On Mon, 2013-10-07 at 15:52 -0400, David Green wrote:
Ah, but as far as I am aware (having tried it), it generates a USB disk BUT
it is not recognised or bootable from a Mac.
What say you? :)
Hmm... sorry for that. I had never tried it on a MAC but assumed it
would work as well. Now I see
On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 13:31 -0400, David Green wrote:
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
Ah, but as far as I am aware (having tried it), it generates a USB disk BUT
it is not recognised or bootable from a Mac.
What say you? :)
On 7 October 2013 14:44, Luther Blissett lbliss...@paranoici.org wrote:
On Sun, 2013-10-06 at 13:31 -0400, David Green wrote:
I have opened the
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
On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 20:07 +0200, Leo Unglaub wrote:
Hey,
On 2013-09-26 13:58, Nathan Suchy wrote:
Wow are you guys really going to argue over what operating system or
version the guy uses? He just wants help getting Tor to work on his old
operating system.
So it is a problem for TOR
\o/
Le jeudi 26 septembre 2013, David Green a écrit :
For all of 'you'; I shall appreciate 'security' and tor the more I use 'em
and, as Mr Lewman says, the more I get the feel and love of GCC, etc. As I
have said before, I innately have, and had, a draw towards Linux/BSD for
over 15 years,
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David Green:
Upgrading to Leopard (10.5) has always been an option for myself,
but I invariably find, with minor work, upgrading is never required
-- and yes, IMHO, I have never been insecure or threatened in any
IT way.
I remember as a
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Nathan Suchy:
Wow are you guys really going to argue over what operating system
or version the guy uses? He just wants help getting Tor to work on
his old operating system. Personally I think Tor should work on
Windows 95+ Computers and should
;) At the risk of continuing some historical battle, I no doubt agree with
the essence of what you say, BUT 1) we are NOT supporting a bottom line and
2) we should do the most for other, non-IT, people to rein in the
commercial forces in our industry -- I think things are moving too fast and
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David Green:
Hello, I am an Ex 'low-level' programmer (assembler, C and C++) of
many years back -- well, nothing amazing -- officially some ~13
years ago, due to a head injury.
Then you should be able to figure it out yourself. You probably
Wow are you guys really going to argue over what operating system or
version the guy uses? He just wants help getting Tor to work on his old
operating system. Personally I think Tor should work on Windows 95+
Computers and should be kept light weight as possible... Also sorry to hear
about your
Uh, thanks, I guess. I was only asking for pointers and advice, etc, and
do much work myself, not to consume anyone else's precious time... I mean,
realise they (or you) could be 'saving the world', or some such, by helping
a bleeding-edge, essential OS. ;-)
Red Hat or Centos and or Debian;
Cheers, Nathan -- some other attitudes can be somewhat bewildering.
On 26 September 2013 07:58, Nathan Suchy
theusernameiwantista...@gmail.comwrote:
Wow are you guys really going to argue over what operating system or
version the guy uses? He just wants help getting Tor to work on his old
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 08:32:39AM -0400, David Green wrote:
Red Hat or Centos and or Debian; yes they do and have appealed, alas I have
a perfectly good and secure OS X Tiger -- which I have no reason to
upgrade... SCREECH Oops, I have wasted time defending myself before, so I
will not.
Eugen, thanks for the info.
Upgrading to Leopard (10.5) has always been an option for myself, but I
invariably find, with minor work, upgrading is never required -- and yes,
IMHO, I have never been insecure or threatened in any IT way.
I remember as a programmer that using the latest OS or s/w
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:29:14AM -0400, David Green wrote:
Upgrading to Leopard (10.5) has always been an option for myself, but I
invariably find, with minor work, upgrading is never required -- and yes,
IMHO, I have never been insecure or threatened in any IT way.
