Re: Answer by perfect-privacy.com Re: perfect-privacy.com, Family specifications, etc.

2010-05-20 Thread xiando
> [snip] > The trouble here is that if we make family declarations one-sided, then > I can tell everybody that I'm in blutmagie's family (and X's family and > Y's family and Z's family and ...), and suddenly I'm influencing the > path selection of other clients in a way I shouldn't be able to. > >

Re: Tor v0.2.1.23 dose not work in my windowsXP box and Tor v0.2.1.24 can not work in my Debain

2010-02-27 Thread xiando
> (I don't know who is the ISP for HK PolyU), when I try to connect with Tor. > via bridge 74.207.232.33:443, I have found its TCP handshaking works fine, > but SSL handshaking is blocked (A packet for SSL client Hello is sent to > 74.207.232.33, but the bridge never gives me reponse): It would re

10kb enough for bridges, eh? don't seem to work

2010-02-17 Thread xiando
eject *:* ContactInfo xiando $somecontactinfo OutboundBindAddress $someip then I would get an error saying that 20 KB is the minimum. Shouldn't it be possible to limit a bridge to less? if 10 KB is plenty, which is the tor videos story, then 16 KB should be enough? co

BridgeRelay 1, tor does nothing

2010-01-15 Thread xiando
Tor story when configured to do nothing but "BridgeRelay 1" is: "[warn] SocksPort, TransPort, NatdPort, DNSPort, and ORPort are all undefined, and there aren't any hidden services configured. Tor will still run, but probably won't do anything." warning!! warning!! you're only acting as a bridg

Re: SSH and Telnet ports, tip: change the sshd port

2008-12-14 Thread xiando
> Thanks for the information. I run denyhosts, and receive ridiculous > numbers of these connections to my servers as well. I ran a quick > script to grab what denyhosts had blocked, and determined how many of > those connections were from Tor exit nodes. Quite a large number! Off topic, I had

Re: Hidden Services (was: quick question)

2008-09-11 Thread xiando
> > Can a bridge offer hidden services? > AFAIK, any Tor client can setup an hidden service, not just a router. Any Tor setup can run hidden services, including servers, bridges and clients. See https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-hidden-service.html.en for information about setting these u

Re: Block hidden services

2008-08-28 Thread xiando
> is it - in analogy to exit policies - possible to block certain (or > all) hidden services of using my node as directory or introduction > point and to disable rendezvous point functionality for my node? (I > understand that I cannot block being a rendezvous point for specific > hidden services.)

Re: Update to default exit policy

2008-08-16 Thread xiando
> I know this has been discussed before, but I thought I'd bring it up > again. The following rules are in the default exit policy and I can't > see any reason why they would be: > > reject *:465 > reject *:587 Are you absolutely positivily sure that you can not misconfigure e-mail MTAs who use s

Re: [Fwd: ESA Foreign Notice (fwd)]

2008-04-28 Thread xiando
Hello, > i am the operator of a tor server located in austria: > > today my isp forwarded a copyright compliance from the 'Entertainment > Software Association' (ESA). the claim is attached below. the ESA refers > to the 'Berne Convention and other international treaties covering > intellectual pro

Re: SORBS vs Tor and the world (was: List Suggestion)

2008-01-07 Thread xiando
> Ok, so that problem solves the gmail problem but pretty much every spam > filter at least takes in the SORBS etc. databases as a factor. Thanks > though, I'll do that. SORBS was mentioned in Tor-talk July 2005 at WTH as downloadable from http://torrentchannel.com/Technology/Tor_presentations_at

Re: Change your name to avoid ISP known about Tor-exit? (Was: Provider 1blu closed exit node torpaulianer)

2007-12-17 Thread xiando
> but maybe you just have to change your name, after they recognize > the TOR-Exit and the first contract is about to extend ;) This is a very bad idea. Be perfectly honest with your ISP if you operate a Tor exit node. The best thing you can do is to be honest up-front and explain what Tor is an

Re: Why does TOR stream data when it’s not in use?

