Re: [tor-talk] Silk Road taken down by FBI

2013-10-06 Thread Andreas Krey
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 03:19:31 +, bm-2cwto4colsod6lrfmfcuebaua7uu2gv...@bitmessage.ch wrote: If there is any wiretap in place to monitor VPN then it would instantly drop the connection because encryption has been tampered with - that's the whole design for VPN. A tap is a completely

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread Martin Kepplinger
grarpamp: While everyone runs on about this or that Linux distro, don't forget there are very good Unix'es to be found in both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Unlike the typical Linux distro, BSD doesn't have layer upon layer of system to user abstraction and bling. Their model is central and simple.

[tor-talk] Adblock for everyone

2013-10-06 Thread Alice Anderson
Why you have HTTPSEverywhere and Noscript by default but not Adblockplus on TBB package? it really helps and blcok major tracking companies like Google Facebook ... Tor is not perfect, as almost all web pages have inserted at least one of these trackers on their page's source, one mistake is

[tor-talk] Stop pushing stackexchange in every thread

2013-10-06 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:41:34 + mirimir miri...@riseup.net wrote: There's already a question about this on https://tor.stackexchange.com/. On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:39:01 + mirimir miri...@riseup.net wrote: Better would be creating questions on https://tor.stackexchange.com/ :) So? Have

Re: [tor-talk] Stop pushing stackexchange in every thread

2013-10-06 Thread mirimir
On 10/06/2013 09:11 AM, Roman Mamedov wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:41:34 + mirimir miri...@riseup.net wrote: There's already a question about this on https://tor.stackexchange.com/. On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:39:01 + mirimir miri...@riseup.net wrote: Better would be creating

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread Anthony G. Basile
On 10/05/2013 11:21 PM, grarpamp wrote: While everyone runs on about this or that Linux distro, don't forget there are very good Unix'es to be found in both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Unlike the typical Linux distro, BSD doesn't have layer upon layer of system to user abstraction and bling. Their

Re: [tor-talk] Stop pushing stackexchange in every thread

2013-10-06 Thread Mike Cardwell
* on the Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 09:31:08AM +, mirimir wrote: Better would be creating questions on https://tor.stackexchange.com/ :) So? Have you, personally, made the decision that the mailing list is now deprecated in favor of whatever stackexchange thingie of the day? Have there been

Re: [tor-talk] Silk Road taken down by FBI

2013-10-06 Thread mick
On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 02:36:20 + mirimir miri...@riseup.net allegedly wrote: Still, if one uses nested VPN tunnels from multiple providers in suitably chosen spheres of influence, it will be nontrivial for adversaries to install enough taps. Going through China, for example, would be a

Re: [tor-talk] Stop pushing stackexchange in every thread

2013-10-06 Thread Crypto
I prefer the email list also. mick m...@rlogin.net wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:31:08 + mirimir miri...@riseup.net allegedly wrote: On 10/06/2013 09:11 AM, Roman Mamedov wrote: So? Have you, personally, made the decision that the mailing list is now deprecated in favor of whatever

Re: [tor-talk] Stop pushing stackexchange in every thread

2013-10-06 Thread Alexandre Guillioud
I prefere the email list too, so stop pushing people in stack exchange. Le dimanche 6 octobre 2013, Crypto a écrit : I prefer the email list also. mick m...@rlogin.net javascript:; wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 09:31:08 + mirimir miri...@riseup.net javascript:; allegedly wrote: On

Re: [tor-talk] Stop pushing stackexchange in every thread

2013-10-06 Thread Harold Naparst
I would agree that people should not redirect questions to stackexchange for two reasons: 1. Stackexchange's stated purpose is to be a repository for the best answers to questions. When the answer to a question has been hashed out in some other forum, there is nothing preventing people

Re: [tor-talk] Adblock for everyone

2013-10-06 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 05:18:18 -0400 (EDT) Alice Anderson foxacidprob...@aol.com wrote: Why you have HTTPSEverywhere and Noscript by default but not Adblockplus on TBB package? it really helps and blcok major tracking companies like Google Facebook ... Tor is not perfect, as almost all web pages

Re: [tor-talk] Adblock for everyone

2013-10-06 Thread Enrique Fynn
Ad block? TBB already blocks javascript with noScript. Peace; Fynn. -- Even a stopped clock is right twice a day On 6 October 2013 06:18, Alice Anderson foxacidprob...@aol.com wrote: Why you have HTTPSEverywhere and Noscript by default but not Adblockplus on TBB package? it really helps and

Re: [tor-talk] BBG and Tor funding

2013-10-06 Thread Andrew Lewman
On Fri, 4 Oct 2013 23:49:47 +0100 mick m...@rlogin.net wrote: • This article was amended on 4 October after the Broadcasting Board of Governors pointed out that its support of Tor ended in October 2012. Actually, the BBG contract ended in June 2013. So. How does this square with BBG's

