Re: [tor-dev] Browser-based proxies for circumvention

2012-01-07 Thread David Fifield
On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 11:32:39AM -0800, Kevin Dyer wrote: > >>> A sample session goes like this: > >>> 1. The user starts a connector and a Tor client. The connector sends its > >>>address to the facilitator, so that a proxy will know where to > >>>connect to. (We call this step "rendezvo

Re: [tor-dev] Browser-based proxies for circumvention

2012-01-03 Thread Kevin Dyer
>>> A sample session goes like this: >>> 1. The user starts a connector and a Tor client. The connector sends its >>>address to the facilitator, so that a proxy will know where to >>>connect to. (We call this step "rendezvous.") >>> 2. A flash proxy appears in a browser and asks the facilit

Re: [tor-dev] Browser-based proxies for circumvention

2011-12-23 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 09:31:52PM -0800, David Fifield wrote: > A few months ago, Roger wrote about ideas for getting more bridge > addresses > (https://blog.torproject.org/blog/strategies-getting-more-bridge-addresses). > One of the ideas is to make lightweight bridges that can run in a web > br

Re: [tor-dev] Browser-based proxies for circumvention

2011-12-22 Thread David Fifield
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:37:21PM -0800, Jacob Appelbaum wrote: > On 12/21/2011 09:31 PM, David Fifield wrote: > > This is our overview and demo page. Down at the bottom of the page is a > > flash proxy badge. > > https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/ > > > > It's called a "flash proxy," an

Re: [tor-dev] Browser-based proxies for circumvention

2011-12-21 Thread Jacob Appelbaum
On 12/21/2011 09:31 PM, David Fifield wrote: > A few months ago, Roger wrote about ideas for getting more bridge > addresses > (https://blog.torproject.org/blog/strategies-getting-more-bridge-addresses). > One of the ideas is to make lightweight bridges that can run in a web > browser. I and some

[tor-dev] Browser-based proxies for circumvention

2011-12-21 Thread David Fifield
A few months ago, Roger wrote about ideas for getting more bridge addresses (https://blog.torproject.org/blog/strategies-getting-more-bridge-addresses). One of the ideas is to make lightweight bridges that can run in a web browser. I and some others have been working on this for a few months. I wa