Re: [tor-relays] List of Relays' Available SSH Auth Methods

2014-11-18 Thread Kevin de Bie
(e.g. the UK) that can > force you to hand over encryption keys. I'd rather have an insecure Tor > node than get arrested (although tbh with fail2ban installed I don't think > pwd bruteforcing is a threat). > > > > > On 18/11/14 17:46, Jeroen Massar wrote: > &g

Re: [tor-relays] List of Relays' Available SSH Auth Methods

2014-11-18 Thread Kevin de Bie
Fail2Ban works really well. Shifting to a non standard port only stops the scriptkids from having too much automated options and does not do anything for actual security. For this reason I personally never bothered with that. Non standard username and password auth with fail2ban makes brute forcing

[tor-relays] Graph not updating.

2014-11-14 Thread Kevin de Bie
Is there any paticular reason the bandwidth graph flatlined since last night? My ISP may have had some maintenance but my TOR relay is purring like a kitten again, data throughput is quite formidable at the moment at around 1mbps. I use orbot on android.

Re: [tor-relays] Node Operators Web Of Trust

2014-11-07 Thread Kevin de Bie
>With that in mind, he does raise a valid point. Are there any plans to move >to a more decentralised model for the directory authorities? Are their any >plans to move the power to blacklist nodes out of the hands of the Tor Project >and into the hands of its users somehow. This is pretty intere

Re: [tor-relays] Node Operators Web Of Trust

2014-11-07 Thread Kevin de Bie
How does one establish trust online though? Trust is a very delicate thing. A system such as this simply inherently has these challenges. Pretty sure that is why the tor browser for example always uses https. Op 21:26 vr 7 nov. 2014 schreef grarpamp : > Is it not time to establish a node operator