Re: [tor-dev] tor on GNU/Windows

2016-05-28 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 05:25:22PM +, Ivan Markin wrote: | Ian Goldberg: | > I had a crazy thought the other day: has anyone tried running the Linux | > version of tor (client or node) on the new GNU/Windows (or whatever | > they're officially calling their Linux compatability layer)? | |

Re: [tor-dev] Hash Visualizations to Protect Against Onion Phishing

2015-08-20 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 11:00:51AM -0400, Ian Goldberg wrote: | I'd caution about the poker hand, though. One year when I taught | first-year undergraduate CS, we included an assignment that had to do | with decks of cards and card games. A surprising number of people had | never seen decks of

Re: [tor-dev] A proposal to change hidden service terminology

2015-02-10 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 01:13:26PM -0500, A. Johnson wrote: | Hello all, | | Several of us [0] working on hidden services have been talking about adopting better terminology. Some of the problem | 1. '''onion service''' should be preferred to refer to what is now called a hidden service.

Re: [tor-dev] Of CA-signed certs and .onion URIs

2014-11-14 Thread Adam Shostack
Hi Tom, thanks for the great summary. I want to comment on one element of your writeup, the hidden service on box A, webserver on box B. My weak belief is that this is no different than the SSL added and removed here issue which impacts many 'secure sites.' Imposing a requirement that a person

Re: [tor-dev] User experience issue

2014-11-14 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:50:20AM +, Runa A. Sandvik wrote: | On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:43 AM, Adam Shostack a...@shostack.org wrote: | Hi, | | Hi Adam, | | I just had the fun experience of trying to walk someone who's not very | technical and not familiar with Tor through downloading

[tor-dev] User experience issue

2014-11-13 Thread Adam Shostack
Hi, I just had the fun experience of trying to walk someone who's not very technical and not familiar with Tor through downloading and installing the TBB. One element which came out was she was confused by the relationship between Tor, the Tor Browser Bundle, and Vidalia, and became frustrated

Re: [tor-dev] Building TOR using Visual Studio

2014-10-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 03:29:51PM +1100, teor wrote: | | On 18 Oct 2014, at 13:29 , tor-dev-requ...@lists.torproject.org wrote: | Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 22:29:02 -0400 | From: Nick Mathewson ni...@freehaven.net | To: tor-dev@lists.torproject.org | Subject: Re: [tor-dev] Building TOR using

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher UI feedback follow up

2013-05-11 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:04:46PM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: | Thus spake Mark Smith (m...@pearlcrescent.com): | |- Wording suggestion: | This computer's internet connection is free of obstacles: | [greenboldtext]My network operator does not threaten my person | safety[/greenboldtext] | |

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 02:09:33AM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: | Thus spake Andrew Lewman (and...@torproject.is): | One answer is the user shouldn't care. Tor Browser should automatically | loop through the various kinds of connectivity and just connect. | non-obfs bridges really should get

Re: [tor-dev] Tor Launcher settings UI feedback request

2013-05-04 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 12:54:35PM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: | I think this might be the right direction. The person running Tor | knows two things: if they're worried about someone monitoring their | network right now, and how technical they are (and their desire to tweak | settings). | |