Re: TBBundle, Browser javascript

2009-03-25 Thread Lee
Hello again, I've just been catching up the further replies on this. Maybe the developer(s) of the bundle and/or torbutton might wander along and see this thread, and confirm whether or not javascript needs to stay on in the browser. I originally asked this because, when testing my connectio

Re: Gsoc Idea: Lunux Tor/Firefox Bundle

2009-03-25 Thread phobos
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:33:46AM -0600, cplusplus...@gmail.com wrote 1.5K bytes in 33 lines about: : I am interested in taking up the challange of creating the Tor/Firefox : bundle for Linux. I am knowledgeable in C++, with some familiarity in C and : Bash scripting, and I am most familiar with

Re: Howto limit number of connections?

2009-03-25 Thread phobos
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:35:16AM +0100, dehar...@rootsr.com wrote 0.6K bytes in 17 lines about: > has grown to about 1500 and my router doesn't like it (comes to a grinding > halt). Resetting the router fixes it. I have other users going thru the > Is the number of connections the problem (it'

Re: TBBundle, Browser javascript

2009-03-25 Thread phobos
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:36:34AM -0400, 2600den...@gmail.com wrote 1.0K bytes in 22 lines about: : but I wouldn't be surprised. On another note, I've heard that using both : NoScript and TorButton can be dangerous, but I don't know any specifics. We have a fine FAQ answer on this very question,

Re: What to do when you have less than 1000 file descriptors?

2009-03-25 Thread Tim Biermann
Well, I missed to mention: You still have to run ulimit - somehow the shell seems to handle this nevertheless;-) Greetings, tim "Zu unserer Besserung bedürfen wir eines Spiegels." - Arthur Schopenhauer pgpzTvkWGKqit.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Gsoc Idea: Lunux Tor/Firefox Bundle

2009-03-25 Thread Aaron Lebahn
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:39 PM, slush wrote: > Hello, > > full integration of Vidalia and Tor in Linux is very, very wanted. > Current status, where Vidalia controls own Tor process is not working > well for common user. Although I cannot participate on GSoC and I dont > know C++ so much, feel f

Re: Gsoc Idea: Lunux Tor/Firefox Bundle

2009-03-25 Thread slush
Hello, full integration of Vidalia and Tor in Linux is very, very wanted. Current status, where Vidalia controls own Tor process is not working well for common user. Although I cannot participate on GSoC and I dont know C++ so much, feel free to contact me with testing any changes you will make. I

Re: Gsoc Idea: Lunux Tor/Firefox Bundle

2009-03-25 Thread Aaron Lebahn
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Ringo Kamens <2600den...@gmail.com> wrote: > This sounds like it could be a cool project. You might look into running > it all inside a virtual machine with Qemu or VMWare. Damn Small Linux or > Knoppix would probably be a good distro to run in the virtual machine

Re: Gsoc Idea: Lunux Tor/Firefox Bundle

2009-03-25 Thread Ringo Kamens
This sounds like it could be a cool project. You might look into running it all inside a virtual machine with Qemu or VMWare. Damn Small Linux or Knoppix would probably be a good distro to run in the virtual machine. Ringo Aaron Lebahn wrote: > I am interested in taking up the challange of creati

Gsoc Idea: Lunux Tor/Firefox Bundle

2009-03-25 Thread Aaron Lebahn
I am interested in taking up the challange of creating the Tor/Firefox bundle for Linux. I am knowledgeable in C++, with some familiarity in C and Bash scripting, and I am most familiar with Ubuntu Linux. I am not well versed in the development of Tor, but I intend to learn. I was thinking that the

Re: [Fwd: Re: Howto limit number of connections?]

2009-03-25 Thread Scott Bennett
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:10:47 +0100 Hans de Hartog wrote: >Scott Bennett wrote: > >> You didn't give any information about the tor version number, your >> operating system and version, or your local network configuration. I got >> around the electronics store router limitations by hookin

[Fwd: Re: Howto limit number of connections?]

2009-03-25 Thread Hans de Hartog
Scott Bennett wrote: You didn't give any information about the tor version number, your operating system and version, or your local network configuration. I got around the electronics store router limitations by hooking my my FreeBSD system directly and using it as the router. By the com

Re: Howto limit number of connections?

2009-03-25 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:35:16AM +0100, Hans de Hartog wrote: > Is the number of connections the problem (it's a Sitecom router WL-153)? Most consumer routers are too limited on RAM, CPU and network stack quality to be worthwhile. I would pick up an ALIX, flash it it with pfSense or m0n0wall a

Re: Howto limit number of connections?

2009-03-25 Thread Scott Bennett
On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:35:16 +0100 Hans de Hartog wrote: >I'm running a tor-relay for a few weeks now and I only have one problem >left. >My maxbandwidth is set to 50Kb (the minimum for also doing the DIR-stuff) >but after a few days the number of established connections for the ORport >has

Howto limit number of connections?

2009-03-25 Thread Hans de Hartog
Hi, I'm running a tor-relay for a few weeks now and I only have one problem left. My maxbandwidth is set to 50Kb (the minimum for also doing the DIR-stuff) but after a few days the number of established connections for the ORport has grown to about 1500 and my router doesn't like it (comes to a