running Tor in Client only mode. And the middlemen are gonna be needed, if you want to have more hops! maybe i am misinformed, but i was under the

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-15 Thread Marko Sihvo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Child porn is a different matter, it threatens the Tor network! It is best handled easier by a url/site/ip block list on the EXIT nodes. to protect itself Torland should put a site uo tp create this block list and Tor EXIt servers use it if they wish. Eg 16+,18+,21+

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-15 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 05:03:53PM +0200, Joe Knall wrote: I clearly do not dare to run a tor server in Germany for reasons like these :( The thought police has been notified. Expect them shortly. So my question is: does anyone know about or have experience with the implications when

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-15 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 09:09:06AM -0700, Ringo Kamens wrote: If it's the JAP I'm thinking of, you shouldn't trust it. The german government ordered JAP top put in a backdoor to the program to catch one solitary JAP user even though it was against german law. The backdoor was released as an

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-15 Thread Tony
They send you to prison if you don't give up the information. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matej Kovacic Sent: 15 May 2006 07:57 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France Hi, Under the British

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-15 Thread Anthony DiPierro
On 5/15/06, Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thus spake Ringo Kamens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Also, they can put you on grand jury and give you obstruction of justice for refusing to talk. According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_jury): In all U.S. jurisdictions retaining

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-15 Thread Tony
: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France Thus spake Eric H. Jung ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Tony's point was that you could arrange not to have the authentication tokens anymore. You better hope they believe you when you say you don't have it, though. Not having the authentication tokens

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-15 Thread Nick Mathewson
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 03:36:59PM -0700, Ben Wilhelm wrote: [...] The line is drawn. The line is that Tor does not censor. That's the only line that makes sense, because everything else requires subjective judgement that many would not be able to agree on. I typically argue this from the

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-15 Thread Tony
Please define 'evil activities' -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Mathewson Sent: 15 May 2006 23:59 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France + On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 03:36:59PM -0700, Ben Wilhelm

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-15 Thread Ringo Kamens
In addition, censoring child porn, death threats, etc. is impossible and you're dedicating yourself to a job that you will have to do 24/7 and never finish. You block a site, they make a new one. You block a file hash, they modify a file. You block a keyword, they use encryption. You block message

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-15 Thread Nick Mathewson
[reformatted, snipped, and top-posting fixed.] On 15 May 2006 23:59, Nick Mathewson wrote: I typically argue this from the can't point of view, not the won't. If it were possible detect block evil activities through programmatic means, I *would* be in favor of blocking them.

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-15 Thread User 165
$0.02 On May 15, 2006, at 11:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We are paying with fear (if you run a Tor EXIT) of arrest and prosecution, for many more mere accusation, just for even running a Tor server or a Tor client is enough to keep many away from the Tor network. Just take a look at

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France +

2006-05-15 Thread Anthony DiPierro
On 5/15/06, Ben Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The line is drawn. The line is that Tor does not censor. That's the only line that makes sense, because everything else requires subjective judgement that many would not be able to agree on. There's always the possibility of letting each exit

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-15 Thread glymr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Anthony DiPierro wrote: On 5/15/06, Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thus spake Ringo Kamens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Also, they can put you on grand jury and give you obstruction of justice for refusing to talk. According to wikipedia

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Tony
@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France --- Mike Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A US judge exercising proper dilligence should be able to realize that the search was not likely to produce relevant evidence to the case in question, or so one would hope. LOL. Where

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Tony
01:45 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'd say if you can register a server with the required data given you can unregister it the same way imho. Just contact the adress for registering. Speaking of cloned

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Dave Page
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 01:34:51PM +0100, Tony wrote: So if for instance they take your disks away as per the French TOR node, then you could destroy your hardware key (wipe TPM module, destroy motherboard chipset or USB dongle) and they are not going to be reading anything, ever. Even if

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Dave Page
On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 03:58:06PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 02:32:50PM +0100, Dave Page wrote: Under the British Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, they would simply confiscate the entire machine, demand any authentication tokens required to access it,

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Tony
] On Behalf Of Lionel Elie Mamane Sent: 14 May 2006 14:58 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 02:32:50PM +0100, Dave Page wrote: On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 01:34:51PM +0100, Tony wrote: So if for instance they take your disks away

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Tony
: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 03:58:06PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 02:32:50PM +0100, Dave Page wrote: Under the British Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, they would simply confiscate the entire machine, demand any

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Tony
: 14 May 2006 15:00 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 03:58:06PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 02:32:50PM +0100, Dave Page wrote: Under the British Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, they would

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread france-info
I am living in France and working for some French security agency. Please understand that I may not identify myself. Working for a security agency does not mean that I approve all their actions, even those that I MUST do. Since about 5 years, French services are trying to control the anonymous

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Eric H. Jung
Before they realise that they need a key you can microwave the token. You can then surrender it when required and still meet your legal obligations... 'It must have been static damage officer...you need to be more careful with my equipment' Which in the UK at least could land you in

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Tony
: Some legal trouble with TOR in France Before they realise that they need a key you can microwave the token. You can then surrender it when required and still meet your legal obligations... 'It must have been static damage officer...you need to be more careful with my equipment' Which

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Mike Zanker
On 14/5/06 15:10, Tony wrote: Nb- failure to disclose keys is up to two years in prison. Not 10. (5) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable- (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both; (b)

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Tony
2006 18:31 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France There are a few key points that you are overlooking. 1. In support of the photocopying money scandal, most printers have yellow dots imprinted on them that track date printed, serial number, etc

