Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-26 Thread andrew
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 05:44:29PM -0400, prae...@yahoo.com wrote 2.0K bytes in 37 lines about: : At work I am unable to run or use tor even from a USB key - they are prevented from working. It might be nice to have a website(s) that act as entry points to tor and that use names that do not imme

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-26 Thread andrew
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 01:03:14PM +0530, arsha...@gmail.com wrote 1.6K bytes in 30 lines about: : also, there should be some sort of solutions, by which Tor should be : able to run in all mobile devices. : not only in androids. It runs on iphone, android, and maemo right now. No one has tried

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-26 Thread andrew
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 06:07:02PM -0400, gmaxw...@gmail.com wrote 0.5K bytes in 9 lines about: : On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Moritz Bartl wrote: : > That being said, you should look into the bridge concept. : > http://www.torproject.org/bridges.html.en : : Bridge-relays do no good for peop

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-26 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi, On 26.07.2010 04:39, Gregory Maxwell wrote: >> In my experience with windows machines in computer labs, you are able >> to install firefox extensions without the permissions to >> install programs. > If people subject to policy restrictions really can't install > "software" but can install ex

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-26 Thread arshad
On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 22:39 -0400, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Kory Kirk wrote: > > Torbutton is just a firefox extension. I have no idea how it could be > > shipped including tor itself. In my experience with windows machines in > > computer labs, you are able to

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-26 Thread Jim
emigrant wrote: and i think, this can be a step towards the increasing trend of cloud computing, if i have correctly understood what is cloud computing. :D I guess this is off-topic, but some of us don't think moving toward "cloud computing" is necessarily a good thing. Since this is OT, I'l

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Kory Kirk wrote: >   Torbutton is just a firefox extension. I have no idea how it could be > shipped including tor itself.  In my experience with windows machines in > computer labs, you are able to install firefox extensions without the > permissions to install pr

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Kory Kirk
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > (1) If the user can't install the regular tor package that means that > someone else has enough control over his system that he can't trust > any validation on his system. Short of abusing the treacherous > computing for good, there is no

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Kory Kirk wrote: > I think this can be achieved with a Java applet. So maybe when JTor is > finished. A relay could host a web server, and have the Java applet on it. > The applet would need to be signed, and could be further verified by a > checksum, which could b

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Kory Kirk
emigrant writes: > i would like to suggest TOR to build some sort of online system, > like a proxy server. where ppl just come and enter the address in the > text box and hit 'surf with tor' or something. I think this can be achieved with a Java applet. So maybe when JTor is finished. A relay coul

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Moritz Bartl wrote: > That being said, you should look into the bridge concept. > http://www.torproject.org/bridges.html.en Bridge-relays do no good for people who can't load the tor software. That is specifically what I was responding to.

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Moritz Bartl
That being said, you should look into the bridge concept. http://www.torproject.org/bridges.html.en On 25.07.2010 23:50, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Praedor Atrebates wrote: >> At work I am unable to run or use tor even from a USB key - they are >> prevented from w

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > At work I am unable to run or use tor even from a USB key - they are > prevented from working. It might be nice to have a website(s) that act as > entry points to tor and that use names that do not immediately scream TOR > PROXY SERVER

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Praedor Atrebates
At work I am unable to run or use tor even from a USB key - they are prevented from working. It might be nice to have a website(s) that act as entry points to tor and that use names that do not immediately scream TOR PROXY SERVER! TOR ENTRY POINT RIGHT HERE! so that it is less likely for IT dep

Re: A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread Seth David Schoen
emigrant writes: > hi all, > i would like to suggest TOR to build some sort of online system, > like a proxy server. where ppl just come and enter the address in the > text box and hit 'surf with tor' or something. so that the same > objective is achieved as in running the TOR client. > its easier

A suggestion to TOR [a proxy server]

2010-07-25 Thread emigrant
hi all, i would like to suggest TOR to build some sort of online system, like a proxy server. where ppl just come and enter the address in the text box and hit 'surf with tor' or something. so that the same objective is achieved as in running the TOR client. its easier for pcs and mobile devices as