[tor-talk] Strange Vanguards behavior? And some related questions!

: If you limit the the `circ_max_megabytes` option in the Bandguards module, will that work as some kind of DoS protection? Question 3: When, approximately, will we see the Vanguards add-on in the Tor source? Thanks in advance, Hikki Greetings from Finland! -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk

[tor-talk] How dangerous are malicious entry guards?

I’ve got a technical question: How dangerous are malicious entry guards? I’ve seen very little info on this subject. Some state that there’s no immediate danger, while others state that you’ll “die on arrival”, especially if you’re operating a high risk onion service that falls into the

[tor-talk] Tor to become illegal in Europe?

They're basically talking about eliminating criminal activities facilitated online by the darknet, by making Tor and the dark web illegal and inaccessible in Europe. It was also stated that most of those who access the dark web are actual or potential criminals who need to be stopped before

[tor-talk] Possible onion service V3 bug

not working for a longer period of time, but v2 services come right back up with no problems. --Hikki, Finland -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] V3 censorship ?

/lib/tor/ folder, tried on a different computer running a different Linux version. Also tried a different ISP. Think I've tried about everything, I like to believe I have some competence. -Hikki- -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go

Re: [tor-talk] Questions on the coming next-gen onion services

Will the next gen hidden services be more at risk of deanonymization during this transition period? Original Message From: David Goulet Apparently from: tor-talk-boun...@lists.torproject.org To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Questions

[tor-talk] How long does Tor keep entry nodes?

How long does Tor keep entry nodes before switching to another set? And are there any safety precautions you can make in regards to entry nodes? Thanks! -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to

Re: [tor-talk] Tor and Google error / CAPTCHAs.

https://duckduckgo.com has become increasingly better lately. Only during the past 6 months or so, their search results have become almost on par with the big ones, like Google, Bing, etc. In regards to Google, it all comes down to censorship and anti-privacy. Just like Microsoft and Windows

[tor-talk] How hard would it be to copy an onion address?

There's a program out there that utilizes the GPU in your system to create a custom, kind of, onion address. At least the few first characters at the beginning of the address. So you can create an onion address like googleja6vbnyma6.onion. I've seen people being able to create a 7 character

[tor-talk] Not comfortable with the new single-hop system merged into Tor

know that my hidden service is really running anonymously, and not with just 1-hop, besides just trusting the config defaults? Please prove me wrong. I'm just concerned here, and just want some feedback. Thanks for understanding! -Hikki -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org

[tor-talk] Is Tor 32 bit only?

I was just wondering if you compile Tor on a 64 bit Linux distro, will it make a 64 bit executable? Or is it 32 bit only? Would be nice if it had supported 64 bit processing. -Hikki -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https

[tor-talk] Will Quantum computing be the end of Tor and all Privacy?

strong encryption, by today's standard on regular computers, will be effortlessly broken within reasonable time. So, where does this put Tor, encryption and general privacy? Shouldn't we start preparing ourselves for the inevitable privacy apocalypse? - Hikki -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Tor and Google error / CAPTCHAs.

atches. But they have become much better, thankfully! - Hikki -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] Any news on the Black Hat Bug?

A new Tor source package is released, but does it fix the Black Hat Bug? Any news on this issue BTW? -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] Does Tor need to be recompiled *after* the openssl update?

For those of us who compile Tor from source, does Tor need to be recompiled *after* the openssl update from our OS vendors? -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Does Tor need to be recompiled *after* the opensslupdate?

Original Message From: Nicolas Vigier bo...@mars-attacks.org Apparently from: tor-talk-boun...@lists.torproject.org To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Does Tor need to be recompiled *after* the opensslupdate? Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 17:51:46 +0200 On Sat,

[tor-talk] The heartbleed bug, hidden service private_key leakages and IP revealing

It says in the blog: Hidden services: Tor hidden services might leak their long-term hidden service identity keys to their guard relays. Like the last big OpenSSL bug, this shouldn't allow an attacker to identify the location of the hidden service, but an attacker who knows the hidden service

[tor-talk] More and more websites block Tor, which will eventually become useless!

Today I discovered that wiki.debian.org blocks Tor exit nodes. There are many other sites doing the same thing, and this is an increasing trend among website admins. If this trend continues, Tor will sooner or later become close to useless for regular clearnet surfing. And we'll be left with

[tor-talk] NSA has cracked web encryption!

It's not like I blew off my chair in surprise: U.S. and British intelligence agencies have cracked the encryption designed to provide online privacy and security, documents leaked by former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden show.

[tor-talk] Isn't it time to ADMIT that Tor is cracked by now??

The US feds did actually take down FH, which was a HIDDEN SERVICE! They found it and arrested the admin! Period! Hidden services vaporize like water in death valley these days. And don't you guys want answers?? It's time to take off the blinders and take a look around!! If they can find hidden

[tor-talk] Large search providers banning Tor exists, except for one!

