Re: [tor-talk] Ports required for Tor and hidden services

is on the same system as the hidden service and an attacker gets root then nothing can save you since the attacker could alter the firewall at will. The only exception I can think of is SELinux *might* provide a mechanism to prevent this but I am not familiar with it. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list

Re: [tor-talk] Is there a way to use internet in a sandbox environment? (Linux)

Mirimir wrote: > > On 04/03/2019 05:40 PM, Jim wrote: >> Mirimir wrote: >>> On 04/03/2019 08:03 AM, Ben Tasker wrote: >>>> When the system boots from the disk, it loads the OS into memory, so >>>> things >>>> like your browser c

Re: [tor-talk] Is there a way to use internet in a sandbox environment? (Linux)

Mirimir wrote: On 04/03/2019 08:03 AM, Ben Tasker wrote: When the system boots from the disk, it loads the OS into memory, so things like your browser cache files are written into memory (and so lost when the DIMMs lose charge). If you want persistence then most live CDs will allow you to

Re: [tor-talk] Is there a way to use internet in a sandbox environment? (Linux)

ive system or different hardware. But if your hardware works with standard Linux I wouldn't expect a problem. HTH Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Is there a way to use internet in a sandbox environment? (Linux)

accounts should remain safe. So you have a range of options from no VMs to fully isolated VMs on separate machines to running a live CD/DVD for internet access. HTH Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https

Re: [tor-talk] [tor-announce] Tor 0.3.5.7 is released

Nick Mathewson wrote: You can download the source code from the usual place on the website. Packages should be available within the next several weeks, with a new Tor Browser some time in the next month or so. Nick, it would appear your signing key (or sub-key) has expired: $ verify_detached

Re: [tor-talk] circpathbias.c : Your Guard vs The Guard

perhaps the string ought to read "The Guard" instead of "Your Guard". Many projects prefer bad strings perpetuate legacy than fix them for future. It is not clear to me that "The Guard" is preferable to "Your Guard". I think the clearest wording would be "the guard you are using" but

Re: [tor-talk] Better bridge management for clients

e he could still delete the bridge from the list if he so chose.) Jim On 5/18/18 12:40 PM, Georg Koppen wrote: CarlSpackler@getbackinthe.kitchen: When using bridges on a daily basis, how may I know which work and which don't? (Say for example you added multiple bridge lines and not simply

Re: [tor-talk] NYC Event 2/15: Discussion Questions

n you give a general idea of what types of things states are doing? And how does Tor mitigate any of this? Sorry if I am a little dense. Thanks for any response. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.o

Re: [tor-talk] Tor in Russia, blocked from Nov 1st?

, that the Tor project use to keep censors from discovering all of the bridges. All of the normal relays/exits are listed in the consensus. This is most definitely *not* true of bridges. The Tor project does what it can to keep those concealed from censors. HTH Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor

Re: [tor-talk] Please tell me the ways of donating any file to tor & talk to other tor users

This is a scam. On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 6:25 PM, flipchan wrote: > Wtf , just tell us what u want > > On September 25, 2017 7:24:11 AM GMT+02:00, Anindya Mondal < > anindyamon...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > >-- > >Sent from Mail.Ru app for Android > >-- > >tor-talk mailing list

Re: [tor-talk] $1,000,000 for tor zerodays

Someone please take down that website. On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Lara wrote: > On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, at 04:35, krishna e bera wrote: > > Anyone caught selling Tor bugs and exploits to anyone but TorProject > > should be subject to some kind of severe

Re: [tor-talk] CIA attacking SSH (was tor-talk Digest, Vol 78, Issue 4)

evel root kit. I'd appreciate responses from anybody having a better grasp of this. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Announcing unMessage: a Next-Gen Tor Messenger

Seems like it is not available for Windows. On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:46 PM, wrote: > unMessage is an anonymous messenger that uses Tor to hide metadata of > participants. Its still in early development, however a major new feature > such as Tor-to-Tor audio chat (the

Re: [tor-talk] Not comfortable with the new single-hop system merged into Tor

has been the default since version 6.4 of GNU Core Utilities was released in 2006. The OP's concerns were not frivolous. But from other posts on this thread it is obvious (IMHO) the developers have given this issue the attention it deserved. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@

Re: [tor-talk] Hacker and Tor (thank you)

techl...@123mail.org wrote: OK; I am sure the Islamic terrorist asking about how to hack websites will appreciate your help. Next step is solving his problem about how to build a bomb. Yet deliberately providing false information could lead many other people astray, including people who have

Re: [tor-talk] Please Remove Tor bridge and... from Censorship countries.

explained to non-technical users. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] problems faced with tor browser

Andreas Krey wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2016 23:13:05 +, Jim wrote: You might want to give serious thought to whether you *really* want to access your bank anonymously. I like location-anonymous access - my banks don't need to know where I am right now. I'm not anonymous to them - I need

Re: [tor-talk] problems faced with tor browser

(on this list but I don't have a citation handy) have reported having banks lock accounts in response to attempting to access them anonymously. Of course, the final decision is up to you. Good luck! Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other

Re: [tor-talk] Quote Line Prefixes in Linux Text Editors

? (My google-fu may be a little weak, assuming these are recent incidents.) Thanks Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] How do i check the archives?

