Re: [tor-talk] Tor project creating a replacement for TrueCrypt?

2013-04-24 Thread Blibbet
Someone I know said that he read that the project was creating a replacement for TrueCrypt. Can anyone verify this as accurate or not? If it is accurate, how far along is the work and where can I find more information? This is the first I've heard about it. (So unless it's a random remark some

Re: [tor-talk] [OT] Generating a web site

2013-05-22 Thread Blibbet
I want to organise a few texts into a minimalistic website. Something slim and fast ready to run well from an .onion. [...] Perhaps APAF (Anonymous Python Application Framework) might fit your needs. http://apaf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html http://logioshermes.org/home/projects-technolo

Re: [tor-talk] "Torifier" for Windows

2013-06-17 Thread Blibbet
Is there a Tor Project sanctioned method to "torify" applications on Windows? On systems such as Linux there are wrappers like torify and torsocks. Windows does have some functional pseudo equivalents like FreeCap and other proprietary/closed applications. I am wondering if anyone has worked on

Re: [tor-talk] Will Tor affect Internet Explorer? (newbie question)

2013-07-13 Thread Blibbet
Have any really simple and intuitive videos or articles been created you guys know of? Something like online anonymity for dummies? Here's a start: https://cryptoparty.org/wiki/The_CryptoParty_Handbook https://pressfreedomfoundation.org/whitepapers/encryption-works-how-protect-your-privacy-age

Re: [tor-talk] Will Tor affect Internet Explorer? (newbie question)

2013-07-16 Thread Blibbet
SNIP Also, what is Microsoft Time of Day? So there are these servers on the internet whose job is to report the current time of day. They are called time servers. They are very useful if you have a network of computers and you'd like them all to be set to the same time. Anyway, Windows can

Re: [tor-talk] TorWall - experimental transparent Tor proxy for Windows

2013-07-22 Thread Blibbet
On 7/4/13 8:34 PM, reqrypt wrote:> Hi all, > > I thought I'd introduce an experimental mini-project of mine: > TorWall (Tor fireWall) - transparent Tor for Windows. [...] TorWall is interesting. It's WinDivert uses Windows Filtering Platform (WFP), the right technology on Windows for this sort o

Re: [tor-talk] Will Tor affect Internet Explorer? (newbie question)

2013-07-26 Thread Blibbet
>>> "Could a printer or another software that I have check for updates or >>> something like that and reveal information about me or my machine?" [...] Modern versions of Windows uses the Windows Update mechanism, behind the scenes, to update a systems' root certs. In the middle of browsing with

Re: [tor-talk] TOR bundle on hostile platforms: why?

2013-08-07 Thread Blibbet
On the contrary, Microsoft has the capability to survey all Windows-powered TOR nodes and make a complete table of who is hosting what. As Tor's usability increases, it will attract more users, which will increase the possible sources and destinations of each communication, thus increasing sec

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-07 Thread Blibbet
BSD is great, but its does not have the same level of hardware support as Linux. That's correct, BSD has less buggy, fuller and faster support of some hardware than Linux ;) If you've got rare, fad, small, mobile or closed hardware, expect to have to read the hardware list of many OS before choo

Re: [tor-talk] best distro to use Tor

2013-10-07 Thread Blibbet
A few minutes ago, I wrote: BTW, UEFI-based systems have a full IPv4/IPV6 network stack, with PXE remote boot and WS-Management remote admin/control, and tools like Perl and Telnet baked-in, so make sure your firmware isn't spewing packets before Linux and Tor loads. :-) I've already received

[tor-talk] two Tor talks at Nov 18 TA3M-Seattle

2013-11-12 Thread Blibbet
Seattle-area subscribers, please note the presentations from Damian Johnson and Lee Colleton at upcoming TA3M Seattle, last part of below message. Hope to see you there! Original Message Subject: [announce] TA3M-Seattle #3, Mon 11/18 Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:50:38 -0800 To: t

Re: [tor-talk] Integrity of platforms: Trusted Computing

2014-01-22 Thread Blibbet
>> I'm wondering if, within anonymity community, the trusted computing >> technologies hasn't been evaluated properly for the values that it could >> be provide in terms of operating system and application integrity. > > +1 > > Pond uses the TPM. StrongSwan and FreeRadius use TCG's TNC. Both TPM