[tor-talk] duck duck go

2013-10-28 Thread DeveloperChris
Someone mentioned duck duck go as a search engine I have used this in the past and the thread reminded me so I thought I would give it another go. I installed the duckduckgo search into firefox's search engine list. Seems as thought DDG was not happy when I decided I didn't like the results

Re: [tor-talk] duck duck go

2013-10-28 Thread Felix Eckhofer
Am 28.10.2013 10:27, schrieb DeveloperChris: I have used this in the past and the thread reminded me so I thought I would give it another go. I installed the duckduckgo search into firefox's search engine list. No, what you apparently did was install the DDG extension for firefox. Which very c

Re: [tor-talk] duck duck go

2013-10-28 Thread DeveloperChris
No not directly related to Tor but was the subject of some discussion a few days ago. I didn't see you pop your little note into that. Yes I agree it was an extension that was installed BUT in my defense I used the "get more search engines" in Firefox's Manage Search Engine List. I was not exp

Re: [tor-talk] Thoughts on Tor-based social networking?

2013-10-28 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 08:24:33AM -0400, Bill Cox wrote: :On 10/28/2013 12:58 AM, Michael Wolf wrote: :>While I can appreciate Bill's concerns (my web servers are regularly :>attacked by miscreants using Tor), I have a hard time imagining any case :>where an *effective* reputation-type system doe

Re: [tor-talk] PrivateCore Demonstrates Industry’s First PRISM-Proof Tor Server in Public Cloud

2013-10-28 Thread Justin Bull
It would appear "PRISM-proof" is the new "military grade". Brace yourselves, snake oil is coming. Sent from mobile. On 2013-10-28 1:47 AM, "Michael Wolf" wrote: > > It still runs in a VM on stock x86 hardware... what stops the > NSA/provider from viewing the virtual CPU's state, retrieving the

Re: [tor-talk] Thoughts on Tor-based social networking?

2013-10-28 Thread Christian Siefkes
On 10/28/2013 07:24 PM, Bill Cox wrote: > So, don't track Tor user behavior, and don't filter content. However, when > they piss off some web site operator, that operator should be able to state > the public identity of the Tor griefer, and Tor exit nodes should feel free > to black-list that user.

Re: [tor-talk] PrivateCore Demonstrates Industry’s First PRISM-Proof Tor Server in Public Cloud

2013-10-28 Thread Seth David Schoen
Michael Wolf writes: > It still runs in a VM on stock x86 hardware... what stops the > NSA/provider from viewing the virtual CPU's state, retrieving the > encryption keys, and decrypting the memory? "PRISM-Proof" my tail. Preventing the provider from viewing the virtual CPU's state is the main g

Re: [tor-talk] duck duck go

2013-10-28 Thread Graham Todd
Why not try startpage.com then? AFAIK the web spider is an open source and free application, but I could be wrong there, and there isn't a FOSS one. ++ Disabled Pensioner Email composed using Claws-Mail and gNewSense Linux 3.0 (Parkes), hardened with Liberte Linux 2012, 3 and JohnDo "Free softwa

Re: [tor-talk] Spy agency intercepts hundreds of thousands of email address books every day - NSA

2013-10-28 Thread Elrippo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I find this one otettu good. Serves also a small python script :D http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/use-traffic-analysis-defeat-tor-0149100/ Jon schrieb: >This is probably not new news to most of you. However this was posted >by >the Wash

Re: [tor-talk] New to list and questions about exit nodes

2013-10-28 Thread Luther Blissett
On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 10:25 +1030, DeveloperChris wrote: > Hi Roger > > Thanks. I need to confirm the story as I got it through a third party. What > you are suggesting is a rooky mistake. If he says he was compromised I can > tell you for sure he was compromised. > > I will see him in a few da

Re: [tor-talk] PrivateCore Demonstrates Industry’s First PRISM-Proof Tor Server in Public Cloud

2013-10-28 Thread Mirimir
On 10/28/2013 06:40 AM, Justin Bull wrote: > It would appear "PRISM-proof" is the new "military grade". > > Brace yourselves, snake oil is coming. If fully homomorphic encryption became workable for mere mortals, would that make the nut? > Sent from mobile. > > On 2013-10-28 1:47 AM, "Michael

Re: [tor-talk] PrivateCore Demonstrates Industry’s First PRISM-Proof Tor Server in Public Cloud

2013-10-28 Thread krishna e bera
On 13-10-28 09:30 AM, Seth David Schoen wrote: > Evidently right now they use a TPM for bootstrapping, so the weak link > is probably the TPM: the provider could try to reboot the host while > attacking the TPM in some way. If they had a completely fake or cracked > TPM that other people accepted