[tor-talk] keeping torcloud alive

2014-09-12 Thread stn
hi, new talk subscriber. i'm volunteering to help keep torcloud alive by offering help even though i can't be primary maintainer. i recently got a torcloud node up and running. $3 month first year is quite good. stable and once going no hassles. i like the idea. less prone to outages than m

Re: [tor-talk] keeping torcloud alive

2014-09-13 Thread stn
$20/year would encourage me to keep torcloud running with or without a home node running. since torcloud can limit usage accurately per user something like a "Bulk deal" with solid use control might go a long way to someone with the skills to negotiate with amazon. that and an incredible arc

Re: [tor-talk] keeping torcloud alive

2014-09-13 Thread stn
i neglected to mention that i'm willing to sign legal docs/promises to abide by torproject wishes when helping out torcloud if it can be maintained. hoping someone with proper trust level can help maintain. as i mentioned i'm willing to help to take duties of the primary maintainers plate as

Re: [tor-talk] keeping torcloud alive links to cloud providers

2014-09-13 Thread stn
not sure yet but this is a start http://cloud-computing.findthebest.com/ http://raydepena.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/90-cloud-computing-companies-to-watch-in-2011/ these sites were mentioned is a lame "get on the cloud" provincial business communique in ontario but a lead is a lead. need to sta

[tor-talk] redhat openshift free cloud computing options

2014-09-13 Thread stn
a start if an openshift/redhat build can be accomplished a la amazon torcloud. https://www.openshift.com/ https://openshift.redhat.com/app/login?then=%2Fapp%2Faccount free no credit card required. 3 "gears" permitted. testing and devel https://www.openshift.com/products/pricing "bronze" level

Re: [tor-talk] mildly updated statistical analysis of Tor metrics data

2014-09-15 Thread stn
hi virgil my skills are old but i might be of use. are you using a single dependent/outcome variable (eg multiple regression) model or are what i think of as a "real" multivariate model? (multiple independent variables and multiple dependent variables) ? if multiple regression i can likely be

Re: [tor-talk] Tor relay on home computer

2014-09-16 Thread stn
i wanted to run a bridge relay but learned long term consistency is key. torcloud is a good solution imo. i have to build a bsd or linux system from old hw VS running a bridge from my desktop to make a home bridge work. i had good luck running torcloud. https://cloud.torproject.org/ it costs

Re: [tor-talk] mildly updated statistical analysis of Tor metrics data

2014-09-16 Thread stn
nice ! is the dataset available? On 16/09/2014 5:17 AM, Virgil Griffith wrote: Just multiple regression. Nothing fancy. And yes all data is works on a standard desktop. I use Rstudio for everything. -V -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other s

Re: [tor-talk] Tor relay on home computer

2014-09-16 Thread stn
i ran into tor ban lists in the uk eg i emailed the operator. he was reasonable and polite about my query. just asked why he ran tor ban lists. he was just sick of the smtp irc and brute for ssh attacks. though it sounds like the climate is quite bad in the UK generally. [...] T

[tor-talk] torcloud log error to be of concern?

2014-09-16 Thread stn
hi, in an effort to document the torcloud process again i started another torlcoud node. this time i got an error. i don't know if it's of concern or not though i guess torcloud log viewing doesn't differ from a home node. getting ssh to work for the uninitiated is a terrible chore using amazon'

Re: [tor-talk] keeping torcloud alive

2014-09-18 Thread stn
great tip here re: multiple torcloud accounts. it worked for me as well. same credit card number. glad amazon is good about that. in the end they make more money and increase their subscriber stats. torcloud is "balsa wood" weight on their systems. this is the first "cloud" implementation that

[tor-talk] was router to relay. try torcloud ?e: (no subject)

2014-09-30 Thread stn
hi rene have you considered the torcloud option? at least for bridge relay? i'm glad i stumbled into this version of tor. https://cloud.torproject.org/ it's inexpensive. the first year is up to $3 USD per month using the amazon free cloud account.tor limits the bandwidth so people like me

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: IP Banned for running a non-exit relay from home?