2007-12-12 Thread xiando
> Hi, I’m new to TOR. I’ve been using it for some weeks for > online privacy. I’ve installed TOR and Privoxy from the latest > Windows Vidalia Bundle and configured my Internet Explorer 7 manually. I strongly advice you to switch to a free software operating system such as GNU/Linux if you use To

Re: Non-technical Tor-related debates on OR-talk (was: court trial against me)

2007-11-27 Thread xiando
> > Can we start a tor-legal-matters and/or tor-misc-chatter lists to > > resolve this problem? > Tor is the technology side, but it has a political and legal side too, > which should be allowed to talk about, how far it likes to go. Okay, > maybe in another or-list, but generally there is to provi

Re: Tor blocking german nodes

2007-11-24 Thread xiando
> But I strongly suggest to discuss more and warn about using the > 600+ router from China. Why? Tor is only for okey that what goes out of the exit is viewed by BigBrother & encrypted traffic. Exit nodes in China isn't different from GCHQ logging all communications within the British Empire.

Re: Arrested/surveillance/etc Tor-operators (was: [Fwd: Re: I break the silence: My arrest])

2007-09-18 Thread xiando
> A question to all Tor-operators: > I'd like to do a survey about all incidents which happened to > operators. Stuff like: > > * arrested > * confiscated equippment > * nastygram > * surveillance > * ... > > What would be possible other questions/point in the survey? I was put under surveillance

Re: SORBS still sucks (was: Connections to botnet masters)

2007-08-27 Thread xiando
lacklists they should/shouldn't use. Let SORBS blacklist whatever they want. Just document it and tell people about it and when enough people know and nobody uses it then it doesn't matter if they and their 5 users are blacklisting the whole internet. --xiando(tm).

Re: public/hidden issues

2007-05-11 Thread xiando
> Is it a problem to offer the same content on a public and a hidden > (Tor) http service? (I.e., does it leak enough information for > useful attacks). I have no idea why you would want this, but I do it just to make sure people have the address for the hidden http service so they can start usin

Re: Tor nodes blocked by SORBS (thus; e-gold+++)

2007-04-27 Thread xiando
> No, its just SORBS, thay havnt got a clue. Avoid with long bargepole Quote, mr. Dingeldine at "What The Hack", July 2005: "If you're still using SORBS then I feel sorry for you". I did a (Scr|G)oogle seach for SORBS just now http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=sorbs and it turns

Re: Open DNS

2007-04-23 Thread xiando
> I read an article from LH this morning about the OpenDNS service. > > http://tinyurl.com/24y2cn > http://www.opendns.com/ > > Can I use this with Tor? Will that void any anonymity provided by Tor? > Forgive me if this is a stupid question. I call SCAM. Yes. SCAM, I tell you. This isn't really To

Re: [Fwd: High-traffic Colluding Tor Routers in Washington, D.C. Confirmed]

2007-04-18 Thread xiando
> Do you think it's a privacy problem to run 3 to 5 servers? All servers > would be non-exit servers because of the current habit of the German > police to collect all exit servers. Of course, I will set the family entry. Please do run as many servers as you can afford. There is absolutely no pri

Re: Is this for real?

2007-03-31 Thread xiando
> I just opened Tork and there in the server list was a server named > NSAFortMeade. Is this for real, or is the NSA running a Tor Server? > If it's for real, it's going to spook a lot of people away from Tor, > at least those who are inclined to use Tor for political reasons. In bullet summary,

Re: [off topic] More 'bad press' for online anonymity/freedom of speech

2007-03-29 Thread xiando
> This article appears on the BBC's website today & can be repsonded to > (possibly with some good counter-arguments in favour of online > anonymity/freedom of speech) via the link below & NOT HERE on this mailing > list as the subject is off-topic. > > "Call for blogging code of conduct" > > The s

