[tor-talk] Big spike in NL-initiated Tor conns between 30 Jul & 7 Oct; now spiking in DE

2017-10-24 Thread Matthijs R. Koot
Hi [tor-talk], There was a big spike in NL-initiated Tor connections between 30 July and 7 October --- from 50k daily connections to 150k a day: https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html?start=2017-05-01=2017-10-24=nl Unrelated or not, a nearly equally big spike is currently

Re: [tor-talk] dutch proposal to search and destroy computers in foreign countries

2012-10-22 Thread Matthijs R. Koot
On 22-10-12 18:34, Rejo Zenger wrote: The proposal can be found here (dutch only): http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/bestanden/documenten-en-publicaties/kamerstukken/2012/10/15/wetgeving-bestrijding-cybercrime/wetgeving-bestrijding-cybercrime-1.pdf. English translation of the full 8 page letter:

Re: [tor-talk] dutch proposal to search and destroy computers in foreign countries

2012-10-22 Thread Matthijs R. Koot
On 22-10-12 18:34, Rejo Zenger wrote: The proposal can be found here (dutch only): http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/bestanden/documenten-en-publicaties/kamerstukken/2012/10/15/wetgeving-bestrijding-cybercrime/wetgeving-bestrijding-cybercrime-1.pdf. English translation, now w/correct link (I

Re: [tor-talk] ”How SOPA’s ‘circumvention’ ban could put a target on Tor”

2011-12-26 Thread Matthijs R. Koot
On 26-12-11 17:57, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57346592-281/how-sopas-circumvention-ban-could-put-a-target-on-tor/ Please check recent archives before posting. This was already posted on Dec 22:

[tor-talk] How SOPA's 'circumvention' ban could put a target on Tor

2011-12-22 Thread Matthijs R. Koot
Hi, How SOPA's 'circumvention' ban could put a target on Tor (Dec 21) http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57346592-281/how-sopas-circumvention-ban-could-put-a-target-on-tor/ (via @evgenymorozov) Matthijs ___ tor-talk mailing list

Re: [tor-talk] Dutch Police Investigation Tor Spike: Correlation Or Also Causation?

2011-09-10 Thread Matthijs R. Koot
Hi Andrew, : Requests: Why? [1] from the Tor-talk mailinglist. Some believe (credits : to @ly_gs for enlightening me) that the August 2011 spike in Tor users : via bridges may be related to the Dutch police investigation on Tor : hidden services hosting child pornography, which also took

[tor-talk] Dutch Police Investigation Tor Spike: Correlation Or Also Causation?

2011-09-04 Thread Matthijs R. Koot
. Comment below, or contact me by e-mail (koot=uva.nl) or Twitter (@mrkoot). 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Kind regards, Matthijs R. Koot University of Amsterdam [1] http://cryptome.org/0005/tor-bridge-why.htm [2] http://blog.cyberwar.nl/2011/09/dutch-police-investigation