2014-09-30 Thread stn
some weeks ago i asked daniel why he blocked tor traffic. he sited SSH brute force, smtp and other abuse issues. he's a sysadmin so i can understand the need to protect his networks. thanks for brining in a higher resolution view here. hope your approach works or at least opens the door to c

Re: [tor-talk] Tor in the media

2014-10-02 Thread stn
i think roger dingledine presented some short timeline evidence awhile back in a video i saw but this is from memory. a US university and the DoJ usa tallied tor traffic on their relay and only found something like 3% "unwanted" traffic. that could have included things like copyrighted music s

Re: [tor-talk] Tor in the media

2014-10-03 Thread stn
n one of Roger's videos, though if anyone has a specific > pointer that would be very much appreciated. > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:57 PM, stn wrote: > >> >> i think roger dingledine presented some short timeline evidence awhile >> back in a video i saw but

[tor-talk] what about bad people they are using tor ....

2014-10-03 Thread stn
i don't believe this is the video with the short lived DoJ study reference. sorry about that. but this video tutorial contains allot of content related to "tor is evil if only tor disappeared" ... at about 40:23 for the start of "evil alice user" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBHcIvMoRMs it's

[tor-talk] ACM ref to safe statistical analysis on tor/anonymity networks

2014-10-03 Thread stn
i found this ref regarding appropriate analysis on tor given the recent threads and interest. might be dated with a 2010 pub date.. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1894882 [...] The Tor network is one of the largest deployed anonymity networks, consisting of 1500+ volunteer-run relays and

Re: [tor-talk] what about bad people they are using tor ....

2014-10-03 Thread stn
yes they have allot of good usage data tied to political and social change and censorship methods. in other videos too i believe. if you have time keep obtaining the vidoes and watching if you can. you'll learn allot. don't be afraid of "hacker" conference videos on tor. lots of good tor

[tor-talk] another video link. good stark examples of tor anonymity protecting people

2014-10-03 Thread stn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hZZNFQm1Vs more social and political change data but with more examples than the previous video mentioned regarding the very real dangers involved trying to speak one's beliefs in an oppressive regime. worse case death. writeup Published on Aug 30, 2013 Tor d

[tor-talk] mainstream tor info vs Torproject tor info Re: Tor in the media

2014-10-03 Thread stn
this video addresses tor and tor in media gap (at least in part) also examples of enforcement using tor to do their jobs. "bad people use tor" raised again. consequences removing tor and constrasted in different scenarios early in talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NxTFDDdjd4 -- tor-talk mail

[tor-talk] the 3% of "bad" traffic on tor DoJ study Re: Tor in the media

2014-10-03 Thread stn
found it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NxTFDDdjd4 at about 10:35 DMCA takedown seems to have killed the study questions as to how that data was gathered. had to "tap" an exit node -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to ht

[tor-talk] first month torcloud on amazon. it really is free under 15GB

2014-10-03 Thread stn
i've started another torcloud account on amazon but received my invoice for the 1st torcloud node it really is free under the amazon cutoff bandwidth ! nice torcloud is capped to 40GB which is a $3max per month using the right location (virginia east i think). i used the same credit card for b

Re: [tor-talk] another video link. good stark examples of tor anonymity protecting people

2014-10-03 Thread stn
[embarrassed] even better. avoiding youtube is a good idea anyway. On Oct 3, 2014, at 11:03 PM, I wrote: > It was here too with others. > > https://media.torproject.org/video/ > > Robert > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hZZNFQm1Vs >> >> more social and political change data but with mor

[tor-talk] bbc horizons fairly recent Re: Tor in the media

2014-10-04 Thread stn
robert pointed me back to the media archive at tor. thanks. nice cache there. i like how the OGV format doesn't take any time to view over a browser in addition to its open/free nature. other formats or containers include avi mov webm mp4. vlc seems to play everything so far. this video look

Re: [tor-talk] Tech Report on Tor Growth [pdf]

2014-10-04 Thread stn
thanks so much virgil. both report and posting dataset. steve On Oct 4, 2014, at 7:57 PM, Virgil Griffith wrote: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3308162/tor%20growth.pdf -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.or

Re: [tor-talk] IP Banned for running a non-exit relay from home?

