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Unsubscribe Angela Morley Computer Specialist Salem State Information Technology Services 978-633-3965 General Manager, WMWM Salem 352 Lafayette St, Salem, MA 01970 978-542-8501 Columnist, The Silver Onion (http://silveronion.net) President, Salem State ACM Club
Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I have to disagree with setting any options by default like that. The concept behind PortableTor as I wrote it was to let the end user have the right to decide what to do.. don't force anything on them! I think this concept should be relevant to all bundles.. don't force users to become nodes, because you have those out there that possibly don't want to be, plus in my opinion it hurts the usefulness of the package to have that automatically on. As someone mentioned earlier, a portable tor approach is useful for the client, not necessarily the server end. You can cause a lot of server identity problems if you log on as a tor server just to check your email for 5 minutes. Let the end user decide what they want their software to do. On a more positive note, congrats on bringing up a new system :) - -- Steve Morley http://silivrenion.com PGP Key 0x6F0A7BDE -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Desktop 9.7.1 (Build 1503) - not licensed for commercial use: www.pgp.com Charset: utf-8 wsBVAwUBR6aWCAQuIIFvCnveAQhAaAf8DNTFYYkmdyAqMeammQ2+QFm6AWhy1Jj3 Gi7FKh/2lqKfKwDdr5mL6Vlhze7mvawPv7yYqi/z2hcGLjG8YYNqDg4gZcx85ncj I6xEpnNQlTzp5LdG2sqfgADJsYMyoJ4RIg4JyrSqQ6f7R3NVZIYbyUu7KZi4zOqs KCWXQUsGI8tkCpCBUxT6pLPeq/sqXMud4+QkMT7smkcSyF3tUX5ppptDeBe0SI1v ZHREHzvIICUxM0eXXu2BBqkaG/Pn9t6diHy62TobWE+H+JgFUbUcLt8XNY4MmcjK BWNCleLKicjawGz5UbXKmuRXYSJ0AbBPmXt7j95jE4WqQVvBxiRcTQ== =p4vu -END PGP SIGNATURE- On Feb 3, 2008 9:34 PM, Steven J. Murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 10:19:54PM +0100, Michael Schmidt wrote: Steven, i suggest to make it hardcoded default and a Must, that each user, using this browser, is as well running an tor **exit** node, tit for tat. like emule partials: upload is a MUST. I don't think this is likely in the near future. One of the important target classes of users is people who are at risk of persecution by their government and want to keep a low profile. Many of these users are also not fully computer literate and there may not be fully translated Tor documentation in their language. The goals of the bundle include being easy to set up and to leave limited traces (both are still being worked on). In this scenario, to broadcast the fact that someone is using Tor is in my opinion an unacceptable risk. There would need to be some way to protect these users before mandatory server operation is the standard. Steven. -- w: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/
Re: New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle
I did notice torbrowser was in the directory format that is friendly with PortableApps format applications, so props on that. Interesting take, taking what Portable Tor http://portabletor.sf.net has done and bringing it to an all inclusive bundle. On Jan 31, 2008 1:40 AM, Scott Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:52:18 + Steven J. Murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently I have been working on creating a distribution of Tor which includes a pre-configured browser -- the Tor Browser Bundle. It is intended for being run off an USB flash drive, but will probably also be helpful to users who want an easy-to-setup packaging of Tor. More information and download links can be found here: http://torbrowser.torproject.org/ The bundle contains Firefox, Tor, Vidalia, Polipo and Torbutton. No installation is needed (just unpack the contents). All the components are automatically started by one double-click. The bundle is new, and contains development versions of Tor, Vidalia and Torbutton, so should be considered a testing release. I do hope it will be useful, and I'd appreciate comments, suggestions, and bug reports. I do hope that you, as well as others on this list who are developing portable versions of tor and tor-related applications and bundles thereof, are coordinating your efforts with the good folks at portableapps.com, who have already assembled a significant collection of portable applications suitable for burning onto CDs or flash drives, including Firefox, OpenOffice.org, and many associated packages (extensions, utilities, etc.) They even have a sort of super bundle called PortableApps Suite that contains ClamWin, Firefox, Gaim, OpenOffice.org, Sudoku, Sunbird, and Thunderbird. There is a lite version of the suite that substitutes AbiWord for OpenOffice.org, and a base version whose OpenOffice.org is a stripped-down version. Check all this stuff out at http://portableapps.com It would be a shame either to duplicate the efforts of others needlessly or to keep your bundle(s) from the wider audience outside of the OR-TALK list. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * ** * A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army. * *-- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ** -- Steve Morley http://silivrenion.com PGP Key 0x6F0A7BDE
New PortableTor!
PortableTor allows you to connect into the Tor anonymous internet system from any computer with your flash or thumb drive. This allows you to browse the internet anonymously from public locations, such as internet hotspots, library, or school computers and public terminals. PortableTor has all of the features as the regular Tor, except without actually installing the application. You could also use PortableTor if you just don't like installing programs on your computer, and you'd rather have a standalone program with all of its dependant files in one location. We have done a lot of work on new updates recently, including completely restructuring the program into the PortableApps format, creating an NSIS launcher that monitors file integrity on launch, and much more. Many of our updates came from our new partnership with Matt Morton, who offered to merge his Torvox program with PortableTor. The latest update of PortableTor brings everyone up to package PortableTor-0.1.2.19-0.0.16-1. Please check out the latest PortableTor package at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=194105 . For more information about PortableTor, including usages and related Firefox plugins, please check out our main site at http://portabletor.sourceforge.net/ Kudos, -- Steve Morley http://silivrenion.com
New PortableTor
PortableTor is a rebundled version of the Vidalia-Privoxy bundle that comes out on the torproject.org website. This project was created in order to allow the end user full functionality, optimal disk space, and easy adaptation of portable applications with the Tor network. It can run on a flash drive, a desktop, external drive, iPod, and if modified, even on a solid medium, such as a CD. A new version of PortableTor has been released (and is released every stable update.) based on 0.1.2.18a-0.0.4 Vidalia and Privoxy bundle. There's been a few changes in this version that are significant on the PortableTor end: * Reformatted directory structure to the PortableApps Format. This means breaking down all directories into categories based on what they are, instead of what bundles they were in. All config files are in one place, all programs in one place, and all documentation in one place. * Thanks to the fix in bug 499, AvoidDiskWrites 1 doesn't leave a remnant behind in the temporary files anymore. * Made Tor start automatically by default. I assume if someone opens PortableTor, they want to join the network. If you're interested in getting PortableTor, head over to http://portabletor.sf.net . There you will find the main project goals, download links, recommended additions and usages, as well as support forums and discussion topics. Criticism and feedback are welcome on the Sourceforge forums! Any direct questions can be made to Silivrenion at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Future developments: There's some work being done on making the launcher smarter to be able to regenerate missing sections of the package. Also using the PortableTor gateway on solid storage devices by default, e.g. giving a friend a PortableTor/PortableFirefox CD for a stocking stuffer. Kudos, Silivrenion Steve Morley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