Google is notorious at banning Tor exit nodes from using its search services. Either you're prompted with a phrase of words to enter into a form, requiring you to have cookies enabled, or you can't search at all. Yahoo is partially blocking Tor exits, and is becoming more like Google by each

[tor-talk] DDoS attack prevention at entry nodes?

When someone wants to DDoS attack a hidden service, he needs to do this trough his entry nodes. Would it be possible to add prevention of such attacks on all entry nodes in the code? If a guy sends an unormal amount of requests to his entry nodes, the entry nodes halt his connection for like

[tor-talk] Is Tor's encryption weak?

I've heard from several places that Tor's encryption is pretty weak for the recent standard. I don't know much about the encryption Tor uses, hence why I ask: Is Tor's encryption weak? ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org

[tor-talk] Is it safe to NOT use a filtering/caching proxy?

Privoxy and Polipo has caused more problems than good, so I tried to connect Firefox trough socks v5 with success. All problems gone and increased speed on all Tor usage. But is this safe? My Tor client is firewalled, so it cannot leak DNS or Java traffic.

[tor-talk] How many clients are using Tor?

TorStatus gives us an estimate of how many nodes there are. How about how many clients there are? ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] Freedom Hosting admin revealed by Anonymous - Tor finally cracked?

According to their latest blog, they've found the Freedom Hosting admin. And even Mike Perry seems to be involved in their claims. http://pastebin.com/qWHDWCre This is starting to get utterly interesting. Is the whole Tor network being owned and cracked by the Anonymous hackers?

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: Anonymous to attacks Hidden Wiki and othershiddenservice

Original Message From: Moritz Bartl mor...@torservers.net So far, there is no sign of them using a weakness in Tor. If people run unsecure software behind Tor hidden services, there is NOTHING Tor can do about it. Judging from your quotes, they opened the boxes and found

Re: [tor-talk] Suggestion: make _hidden services_ choose randomentry nodes often!

Original Message From: Sebastian Hahn m...@sebastianhahn.net Apparently from: tor-talk-boun...@lists.torproject.org To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Suggestion: make _hidden services_ choose randomentry nodes often! Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:54:29 +0200

[tor-talk] What is a guard node?

What are those nodes listed as guards at the tor status pages? What does it take to get that status? I have heard that it has something to do with entry nodes, but a thoroughly explanation would be nice thanks. ___ tor-talk mailing list

[tor-talk] [Warn] possible replay detected... log messages while running a hidden service

I don't like these log messages: [Warn] possible replay detected... I get about 5-10 a day. Usually several in a row. Got 9 yesterday and have 6 today so far. Have tried about 100 different and random entry guards, Running latest stable on Linux. Some help from the experts would be nice,

[tor-talk] I've yet to understand clock skew attacks on hidden services

I've read a lot about it, but I'm hoping for a simplified explanation for a simplified guy. ;) If my hidden service server has a clock that is 5 minutes wrong, how can anyone use that to locate me? ___ tor-talk mailing list

Re: [tor-talk] Request for Help Configuring Torbutton for Remote Polipo

Original Message From: Jack Waugh zqrfvbh...@snkmail.com I want to run Polipo on a server machine and Firefox with Torbutton on distinct client machines not having Polipo or Tor loaded on them. How do I set it up? I tried it with Polipo listening on its default port of

Re: [tor-talk] Downloading Firefox add-ons trough Tor. Safe?

Original Message From: Justin Aplin jap...@gmail.com I honestly don't know, but if you're *that* paranoid about your downloads being tampered with, navigating to https://addons.mozilla.org and looking up the add-ons manually is only a few extra clicks. I think it only

Re: [tor-talk] Accepting Java

Original Message From: Lalle Bralle noizi...@gmail.com I'm trying to get countermail working with my TOR bundle I use on a USB stick for added security and anomity when I feel I need it. However, I believe Java has some security holes that's why it's not accepted. While

Re: [tor-talk] Is it possible to use Tor and Web-based MessengingServices?

Original Message From: William Wrightman williamwright...@yahoo.com [...] If anyone has had positive experiences with any web-based chat / messengering services combined with Tor then please let me know. I think you can use tor for anything, unless you're using a tor exit

[tor-talk] Downloading Firefox add-ons trough Tor. Safe?

I'm having a laptop that is Tor only, so it never connects to the internet without going trough Tor. Someone wrote that malicious Tor exit nodes may modify your downloads. So when I need to install the recommended plug-ins for Firefox, like TorButton and NoScript, and I do that trough the Tor

Re: [tor-talk] Downloading Firefox add-ons trough Tor. Safe?

Original Message From: Justin Aplin jap...@gmail.com HTTPS transport should prevent the type of modification you're talking about, so just double-check your URIs before downloading anything. For example, I was thinking more about using Firefox's built-in add-on installer and

[tor-talk] A question about TOR behavior

I decided to check if the StrictEntryNodes and EntryNodes functions worked, so I started to log my TOR connections. They did work, and TOR connects to the entry nodes specified, but TOR also connects to other nodes now and then while running. If you specify your own entry nodes, shouldn't TOR