2014-10-05 Thread stn
hi todd well you can try the canadian best buy for fun. http://www.bestbuy.ca/ for contrasting data. h the "muskoka" line of cookware is on sale. ... muskokas are a long standing toronto reachable pricey kind of cottage country. and yes residents of the muskokas would rightly be miffed at

Re: [tor-talk] tor browser speed.

2014-10-06 Thread stn
hi i've been informed running a bridge relay/node requires 24/7 uptime so i'm building a "Box" to run at home dedicated to a tor bridge. it takes more than a week for a node to start to integrate into the network and every time the node goes down i think you start again. but you can run one vi

Re: [tor-talk] tor browser speed.

2014-10-06 Thread stn
hi, i am not very young either. On Oct 6, 2014, at 5:13 AM, Hartmut Haase wrote: > Hi stn, > I suspect I'm to old to understand this kind of stuff, and I certainly do not > want to cooperate with amazon. > -- > Viele Grüße, > Hartmut > > Hungerhilfe: http://ww

Re: [tor-talk] tor browser speed.

2014-10-06 Thread stn
either. best steve On Oct 6, 2014, at 5:13 AM, Hartmut Haase wrote: > Hi stn, > I suspect I'm to old to understand this kind of stuff, and I certainly do not > want to cooperate with amazon. > -- > Viele Grüße, > Hartmut -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torpro

Re: [tor-talk] tor browser speed.

2014-10-06 Thread stn
14, at 11:42 AM, SecTech wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > hi stn, > > In my opinion you aren't right if you think that it's good for diversity > when you are hosting your TOR rely on torcloud. > Because if many people think so, tha

Re: [tor-talk] Double-checking a couple questions about node churn rate

2014-10-08 Thread stn
this is "gold" to me. what i mean is i can do some stats analysis for the torproject if the dataset exists and there is a question defined.this churn question is a nice example. the datasets are identified instructions exist to parse the data (willing to try) delimeters or data tags are giv

[tor-talk] are there https wget versions yet?

2014-10-08 Thread stn
hi, just a note. might be of interest to others. https wget. assuming no sftp ports are open i tried to wget datasets from the archive are there https friendly versions of wget out there? perferably for mac at this point but i'm slowly rebuilidng nix skills. can try manually command line with n

[tor-talk] https wget = y Re: are there https wget versions yet?

2014-10-08 Thread stn
answer yes thankfully but back to command line. both gui versions i have failed on macosx On Oct 8, 2014, at 3:38 PM, stn wrote: > hi, > just a note. might be of interest to others. > https wget. > > assuming no sftp ports are open > i tried to wget datasets from the arch

[tor-talk] followup macox wget GUI front. supporting secure wget. deepvac

2014-10-08 Thread stn
this shareware app succeeded under osx. without turning off the certificate check (!) nice. "deep vacuum" http://www.hexcat.com/downloads.html warning. shareware fee for some features. also seems to be easier to use then cocao wget for most users. from a usability perspective issues i've run int

Re: [tor-talk] What was the academic paper in which

2014-10-19 Thread stn
On Oct 19, 2014, at 10:43 PM, Rick wrote: > On 10/19/2014 09:16 PM, z9wahqvh wrote: >> that McCoy et al document has been helpful to my research as well, so thank >> you. >> >> in the exchange below, there is a reference to an "assertion by DOJ" that >> has been "referenced in a few talks." Does

Re: [tor-talk] Simulators available for Tor Network

2014-11-17 Thread stn
this is a good opportunity to ask since someone is asking about simulators and uwaterloo experimentor. if one were to buy an old mac pro or build a nix box how much RAM is needed to run something like experimentor well enough to model the Tor network usefully ? multiple cpu socket boards cost