Andrew F wrote: > > How do i check the archives? thanks I've seen your email. I haven't had a chance to check/verify yet. I don't want to send you a wrong URL. > -- > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to >

Re: [tor-talk] is it me or did tor talk get really quiet?

y also want to visit the tor-talk archives to compare it to what he has been receiving. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] OnionBalance Hidden Service has over 1 million successful hits in just 3 days

, but the other two have me baffled. Jim -- If I knew that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I would flee for my life. -- Henry David Thoreau -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https

Re: [tor-talk] Why corrupt government officials are strongly opposed to this Tor project (a Gestapo government run amok!)

want unsubstantiated accusations and wild theories, I'll read YouTube comments or watch Fox News. -- Jim Goltz jgo...@mail.nih.gov -Original Message- From: Lara [mailto:lara@emails.veryspeedy.net] Sent: Thursday, 05 March, 2015 10:14 To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re

Re: [tor-talk] Possible upcoming attempts to disable the Tor network

hardcoded into the code. It would be much easier and cheaper to distribute a new, small, signed configuration file than to release and distribute a whole new version of tor. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https

Re: [tor-talk] Operation Onymous against hidden services, most DarkNet markets are down

This is some really bad news for the Tor network if the govs can locate that many people this easily ... Some of these people were probably being watched a long time before any of this happened. Phones were probably tapped and homes bugged. There's more ways to find out about a hidden

Re: [tor-talk] Operation Onymous against hidden services, most DarkNet markets are down

occurring that's a serious threat to all of us. Jim Smith -- Original Message From: Blaise Gagnon quebecf...@gmail.com Apparently from: tor-talk-boun...@lists.torproject.org To: tor-talk@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-talk] Operation Onymous against hidden services,most

[tor-talk] How FBI Pinpointed Silk Road's Server

, similar to Magneto. Am I missing something? Or are they stretching the meaning of typing miscellaneous strings? Or outright lying? Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor

Re: [tor-talk] EFF / applied law mailing list?

FreeForums being a stop-gap measure until they could get something better. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] DOJ Pushes to Hack Cyber-Criminals (Torizens)

read in its own right, is it what you intended to post WRT the matter at hand? Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Open source firewall.

Gerardus Hendricks wrote: PGP: 0xf4b6586f What is the binary logarithm of sixteen to the power of eight? How long does it take to generate a fresh RSA keypair? Are the last eight bytes of keyids evenly distributed? Now you are just getting snooty! Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Harvard student used Tor to send bomb threats, gets caught by old-fashioned policework

was doing something nefarious. I have certainly had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time and this is just a cyberspace equivalent of that. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org

Re: [tor-talk] Can I use a non-Tor exit node?

When I propososed using a web proxy, I should have added to be careful not to reveal any personal information to the web proxy. I.e. don't send a password or anything because you won't have end-to-end encryption. Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change

Re: [tor-talk] Can I use a non-Tor exit node?

have occasionally used Tor to access a web proxy (such as hidemyass.com) to access sites that weren't allowing Tor. That's probably not the greatest solution but it works if the site isn't also blocking the web proxy. HTH Jim -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org

Re: [tor-talk] Stop e-mails

before I spotted the unsubscribe option. My eyes were not immediately drawn to it. Best regards, Jim On Sunday, May 26, 2013, lilo wrote: On 26/05/2013 13:30, Frederick Jakubowsi wrote: Please stop e-mails to my address, thank you. unsubscribe can help you https://lists.torproject.org

Re: [tor-talk] uscribe

explanation. HTH Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Email provider for privacy-minded folk

is that attacks against email accts. w/o using Tor to do it is apparently commonplace, something that seems to be confirmed in that Abuse at Scale PDF that a Google employee linked to from this list a while back. Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Email provider for privacy-minded folk

are marked for encryption are stored on the server encrypted. Emails with non-Hushmail users that are sent/received as plain text are stored as plain text. HTH Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org

Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if

Eugen Leitl wrote: Ok, the thread that wouldn't die is back from the grave. ... I have been following that NANOG discussion as best I can (Sometimes my eyes do start to glaze over.) A lot of that discussion seems to involve a lot of suppositions about what is really going on. I was

Re: [tor-talk] Tor-unfriendly List

Paul wrote: Is there a list of 'things' (services, web sites, etc.) that do not work well with Tor? For example, connect to MSN using Tor and you'll find yourself being banned. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/ refuses to work with Tor. Such a list would be useful to check before trying to use such

Re: [tor-talk] Can't access Tor network: Question about Find Bridges Now

' button just hits https://bridges.torproject.org directly. If your country blocks that site, the button will not work. Would it makes sense to provide a .onion address for that and have find bridges now try both clear net and and hidden service? Jim

Re: [tor-talk] Trusted source?

