Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-17 Thread Chris Humphry
Hi, I have been mounting a little movement to get people to run Tor and setup Tor Bridges to help those in Iran access the Internet.  Then I found a great message which has been going around asking people to run Tor Bridges.  So I thought: "what about or-talk?".  Would it be wise to ask peopl

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-17 Thread Ted Smith
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 18:26 -0700, Chris Humphry wrote: > Hi, > > I have been mounting a little movement to get people to run Tor and > setup Tor Bridges to help those in Iran access the Internet. > > Then I found a great message which has been going around asking people > to run Tor Bridges.

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-17 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:26:43PM -0700, Chris Humphry wrote: > Please help...without proxies (ie. Bridges) the Iranian dissidents have no > voice! Yeah, see, I'm not sure whether this is true. If ordinary bridges are working, then probably ordinary Tor relays are working too. Or said another way

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-17 Thread Ted Smith
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 22:11 -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:26:43PM -0700, Chris Humphry wrote: > > Please help...without proxies (ie. Bridges) the Iranian dissidents have no > > voice! > > Yeah, see, I'm not sure whether this is true. If ordinary bridges are > working,

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-18 Thread marcel
Ted Smith schrub in 1245290677.7339.8.ca...@stormbringer: >It would probably be best to email it to a trusted Iranian organization >or group, using OpenPGP encryption. They can disseminate it from there. which would be…? all the best, /marcel

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-18 Thread Ted Smith
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 11:06 +0200, marcel wrote: > Ted Smith schrub in 1245290677.7339.8.ca...@stormbringer: > >It would probably be best to email it to a trusted Iranian organization > >or group, using OpenPGP encryption. They can disseminate it from there. > > which would be…? > I wouldn't know

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-18 Thread Chris Humphry
Hi Roger, On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 22:11 -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote: >>On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:26:43PM -0700, Chris Humphry wrote: >>Please help...without proxies (ie. Bridges) the Iranian dissidents >>have no voice! >Yeah, see, I'm not sure whether this is true. If ordinary bridges are >work

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-18 Thread Teodor Robas
Chris Humphry wrote: > Hi Roger, > > If a representative from the EFF or Tor contacted CNN I bet they would > respond... > > >Lots of misinformation going around, and not so much information. > This news was on slashdot not long ago: http://science.slashdot.org/story/09/06/16/2137203/Statistical-Su

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-18 Thread Matej Kovacic
Hi, > We've heard rumors they're blocking all encrypted traffic. Does this > mean everything that does an SSL handshake no matter the port? Or does > it mean the blocked port 443? > > If the former, an automated system like Tor is going to have a tough time > keeping up -- at least without the tw

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-18 Thread Praedor Atrebates
From twitter, there is a user ("austinheap") out of San Fran who organized this. It is simply having people setup squid proxies and sending the pertinent info to him by email or twitter direct message: ip address and port (change from the default port and other "standard" ports...I set mine up

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-18 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:30:28PM +0300, Teodor Robas wrote: > Notice that a link was presented to instructions on how to set up > squid based proxy servers. > That may be the reason why the proxy technique got in the media but I > do not know why tor was not mentioned at all. Tor has been mentio

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-19 Thread Chris Humphry
>From twitter, there is a user ("austinheap") out of San Fran who organized >this. It is simply having people setup squid proxies and sending the >pertinent info to him by email or twitter direct message: ip address and port >(change from the default port and other "standard" ports...I set min

Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-19 Thread Praedor Atrebates
On Friday 19 June 2009 13:49:48 Chris Humphry wrote: > From twitter, there is a user ("austinheap") out of San Fran who organized > > >this. It is simply having people setup squid proxies and sending the > >pertinent info to him by email or twitter direct message: ip address and > > port (change

(Solution. Please read) Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-19 Thread Chris Humphry
isguieded) before then.  If the Tor Project or the EFF wanted to be the entity who contacts Channel One be my guest.  All the best and Demoracy for all! --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Chris Humphry wrote: From: Chris Humphry Subject: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses?

Re: (Solution. Please read) Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-19 Thread Andrew Lewman
On 06/19/2009 01:37 PM, Chris Humphry wrote: > I then thought of contacting Channel One and telling them about Tor, > TorBrowserBundle and Tor Bridges. Why not have them put TBB on > *each* pen they send out? And with each TBB they could include the > signature and a .txt file with a few Tor Bri

Re: (Solution. Please read) Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-19 Thread mogulguy
--- On Fri, 6/19/09, Chris Humphry wrote: > All the best and Demoracy for all! While I am fairly certain that you meant this as a wish of good will to all (thanks), you may (or may not) be surprised that some people do not equate democracy with freedom[1].  Since I equate democracy with servit

Re: (Solution. Please read) Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-19 Thread Chris Humphry
>Getting TBB into the hands of those who need it is a great idea; >publicizing this fact may only harm those same people. Once it is known >the USB pen is more than just a camera, it becomes a larger risk to >being caught with it, and invites more scrutiny. A fine way to find out >how fast the ar

Re: (Solution. Please read) Re: Help Iranian dissidents by collecting and posting Bridge addresses? (here?)

2009-06-19 Thread Chris Humphry
Hi mogulguy, --- On Fri, 6/19/09, molgulguy >>--- On Fri, 6/19/09, Chris Humphry >> wrote: >> All the best and Demoracy for all! >While I am fairly certain that you meant this as a wish of good will to >all (thanks), you may (or may not) be surprised that some people do >not equate dem