[tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

2016-03-31 Thread Spencer
Hi, Mike Perry: keeping circuits in use / timeout when streams are closed bad for usability / no privacy gain I agree; switching exits counters the argument made for having stable entries. This happens in seconds and minutes. Having control over this experience is the preferred

Re: [tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

2016-03-25 Thread Flipchan
I think roundcube(an email client) works with easy session and switchin your IP shoulnd effect that session Ben Stover skrev: (25 mars 2016 12:12:07 CET) >Hello Paul (and others), > >the problem is for example when I login into a remote mailbox through >TorBrowser then the

Re: [tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

2016-03-25 Thread Ben Stover
Hello Paul (and others), the problem is for example when I login into a remote mailbox through TorBrowser then the mail box provider see my IP (=IP of ExitNode). Since I often stay longer than 10 minutes in my remote mailbox an IP switch happens during my mailbox login session. Unfortunately a

Re: [tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

2016-03-22 Thread Paul Syverson
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 05:08:35PM -0700, Mike Perry wrote: > Ben Stover: > > As far as I know TorBrowser switches automatically every 10 minutes the > > node chain resp. the IP of the ExitNode. > > > > Can I somehow extend this timeout time to another value e.g. 30 minutes? > > > > Or (even

Re: [tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

2016-03-22 Thread Nathaniel Suchy
Well now you said that publicly if we told you and you did it government agents could add up 30 minute ip sessions to you and harm your anonymity. On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 8:08 PM Mike Perry wrote: > Ben Stover: > > As far as I know TorBrowser switches automatically

Re: [tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

2016-03-22 Thread Mike Perry
Ben Stover: > As far as I know TorBrowser switches automatically every 10 minutes the node > chain resp. the IP of the ExitNode. > > Can I somehow extend this timeout time to another value e.g. 30 minutes? > > Or (even better) can I let Tor auto-switch the IP and chain depending from > the

[tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

2016-03-20 Thread Ben Stover
As far as I know TorBrowser switches automatically every 10 minutes the node chain resp. the IP of the ExitNode. Can I somehow extend this timeout time to another value e.g. 30 minutes? Or (even better) can I let Tor auto-switch the IP and chain depending from the time of inactivity (.e.g when

Re: [tor-talk] Extend auto-IP-switching-time in TorBrowser (and depending from time of inactivity)

2016-03-18 Thread Kristoffer Rath Hansen
Why? Tor automatically chooses a pool of entry guards for 4 or 8 weeks, and every 10 minutes a new path is made through the network as far as I know. And doing it in this way is one of the reasons it is more safe to use tor. Because even if someone have set up an exit node and that exit node