Re: [tor-talk] Dropping Tor Browser support for Mac OSX 10.6?

2014-09-03 Thread Tor Talker
[Short answer] As an individual user, I don't need Tor on Mac OS 10.6, but as a developer of a soon to be released Tor-dependent project I would like to see support continue. [Long answer] We are developing a system called HideMeta that relies on Tor and other proven security components to

Re: [tor-talk] Dropping Tor Browser support for Mac OSX 10.6?

2014-09-03 Thread Tor Talker
The question was whether any users need Tor on Mac OS 10.6, and I made the case for the users of a new system we are about to announce. Also, all we really want is the tor executable, not the browser component, but we want it to be signed by the Tor Project (or an equally trustworthy

[tor-talk] Rendezvous RSA Exponent

2014-07-14 Thread Tor Talker
[I hope technical questions are appropriate here. Please let me know if there is a better place for them.] Is it OK to use an public exponent other than 65537 in hidden service RSA keys? I've received reports that a couple of hidden servers using vanity rendezvous hostnames I made are

[tor-talk] Secure Hidden Service (was: Re: ... Illegal Activity As A Metric ...)

2014-06-26 Thread Tor Talker
On 25 Jun 2014, at 11:09 PM, Mirimir miri...@riseup.net wrote: ... any Tor user can host a hidden service. But few people, even experienced web engineers, know enough to do it securely enough. Also, hidden services are far more vulnerable than Tor users, simply because they serve stuff. OK,