Re: A Few Random Thoughts...

2009-06-27 Thread Scott Bennett
On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:04:59 -0400 Michael wrote: >Roger Dingledine wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 08:16:00AM -0400, Michael wrote: >> >>>What I *am* doing is deploying a couple of heavy iron closed relays >>> on OC3 or better bandwidth. The first is now deployed after a lot of up

Re: Lynx leaks DNS

2009-06-27 Thread Jim McClanahan
Phil wrote: > > I realize this needs a fix not a workaround, but if a workaround is enough > for now you could try running lynx via proxychains --> tor > > Proxychains might grab all the DNS requests. Thanks for your response. Now that I know lynx doesn't leak DNS when the protocol (e.g. http:

Re: many new relays

2009-06-27 Thread Ringo
It would be interesting to see more stats about the effect of other major media stories about Tor, Slashdot effect, etc. This whole Iran thing is a great way for a number of adversaries to slip in undetected. Ringo Phil wrote: > --- On Wed, 6/24/09, > >> 150% jump, in such a short time. Not >> s

tor-ramdisk 20090627 released

2009-06-27 Thread basile
Hi everyone, I want to announce to the list that tor-ramdisk 20090627 is out. Tor-ramdisk is an i686 uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose only purpose is to host a Tor server in an environment that maximizes security (hardnened binaries and kernel) and privacy (no logging at any level

Re: many new relays

2009-06-27 Thread Andrew Lewman
On 06/25/2009 05:03 PM, Phil wrote: > No discussion or comments on this? What does it mean? It means everyone is busy working on other things. I encourage you to do the analysis yourself. -- Andrew Lewman The Tor Project pgp 0x31B0974B Website: https://torproject.org/ Blog: https://blog.torp

Ping times with Tor running

2009-06-27 Thread Kris Linquist
All, The answer to this may be "yeah, duh.", just thought I'd ask :). I've got a residential cable connection where I am guaranteed 22mbit down, 5mbit up. My Tor relay BandwithRate is 1000 KB bursting up to 2000 KB. While Tor is running, incoming and outgoing pings to the nearest hop go

Re: Ping times with Tor running

2009-06-27 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 08:47:01AM -0700, Kris Linquist wrote: > The answer to this may be "yeah, duh.", just thought I'd ask :). I've > got a residential cable connection where I am guaranteed 22mbit down, > 5mbit up. My Tor relay BandwithRate is 1000 KB bursting up to 2000 KB. > > While T

Re: Ping times with Tor running

2009-06-27 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
On 2009-06-27 17:58, Roger Dingledine wrote: >> While Tor is running, incoming and outgoing pings to the nearest hop >> goes from ~15ms to ~300+ms. This is very obvious when browsing. > > 1000KB is 8 megabit. 2000KB is 16 megabit. > > Tor counts in units of '1' rather than units of '1/8' :) >

Re: Ping times with Tor running

2009-06-27 Thread Kris Linquist
D'oh. Thank you :) Roger Dingledine wrote: 1000KB is 8 megabit. 2000KB is 16 megabit. Tor counts in units of '1' rather than units of '1/8' :) Whereas your cable provider counts in units that produce large impressive-sounding numbers. See also https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRou

Re: Ping times with Tor running

2009-06-27 Thread Kris Linquist
Bandwidth tests (dslreports/speedtest.net) show that I am getting at least the guaranteed rate - usually significantly more. DOCSIS 3.0 cable. Udo van den Heuvel wrote: Also: Does your line really give you 22 mbit/s? How fast did that (ADSL?) modem really sync? What protocols are on the lin

Re: Ping times with Tor running

2009-06-27 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
On 2009-06-27 18:07, Kris Linquist wrote: > Bandwidth tests (dslreports/speedtest.net) show that I am getting at > least the guaranteed rate - usually significantly more. DOCSIS 3.0 cable. The you should shape your uplink to slightly below the netto speed you measured to avoid queues in the modem

Re: Ping times with Tor running

2009-06-27 Thread Udo van den Heuvel
On 2009-06-27 17:47, Kris Linquist wrote: > Is this expected or do you think it's poor performance by either my ISP > or cable modem at accepting many connections? Traffic shaping. http://lartc.org/wondershaper/

Exit node IP *not* showing up on TorCheck and others

2009-06-27 Thread Chris Humphry
Hi,   I just started a session of TBB (current release) and when the homepage opened up it told me I was not connected to the Tor network.  So I went to TorCheck and it told me the same thing.  Then I used NewNym (via 'New Identity' in Vidalia) and with the new Exit node IP both TorCheck and the

Re: SoC Project: Improving Hidden Service Security and Usability

2009-06-27 Thread Ringo
"Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe someone made HS security/usability improvements a while ago which included the username:passphrase option and making it possible to keep the URL hidden from anyone except those who are provided the URL?" As far as I know, no such feature has been imp