I run the system
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:29:14 -0400
David Green dgrin...@gmail.com wrote:
I imagine, like homebrew (mainly for PPC), I would like to
eventually set-up a web-site, or sourceforge presence, for *Luddite*
like myself ;)
Back when I had an OS X 10.4 PPC machine, I had to compile everything
This thread is soo confusing with 3 different conversations :D
Sent from my Android so do not expect a fast, long, or perfect response...
On Sep 26, 2013 11:26 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:29:14AM -0400, David Green wrote:
Upgrading to Leopard (10.5) has
I have an Intel and it is possible I shall have to compile the openssl.
On 26 September 2013 11:48, Andrew Lewman and...@torproject.is wrote:
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 10:29:14 -0400
David Green dgrin...@gmail.com wrote:
I imagine, like homebrew (mainly for PPC), I would like to
eventually
Hey,
On 2013-09-26 13:58, Nathan Suchy wrote:
Wow are you guys really going to argue over what operating system or
version the guy uses? He just wants help getting Tor to work on his old
operating system.
yes, we are argue about that. Because it is simply stupid to use
outdated software. It
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:22:54 -0400
David Green dgrin...@gmail.com wrote:
I have an Intel and it is possible I shall have to compile the
openssl.
Assume you're compiling everything. With unsupported OSes, you'll learn
to love gcc and its quirks.
--
Andrew
http://tpo.is/contact
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For all of 'you'; I shall appreciate 'security' and tor the more I use 'em
and, as Mr Lewman says, the more I get the feel and love of GCC, etc. As I
have said before, I innately have, and had, a draw towards Linux/BSD for
over 15 years, but until proven (to me) otherwise, I think my 'quite'
Good luck with that.
Having an OS that isn't missing years and years of security updates isn't being
paranoid or being engaged in social control by a vendor. It isn't the
bleeding edge either. It is simply being secure. If your operating system
isn't getting regular security updates, you're
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:14:06 -0700
Al Billings alb...@openbuddha.com allegedly wrote:
You are aware of the concept of drive by exploits, I hope? You can
simply browse the web on an insecure system and with no obvious
interaction, you can be infected with malware and owned. Welcome to
the
Yes of course, but I am unaware of any drive-by exploits on any 'nix
computer, let alone one's with reasonable firewalls. :) I do not sit
about with my finger where the sun does not shine, but there is easily a
point reached where enough is enough (re. personal security).
My systems are, from
Mick; sorry, you are right. :)
I am just seeking where I can, programatically, help in the causes of tor
AND, as it happens, a not up to date OS.
On 25 September 2013 14:12, mick m...@rlogin.net wrote:
On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:14:06 -0700
Al Billings alb...@openbuddha.com allegedly wrote:
Great Krishna, a much more complete context for MacPorts and (the)
Darwin(s).
I am slowing working on an 'old' netbook with Linux; it could be
interesting to use it to further explore Open/PureDarwin.
In the short term I would be interested in discussing / researching how to
configure tor to
There are exploits all the time in various operating systems and tools. Given
how old your OS is, there are core things that are simply not addressed in it.
You're effectively playing on the Internet with a loaded gun as every time
there is a bad exploit that a OS vendor fixes (such as Apple in
On 13-09-24 11:49 AM, David Green wrote:
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 08:24:40PM -0400, David Green wrote:
I have -- for my own reasons -- stopped advancing my OS X machine's OS at
Tiger. I enjoy working with it and doing my small-time programming. I
have been exposed to 'tor' in the recent past
Hello, I am an Ex 'low-level' programmer (assembler, C and C++) of many
years back -- well, nothing amazing -- officially some ~13 years ago, due
to a head injury.
As you might not know, a head injury is a programmer's career's sign of
death -- I was not interested in tech-support, etc. I am
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 08:24:40PM -0400, David Green wrote:
I have -- for my own reasons -- stopped advancing my OS X machine's OS at
Tiger. I enjoy working with it and doing my small-time programming. I
have been exposed to 'tor' in the recent past and would really like to use
it on my
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