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Ringo Kamens
Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France There are a few key points that you are overlooking. 1. In support of the photocopying money scandal, most printers have yellow dots imprinted on them that track date printed, serial number, etc. 2. By US export law, US companies

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Tony
/computing/9909/13/backdoor.idg/ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ringo Kamens Sent: 14 May 2006 18:43 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France I'm not saying the AES is weak. I'm saying that Microsoft might have

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Ringo Kamens
Sent: 14 May 2006 18:31 To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France There are a few key points that you are overlooking. 1. In support of the photocopying money scandal, most printers have yellow dots imprinted on them that track date printed, serial number

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread glymr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Tony wrote: just wanted to suggest that biometrics are not wise for encryption whatsoever. for one thing, they use a software mechanism to 'unlock' and this lock can be bypassed. voiceprint, retina/iris scan, fingerprints, dna, all of these

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Ringo Kamens
. ---|| From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On| Behalf Of Ringo Kamens| Sent: 14 May 2006 18:31||| To: or-talk@freehaven.net| Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France There are a few key points that you are overlooking

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Mike Perry
Thus spake Eric H. Jung ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Tony's point was that you could arrange not to have the authentication tokens anymore. You better hope they believe you when you say you don't have it, though. Not having the authentication tokens counts as refusing to surrender them.

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Adam Shostack
: Some legal trouble with TOR in France | | | | | | | | There are a few key points that you are overlooking. | | | | | | | | 1. In support of the photocopying money scandal, most printers have | yellow | | dots imprinted on them that track date

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Eric H. Jung
Mike, I don't have the time to respond to all the points of your email except the first/ Federal Contempt of Court http://www.bafirm.com/articles/federalcontempt.html Although there is no statutory maximum limit regulating the amount of time a contemnor can be ordered to spend in confinement

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread Ringo Kamens
Also, they can put you on grand jury and give you obstruction of justice for refusing to talk. On 5/14/06, Eric H. Jung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike,I don't have the time to respond to all the points of your email exceptthe first/ Federal Contempt of

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-14 Thread glymr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 I personally have stopped trying to use tor because latency has gone far beyond my patience. Something needs to be done about tor's bandwidth capability. Of course more bandwidth will mean more users... and I have said this before and I will say

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Joe Knall
On Samstag, 13. Mai 2006 12:53 Olivier Barbut wrote: Hello dear tor talkers, I'm running the tor router mini, located in paris, france, and I believe I have to share with you what happened to me last wednesday,the 10th of May. My router was an outside gateway, doing request for tor anonymous

RE: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Sherman Buck
with TOR. http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html Sherman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Landorin Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 5:29 AM To: or-talk@freehaven.net Subject: Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread phobos
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 10:02:41AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote 6.6K bytes in 186 lines about: : average citizens, etc), what is the technical feasibility of the NSA or : other governmentt organizations establishing modified tor nodes/servers : which track activity and use?

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Olivier Barbut
I feel sorry for the inconvenience that caused for you. However, this might have a good part, too: at least now you know that you can run an exit node without getting accused or so (it caused inconvenience the most, but no accusation or so right?). If that happened to me then at least I'd know

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 09:04:22PM +0200, Landorin wrote: Personally, I believe a Verein is usually regarded as one person (actually juristische Person) of its own so they don't accuse a private person but the organisation itself as a person (that's not guaranteed, it's just what I guess so

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Olivier Barbut
thanks for the advice. I will for shure reformat everything and reinstall linux when I get time for this. Changing hard drives would be nice but I have not enough money for this right now. Do you know what a hard drive tap could look like ? As for the tor server, I suggest that you completely

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Ringo Kamens
Chances are it would be internal and couldn't hold much data. I really think you should sell your rig and buy a used one that's comprable and cut the losses. It's too risky to keep it. On 5/13/06, Olivier Barbut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks for the advice. I will for shure reformat everything

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Landorin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't get it. Why buy a new one anyway? From what I know, any and every data will be lost if you format your hardisk with a safe method (can't remember the name right now but that method keeps writing random data to your entire hardisk to overwrite

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Alexandru ARMEAN
There are methods (and they are used) to read data from a overwritten disk. It has to do with the age of data that has been written in a single place on the disk . The process, of what i remember , involves some more hardware methods like taking of a very small layer of the disks surface and

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Ringo Kamens
Well burning it doesn't do is completely (unless it's molten and then mixed with other stuff). You should securely wipe it with a magnet and then melt it. In this case, just wipe it about 100 times and then sell it. On 5/13/06, Alexandru ARMEAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are methods (and they

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Eric H. Jung
Wiping with a magnet is absolutely useless unless you own a professional degausser (which are large and expensive--we have one where I work). For some more reading on the matter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degauss http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence --- Ringo Kamens [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Joe Knall
On Sonntag, 14. Mai 2006 00:03 Ringo Kamens wrote: Well burning it doesn't do is completely (unless it's molten and then mixed with other stuff). You should securely wipe it with a magnet and then melt it. In this case, just wipe it about 100 times and then sell it. Hey people... why not

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread Ringo Kamens
He has a good point. They surely have a clone of your drive which means they have the private keys to the server which could destroy the user's anonymity. On 5/13/06, Joe Knall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sonntag, 14. Mai 2006 00:03 Ringo Kamens wrote: Well burning it doesn't do is completely

Re: Some legal trouble with TOR in France

2006-05-13 Thread glymr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 yeah, i think if i were you, i'd sell all of the hardware they had their hands on for that time asap and get new hardware. there's way too many routes that could be used to compromise the server once it's been in the hands of untrusted people. A