Re: [tor-talk] development interests

2013-10-06 Thread David Green
I have opened the (personal) Pandora's Box of considering security, etc, and I have been observing this list, so now I am keen for more myself blushing. I have taken note of the recent postings re. distros -- much I have historically considered -- but I have to concerning questions: 1) How does

Re: [tor-talk] Remation -- joint GCHQ/NSA meeting on Tor

2013-10-06 Thread Aaron
On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 11:55 PM, Andrea Shepard and...@torproject.orgwrote: On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 05:43:32PM +0200, Griffin Boyce wrote: There's been a really interesting document to come out of the Guardian todhttp://

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread grarpamp
On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:37 AM, mick m...@rlogin.net wrote: On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 05:51:03 -0400 Anthony G. Basile bas...@opensource.dyc.edu allegedly wrote: Is there a BSD based liveCD desktop? According to distrowatch, PCBSD has a live version. FreeBSD has a live cd/dvd which could be

Re: [tor-talk] Adblock for everyone

2013-10-06 Thread Joe Btfsplk
Thanks for your insight. On 10/6/2013 10:18 AM, Andrew Lewman wrote: Adblock whitelists certain advertising companies and ads themselves: These white lists can easily be disabled, but then that conflicts w/ Tor's concept of damaging sites' acceptance of Tor (interesting point). However,

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread adrelanos
Anthony G. Basile: On 10/05/2013 11:21 PM, grarpamp wrote: While everyone runs on about this or that Linux distro, don't forget there are very good Unix'es to be found in both FreeBSD and OpenBSD. Unlike the typical Linux distro, BSD doesn't have layer upon layer of system to user

Re: [tor-talk] Adblock for everyone

2013-10-06 Thread Johny Carson
Alice Anderson: Why you have HTTPSEverywhere and Noscript by default but not Adblockplus on TBB package? it really helps and blcok major tracking companies like Google Facebook ... Tor is not perfect, as almost all web pages have inserted at least one of these trackers on their page's

Re: [tor-talk] Freenet and hidden services

2013-10-06 Thread adrelanos
It's Good to be Alive: Hi, I'm fairly new at Tor, and this is my first time on a mailing list, so if there's a better place to ask, let me know. Are there any plans, long-term or short, for augmenting Tor with Freenet-style resilient, distributed, encrypted hosting in place of the current

Re: [tor-talk] Adblock for everyone

2013-10-06 Thread Johny Carson
Andrew Lewman: On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 05:18:18 -0400 (EDT) Alice Anderson foxacidprob...@aol.com wrote: Why you have HTTPSEverywhere and Noscript by default but not Adblockplus on TBB package? it really helps and blcok major tracking companies like Google Facebook ... Tor is not perfect, as

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread Luther Blissett
On Sat, 2013-10-05 at 10:27 +, adrelanos wrote: krishna e bera: On 13-10-04 09:01 PM, adrelanos wrote: * Is Ubuntu a good option as a guest (and maybe use here the TBB from time to time)? So far is the only Linux distro that I've used Ditch Ubuntu:

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread Luther Blissett
On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 18:03 -0300, Luther Blissett wrote: Agreed. It's hard to recommend one sole GNU/Linux distro - nobody can actually know all of them and it's bound to bring flame wars -, but the safest path is to look at it's community, the principles behind the gathering, its size and

Re: [tor-talk] ScrambleSuit is ready for testing: help needed!

2013-10-06 Thread George Kadianakis
Philipp Winter identity.funct...@gmail.com writes: Over the past months, we have been working on the ScrambleSuit pluggable transport protocol [1]. The code has now reached some maturity and it's time to test it! I set up a dedicated bridge and compiled a set of installation instructions

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread Gerardo
Thank you all for your answers, On 06/10/2013 21:11, Luther Blissett wrote: But if your question is really which is best for Tor, tor-devs are sourcing .deb and .rpm packages, so support is probably better if you run debian, rhel or one of its many derivatives. Since I'm no to experienced,

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-06 Thread Andrew F
BSD is great, but its does not have the same level of hardware support as Linux. I would go with Tails or Mint Cinnamon. Have heard good things about Whonix, but last time I checked. it was not set up for the casual user. But I am guessing it will be the set up of choice when it is further along

Re: [tor-talk] Stop pushing stackexchange in every thread

2013-10-06 Thread Griffin Boyce
As someone who kind of hates stackexchange, I'm admittedly biased. But I don't think that referring people to the main tor SE page is especially useful. If there is a response that satisfies their question, why not just link that answer. Or just answer their question. just my two