[tor-talk] legal status

2012-10-27 Thread george torwell
Hi guys, I have a quick question regarding the following blog entry: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/top-changes-tor-2004-design-paper-part-2 the last part states that Bit-torrent traffic can be trivially identified to originate at the user's ip. As an exit node operator, I get those annoying inf

Re: [tor-talk] legal status

2012-10-27 Thread george torwell
thanks everyone! Julian Yon: perhaps they can force me to log the ip of every bit torrent user and hand it over? not the relay it was coming from, the original ip that used bit torrent. adrelanos: maybe that could get me in trouble for not doing enough to help the rights holder? andrew: thanks,

Re: [tor-talk] torchat for chat room?

2012-11-15 Thread george torwell
hi, how about an IRC server running as a hidden service? you could even use ssl with it (but since the key has to be blindly trusted by others, that doesn't add much over the encryption and prevention of MITM attacks that Tor will already provide you with.) people on the server who seek a private c

Re: [tor-talk] torchat for chat room?

2012-11-16 Thread george torwell
e user. :-) torchat is very simple but I wish > it support multiple people. I will also use cryptocat but I wanted a secure > download app. > > -- > Jerzy Ɓogiewa -- jerz...@interia.eu > > On Nov 16, 2012, at 1:51 AM, george torwell wrote: > > > hi, how about an IRC se

Re: [tor-talk] Private mail server (Was: i saw your response on the Tor talk list)

2012-11-17 Thread george torwell
really want to hear about it. thanks On 17 November 2012 12:41, Julian Yon wrote: > On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 12:59:55 -0500 > george torwell wrote: > > > i have a few unrelated questions, if i may. > > ive noticed that you have your own mail server, which is cool. > > I do

Re: [tor-talk] Private mail server (Was: i saw your response on the Tor talk list)

2012-11-18 Thread george torwell
true, but looking at the massive amounts of government's requests from say, google for inbox content. i would say that storing your own mail will help a lot. of course, i don't know the true magnitude of interceptions, and encryption is a must to hide content. but it seems to me that practically, t

Re: [tor-talk] NSA supercomputer

2013-04-04 Thread George Torwell
ill really try not to go conspiracy crazy... but that is always a risk when discussing the NSA on this list :) if they intercepted everything, there wont be much of a need to decrypt it. they could watch it going in plaintext to the exit nodes, and use timing attacks and get a pretty good sense

Re: [tor-talk] NSA supercomputer

2013-04-04 Thread George Torwell
> >> Is there a reason 1024 bit keys, instead of something higher is not > used? > >> Do higher bit keys affect host performance, or network latency? > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Bernard > >> > >> > >> > &

Re: [tor-talk] NSA supercomputer

2013-04-04 Thread george torwell
an you imagine it currently to be. To decrypt keys, It does not take what you might otherwise expect. > > I'm sure one or more of the developers are either in denial or part of the "security" apparatus or both. I would not hold your breath. > > Be well. > > On Thu,