Re: [tor-talk] Getting of Tor Browser

2011-10-04 Thread Julian Yon
On 04/10/11 04:46, David Carlson wrote: I believe that the main difference between the version of Firefox in the Tor Browser Bundle and the version that most people use is that that version is 'portable' in the sense that it does not need to be 'installed' to run. AIUI the devs are of the

Re: [tor-talk] Revoking your secret_id_key

2011-10-04 Thread Julian Yon
On 04/10/11 00:44, Nick Mathewson wrote: It might be worthwhile to add a feature where each Tor server generates a signed permanent shutdown notice at the same time it generates its key, and to suggest to node operators that they keep a copy of that notice someplace secure so that they can

[tor-talk] observation: Browser bundle secure files deletion

2011-10-04 Thread Joe Btfsplk
I've thought about TBB it insecurely deleting files such as cache when closing TBB Firefox. I assume this is what happens - I've investigated - a BIT - seems that's what it does. *Is this correct?* If true, there's no opportunity to securely wipe the files, rather than them being insecurely

Re: [tor-talk] Getting of Tor Browser

2011-10-04 Thread unknown
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011 22:46:08 -0500 David Carlson carlson...@sbcglobal.net wrote: In the Windows download section there is a variation called Vidalia Bundle which allegedly sets up an environment within which the standard Windows version of Firefox is expected to behave nicely. As a Windows

Re: [tor-talk] observation: Browser bundle secure files deletion

2011-10-04 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 10/4/2011 9:22 AM, Julian Yon wrote: On 04/10/11 15:00, Advrk Aplmrkt wrote: I had the exact same question about secure delete. Also, securing wiping the computer's memory is important, as sensitive data could be recovered from RAM even *after* power off... TAILS handles this:

Re: [tor-talk] observation: Browser bundle secure files deletion

2011-10-04 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 10/4/2011 2:20 PM, Julian Yon wrote: Generally it's polite to read the information you've been given before responding at length. As you have not, I don't see much point in continuing trying to help you. Sorry to have to put it like that, but I'm chronically ill and don't appreciate having

Re: [tor-talk] observation: Browser bundle secure files deletion

2011-10-04 Thread Robert Ransom
On 2011-10-04, Joe Btfsplk joebtfs...@gmx.com wrote: I've thought about TBB it insecurely deleting files such as cache when closing TBB Firefox. I assume this is what happens - I've investigated - a BIT - seems that's what it does. If you have evidence that TBB-Firefox stores sensitive

[tor-talk] Qubes TorVM (and more fun :)

2011-10-04 Thread coderman
Relevant to a few threads lately: Today, I would like to showcase some of the cool things that one can do with the Qubes networking infrastructure, ... the use of multiple Net VMs for creating isolated networks, the use of a Proxy VM for creating a transparent Tor Proxy VM, as well as [more fun]