Slightly OT: 'Big brother' surveillance makes waves in Sweden

2007-03-09 Thread xiando
, and the west in general. Very good reason to use Tor right there. More Slightly Off-Topic: FRA is visiting websites with information about Tor. And they are not using Tor to do it (Yes, I realize the Xiando Total Surveillance Office is evil. But you guys are using Tor, aren't you?) (Please

Re: list of tor IP addresses

2007-03-06 Thread xiando
> Looking at the volunteer page at tor.eff.org, I spotted this: > We need an official central site to answer "Is this IP address a Tor > server?" questions. This should provide several interfaces, including a web > interface and a DNSBL-style interface. It can provide the most up-to-date > answers

Re: Norwegian DNS compromized

2007-02-27 Thread xiando
> I would just like to say that we should report that alolita.com because it > is connected to bunch of PEDOPHILES!!! > > Is must be banned from Tor netowork and it should also be reported to > authorities. Hey, wait a minute. You're talking about Censorship. Don't you realize that? Or do you wan

Re: Tor WORKS / Norwegian DNS (partly) compromized

2007-02-27 Thread xiando
> If this is true, the answer to the strange DNS query is likely that > NextGenTel is using a filter service developed by the Norwegian Police > on their DNS queries to stop this type of traffic. I think that being > registered here is a verification for that the address already is > reported to (a

Norwegian DNS compromized

2007-02-27 Thread xiando
$ dig +trace alolita.com alolita.com.3600IN A 69.5.162.133 dig @217.13.4.21 alolita.com alolita.com.1800IN A 80.202.4.7 217.13.4.21 is a DNS server which belongs to Norwegian ISP NextGenTel. ** EVEN MORE ALARMING: ** $ dig @18.244.0.188 tor

Re: ISP controlling entry/exti ("Low-Resource Routing Attacks Against Anonymous Systems")

2007-02-25 Thread xiando
> Concerning an ISP controlling both entry and exit nodes: when Tor > clients build paths, they avoid choosing two nodes on the same /16 > subnet (see path-spec.txt). So, it does not seem that this is likely to > happen. This is false. These are actually both at the same ISP (Same datacenter, sa

Fwd: EZZI.net Abuse Warning

2007-01-23 Thread xiando
Subject: EZZI.net Abuse Warning Date: Tuesday 23 januar 2007 22:39 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regarding Server Main IP: 66.199.236.130 We got a notice from the Undernet IRC Network about a number of servers on our network making suspicious connections to the

Re: more letters from the feds

2007-01-11 Thread xiando
> I think this is a valid point. I ran an exit-node for a short while at home > without thinking too much about it. The huge amount of traffic I was > attracting (even within minutes of booting up) made me shut it off for the > sake of personal convenience, but I don't think I will ever go back -

Re: Good reasons to use Tor etc.

2007-01-04 Thread xiando
> This reads to me that you are implying that if you are not annoying, > abusing or threatening, you have no need to hide your identity. Your friend says something your government does not like, they drag him away, you never see him again, nobody ever heard from him again, he's just gone. Perhap

Help!! I'm a total computer n00b and know nothing and need to learn how Tor works

2007-01-03 Thread xiando
This text is copied from [Zyprexa-discuss] tor link does not work at: http://lists.acm.jhu.edu/pipermail/zyprexa-discuss/2006-December/24.html "Someone said that they thought the tor download link on the wiki was working... ... it is not as of now... it goes no where. So it's apparently c

Annoying "wikileaks" message

2006-12-16 Thread xiando
I get this every time I send something to or-talk now: "Topic: Moderating your message From: SYMPA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Your message for list wikileaks has been forwarded to editor(s)" I mailed nothing to list wikileaks. My involvement with "list wikileaks" is not indicated. I suspect or-talk

Security Now: Achieving Internet Anonymity

2006-12-16 Thread xiando
Podcast. "Description: Last week Steve and Leo discussed the social implications and the social power of Internet Anonymity. This week they discuss the technology of Freenet and TOR (Onion Router) networks, and Steve describes the detailed technical operation of both systems. " http://www.grc

Re: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Season 6, Episode 10.

