Re: [tor-relays] How to protect yourself from network scanning

2012-08-01 Thread Administrator
an easy way is to limit the amount of tcp connections at the same time on a edge router. this is usualy done to get rid of script kiddies which try to break into ssh by trying every possible password for root. if tcp init is however rate limited then its like a slow connection for opening

Re: [tor-relays] Call for discussion: turning funding into more exit relays

2012-08-01 Thread Scott Bennett
On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:23:57 -0400 grarpamp grarp...@gmail.com wrote: 4) What exactly do we mean by diversity? I would look at this almost entirely from a jurisdictional and ISP level. I believe the biggest sudden impact threats to the tor network are going to be from legal changes

[tor-relays] Domain name based policies (was: Call for discussion: turning funding into more exit relays)

2012-08-01 Thread Nicolas Braud-Santoni
2012/8/1 Roger Dingledine a...@mit.edu: On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:21:01AM +0100, mick wrote: Question for tor developers. How hard would it be to change the logic (and syntax) of exit policy in tor to allow domain based formulations like: reject *.gmail.com reject *aol.com Very hard.

Re: [tor-relays] Domain name based policies (was: Call for discussion: turning funding into more exit relays)

2012-08-01 Thread Administrator
Sent from my iPhone 5 Am 01.08.2012 um 10:30 schrieb Nicolas Braud-Santoni nico...@braud-santoni.eu: 2012/8/1 Roger Dingledine a...@mit.edu: On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:21:01AM +0100, mick wrote: Question for tor developers. How hard would it be to change the logic (and syntax) of exit