-with-malware-hacker-group-says/ Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] tor-blocking sites

at what exit worked and used MapAddress to force that exit, which usually works for a while. I have also sometimes used Tor - Web Proxy - Scroogle, but usually before I get to that point I just use IxQuick (which is painfully slow on dial-up). Jim

Re: [tor-talk] Country statistics details

just stated ... It would be fine if this was a download or installation *option*. But remember that 30MB is over a one and half hour download on dial-up and would be quite burdensome if it were part of the standard download. Regards, Jim ___ tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Tor OPSEC - Operational Security - Great Resource of Information!

years now. It should NEVER be used to verfiy something has not been malicously altered. Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] New to List

, but you can use DROP if you prefer silence. HTH Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] MapAddress and AllowDotExit

didn't find it in the documentation. Could somebody tell me how to do that and how to find the fingerprint of an exit node when I know the IP address? Or point me to the relevant documentation or links? Thanks. Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Scroogle Blocking Access via Tor?

Jim wrote: I haven't been able to access Scroogle via Tor for about 24 hours. Now it is working again! Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Scroogle Blocking Access via Tor?

Jim wrote: Jim wrote: I haven't been able to access Scroogle via Tor for about 24 hours. Now it is working again! Sorry for the multiple posts. I guess I just got lucky on the exit node last time. It is back to failure, after trying multiple circuits, including serveral different exit

Re: [tor-talk] Tor no longer works with win2K ??

of the discussion on this thread? Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Implement JSONP interface for check.torproject.org

Arturo Filastò wrote: I have made a patch to check.torproject.org to expose a JSONP interface that would allow people to have the user check client side if (s)he is using Tor. Is encouraging Java Script a good idea? I must be getting crotchety in my old my age! Jim

[tor-talk] The Stop Online Piracy Act

to provide or offer to provide such product or service. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111026/12130616523/protect-ip-renamed-e-parasites-act-would-create-great-firewall-america.shtml Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https

[tor-talk] Anybody else having problems with Hushmail via Tor?

else seeing any problems? Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] [SPAM] Please vote for Torservers so we get 1000 Euro

your own email as spam. I believe we have found the honest man Diogenes was looking for! ;-) Regards, Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] How to verify the authenticity of the Torbutton xpi file

all of our memories? Regards, Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] Question About 1000 circuit times

. So immediately after starting, the new instance of Tor is reporting results based on 1000 circuit times. Is it using data from the old instance of Tor, is this message in error, or what? Regards, Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Dutch CA issues fake *.torproject.org cert (among many others)

while I consider them (slightly) better than nothing, hash values alone won't thwart a determined and knowledgeable attacker. Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] Weird Scroogle Problem

a clue what is going on? Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Hijacking Advertising to give a Tor Exit node economic sustainability?

to the individual! As far as I am concerned, if such hijacking did not immediately lead to bad exit designations, then Tor would no longer be suitable for anything w/o end-to-end encryption. (Of course, some feel it already is unsuitable for clear text ... :-) Jim

Re: [tor-talk] Hijacking Advertising to give a Tor Exit node economic sustainability?

. It's bad enough when ISPs break NXDOMAIN, etc. Although I doubt that you meant any harm. :-) Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Request for Help Configuring Torbutton for Remote Polipo

is configured appropriately. Now if you want to *force* the clients to use Tor, via transparent proxy or otherwise, rather than access the Internet directly, you might need two interfaces. I really haven't thought that one through Jim ___ tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Access blocked by Baracuda Content filter

a Tor IP? When the connection is sent through Tor the filter can't tell what is being accessed. All it can see is the encrypted communication between the Tor client and the entry guard. Which, in this is case, it appears to be blocking wholesale. Jim

Re: [tor-talk] Police was here - whats next?

Nils Vogels wrote: Took a bunch of envelopes to explain the onion rings, but it worked :) :) :) :) ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] detecting harmful relays

? It had never occurred to me this could be related to Tor. Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Logging in to Yahoo e-mail accounts now failing???

to it for a while but that before too long it would be rammed down my throat. Unless, of course, I bid them farewell. I have been waffling about what to do about my Yahoo account ever since Microsoft's failed bid to buy Yahoo. I guess this settles it ... Jim

Re: [tor-talk] anonymous surveys via Tor?

: http://l6nvqsqivhrunqvs.tor2web.com/?do=topicid=7116 Tor is currently reporting that hidden service to be unavailable. Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] To Toggle, or not to Toggle: The End of Torbutton

cases. Should I decide to add entries to the tracker, does one have to register to do so? Jim ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Scroogle and Tor

Moritz Bartl wrote: On 10.03.2011 11:27, Jim wrote: Requiring SSL for Tor searches is all well and good, but it creates a problem that I haven't found a solution for: creating bookmarks. It's a great thing Scroogle uses POST by default. It still accepts GET for both SSL and non-SSL