Re: [tor-talk] privacy concerns with new CAPTCHA-method for obfs4 bridges

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 4:25 PM, Andreas Krey wrote: > On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:03:14 +0000, ithor wrote: > ... > > > Can you elaborate upon that for the noob I am. If i understand you > > correct

Re: [tor-talk] privacy concerns with new CAPTCHA-method for obfs4 bridges

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
than Marquardt wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 12:25:52PM +, ithor wrote: > > > So a meek request is sent in clear-text. What exact information is given ? > > The exact ip address of the Azure server, its geolocation ? > > The IP address of the Azure server you're

Re: [tor-talk] privacy concerns with new CAPTCHA-method for obfs4 bridges

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
Or they don't want to ruin their standing with the client who has the name that is used in the SNI (and who takes the loss when china should decide to block that b/c it's used by fronters). Can you elaborate upon that for the noob I am. If i understand you correctly, when using domain fronting, T

Re: [tor-talk] privacy concerns with new CAPTCHA-method for obfs4 bridges

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:38:52AM +, ithor wrote: > > > ever since TBB 8, there's the new moat way to obtain private obfs4 bridges > > through a CAPTCHA. In the following webpage it's stated meek is used in > > order to communicate with the Tor bridg

Re: [tor-talk] ascertain trustworthyness of entry-nodes and obfs4 bridges?

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
r a obfs4 bridge. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:23 AM, Andreas Krey wrote: > On Wed, 03 Oct 2018 08:41:29 +, ithor wrote: > ... > > > So would there be a way to (pen-?)test a private obfs4 bridge as being non > > blacklisted and actual

[tor-talk] ascertain trustworthyness of entry-nodes and obfs4 bridges?

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
Hi, when living under an oppressive regime with draconian Internet censorship, it is crucial for me to be able to connect to the Tor network without arousing any suspicion and to be sure I'm not connecting to a malicious entry-node or obfs4 bridge. The only way for me to bypass DPI is to use eit

[tor-talk] privacy concerns with new CAPTCHA-method for obfs4 bridges

2018-10-03 Thread ithor
Hi, ever since TBB 8, there's the new moat way to obtain private obfs4 bridges through a CAPTCHA. In the following webpage it's stated meek is used in order to communicate with the Tor bridges database. Now, my question is : which ones ? In my country, domain fronting for Amazon and Google are