2006-12-13 Thread xiando
> > Det. Wheeler : Let's start by tracing the server they used to upload the > > videos > > > > Ira: I tried that but… It was routed through special proxies, er…Tor > > server. > > > > Capt. Ross: In English Ira. > > > > Ira: It's a way of posting anonymously online. > > > > Capt. Ross: Why would a

Re: Off Topic: Getting PGP and GnuPG Public Keys

2006-12-05 Thread xiando
> I've noticed a fair number of list members use GnuPG or PGP and I got > tired of manually trying to find a keyserver that had the poster's > public key. I know they are supposed exchange keys, but this seems very > hit or miss. So I wrote the little script below. It includes several (..) > I ho

Re: Communications between Tor servers within the Tor network, an idea

2006-12-03 Thread xiando
ings. Also, file-transfer - and everything else - should work in client mode too! If I pay for 5 co-located servers running Tor-servers and run i client mode because I've got slow ADSL at home or am at the library or at a friends house then I still want to be able to use the full potential of Tor and do everything I could do if I were running a server. --xiando(tm). pgpK7xb2dym1B.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: what happened to the hidden wiki??

2006-12-01 Thread xiando
> is it just me or has the hidden-wiki disappeared? Perhaps it was down when you checked or something else went wrong, regardless, it's there (and worked for me) now.

Re: False certificates

2006-11-24 Thread xiando
> I noticed that, by connecting to some https domains from some exitnodes, I > receive a warning of a false certificate. Closing the circuit and using > another one (so another exit node) makes the things back to normal. > > I could identify only one exitnode, have still doubts for 2 others > > bac

Re: Anonymous Blogging

2006-11-13 Thread xiando
t to silence you, which is why I eventually fled that country (I'm not saying you should leave your country, leaving your friends, family, everybody, everything is .. quite sad, but .. sometimes it is the only alternative to government torture and harassment) --xiando(tm) 911 insid

Re: Tor and speed

2006-11-13 Thread xiando
tNode and a short list of fast servers gives you lousy security properties. But you can if you want to. --xiando(tm) 911 inside job. (Democrats + Republicans) == CFR http://killtown.911review.org/ http://st911.org/

Re: Win32.Trojan.Agent appear when close Torpark

2006-11-12 Thread xiando
ing else has installed a trojan, or Torpark left behind a trojan. It it doesn't then it's Torpark itself which includes a trojan or is wrongly identified as a trojan. good luck. --xiando(tm) 911 inside job. (Democrats + Republicans) == CFR http://killtown.911review.org/ http://st911.org/

Re: Tor Network Status Website - Reduce the page size!!

2006-11-06 Thread xiando
m and make evil blocking-scripts. Having some Tor-hater download 2.2MB every hour is probably sad and depressing. > If there is any interest, I can package up the code and DB creation > script and distribute it. Or, feel free to use the site where it > is. Let me know. Sexy. Put a link whe

Re: end-to-end encryption? SSL? GnuPG?

2006-10-20 Thread xiando
able and make a .bat file (instead of torpark.exe) which does the same? start "Tor" /DTor /MIN tor.exe -f torrc.ini start "Polipo" /DPolipo /MIN polipo-20060920.exe -c polipo.ini "FirefoxPortable\FirefoxPortable.exe" Just my random ramblings. xiando -- http://killtown.911review.org/

Re: Weird behavior of google and yahoo...

2006-10-20 Thread xiando
hblah.exit vhost, just sitename.com, but it works for google & yahoo & most services who are so big & profitable that they only run one site pr server/server cluster. xiando - 9/11 inside job, check the evidence at http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/