On Thursday 21 December 2006 05:19, you wrote: > Good idea. We will work on getting a page available on showmyip.com to do > this - maybe something like http://www.showmyip.com/torstatus/ with just > the relevant data for new Tor users. > > . . . > Wesley Kenzie > WebMaster > http://www.showmyip.com/ > http://www.privacy-ecosystem.com/ > > > Sounds great, looking forward to it!
I'll direct TorK users to it once it's up and running. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Robert Hogan > Sent: December 19, 2006 1:07 PM > To: or-talk@freehaven.net > Subject: suggestion for 'is my installation of tor working?' page > > > > Hi all, > > http://lefkada.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/ipaddr.pl?tor=1 > https://tns.nighteffect.com/ > https://torstat.xenobite.eu/ > > All of the above provide useful information for the first-time tor user. > But > > the last two are only really meaningful to initates (and probably confusing > to everyone else), while the first is reassuring but could really offer a > little more. > > What is needed (IMVHO) is a page that confirms you are using tor > successfully, > but also introduces you to the other services that tor offers and also some > advice for the tor debutante. A sort of official or unofficial 'welcome to > the tor network' page. This could be linked to in the FAQ/INSTALL and used > by > controllers/front-ends. > > Would the maintainers of any of the above be interested in providing such a > thing? Given that the heavy lifting has already been done on all of the > above, it would be very trivial to create. Would there be an appetite for > such a thing on the tor homepage itself? > > Suggestions for content: > > * A warm greeting! > * Top Five things all tor users should know > * Appeal for users to run servers and link to how-to > * An introduction to some hidden services > > Anyway, just a thought... > > Robert -- KlamAV - An Anti-Virus Manager for KDE - http://www.klamav.net TorK - A Tor Controller For KDE - http://tork.sf.net