Re: [tor-talk] Advices for a Newbie

2012-07-29 Thread Greg Norcie
. Install linux. Set up a web server. Do some LAMP programming and set up a dynamic site. In the course of learning basic systems admin skills, you'll pick up a lot of security knowledge. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 7/29/12 7:22 PM, Pedro wrote: > Hi everyone. M

Re: [tor-talk] Tor as ecommerce platform

2012-08-10 Thread Greg Norcie
cal authorities to have the main carders prosecuted. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 > ... a related question is "How much 'Illegal/Questionable' traffic > through exits actually *is* law enfocement?" It's not all of it, > of course. Might n

Re: [tor-talk] Tor as ecommerce platform

2012-08-11 Thread Greg Norcie
it as evidence in court would be quite difficult. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 8/11/12 6:59 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Mike Perry wrote: >> But from the paper, it sounds like the BTC flow to Silk Road itself is >> quite

Re: [tor-talk] Iran's Green Movement - URGENT ALERT - Please RT

2012-08-23 Thread Greg Norcie
Stanford's Liberation Technology list would probably be a better home for this: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech A lot of Tor people also read it, as well as others who would value this info. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 8/23/12 3:

Re: [tor-talk] TB download improvement

2012-10-16 Thread Greg Norcie
many people speaking many languages (eg: transit sites based in Europe) Personally, I wouldn't go beyond very minor tweaks to the current interface without a lab study showing that a statistically significant number of non-English speakers had trouble DLing Tor. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie

Re: [tor-talk] TB download improvement

2012-10-16 Thread Greg Norcie
On 10/16/12 3:29 PM, Andrew Lewman wrote: > On Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:55:02 -0400 > Greg Norcie wrote: >> 1.) Include small windows, apple, and tux logos on the download link >> on the main tor page... these could serve as a symbolic cue that it >> is a download link. >

Re: [tor-talk] Porn make the world more free: Tor Porn Bundle?

2012-10-21 Thread Greg Norcie
re so oppressed that viewing erotica could get them arrested, that's a serious problem. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 10/21/12 3:48 AM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: > Hi, > > i've been at internet governance forum (in italy) yesterday and > starteddisc

Re: [tor-talk] Download speed

2012-10-29 Thread Greg Norcie
It can depend on your exit node (and the path leading to said exit node.) Can you visit https://check.torproject.org/ and see if it says you are using Tor? If it says you are using Tor, you probably just have a rather good connection. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On

Re: [tor-talk] Mailing list question

2012-11-04 Thread Greg Norcie
Idea: An explicit [Profit] tag would easily allow those who wish to opt out to have their mail readers do so. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/4/12 7:13 AM, adrelanos wrote: > and...@torproject.is: >> On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 11:23:49PM -0400, grarp...@gmail.

Re: [tor-talk] ads slow Tor Browser dramatically

2012-11-04 Thread Greg Norcie
I have some undergrads looking for capstone projects, I can show this to them as a possible research question. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/4/12 6:45 AM, and...@torproject.is wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 01:06:50PM -0500, joebtfs...@gmx.com wrote 1.3K bytes &

Re: [tor-talk] check.torproject.org

2012-11-09 Thread Greg Norcie
Working for me. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/9/12 12:38 PM, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > On 11/9/2012 9:49 AM, The Doctor wrote: >> Did something go pear-shaped with check.torproject.org? I've not been >> able to get it to respond (through the TBB o

Re: [tor-talk] Unsigned Mac OS X binary for TorBrowser

2012-11-09 Thread Greg Norcie
I guess it comes down to risk calculus: Which has a worse outcome: training users to ignore security warning from OSX, or the chilling effects an Apple NDA could have on the project. (I don't pretend to know the answer myself.) -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/9

Re: [tor-talk] misconfigured mailing list (mailman software) for torproject discloses passwords in plaintext (stores too?)

2012-11-10 Thread Greg Norcie
issue. Is this behavior that is easily changed in Mailman? -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/9/12 8:25 PM, and...@torproject.is wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 06:09:36PM -0500, mfi...@mfisch.com wrote 0.7K bytes > in 16 lines about: > : Upon signing up for the

Re: [tor-talk] Unsigned Mac OS X binary for TorBrowser

2012-11-10 Thread Greg Norcie
Maybe crosspost to Libtech? A lot of EFF people read there, and there's a lot of people with a legal/policy background who could give some good insights. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/10/12 11:30 AM, Matthew Fisch wrote: > I think the idea of getting an orga

Re: [tor-talk] What's written to HD?

2012-11-11 Thread Greg Norcie
e CDs are special, everything runs in RAM. -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/11/12 3:19 PM, Dan Hughes wrote: > Hello, > > Does browsing with TBB installed on the HD or a USB stick > and downloading files (.PDFs, S&M vids etc.;)) to a USB stick (but > no

Re: [tor-talk] What are good crypto and security mail lists?

2012-11-15 Thread Greg Norcie
Stanford's Liberation Technology mailing list is pretty interesting. https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/15/12 8:54 PM, Landon Hurley wrote: > Cryptography@randombit is generally good for the first.

Re: [tor-talk] upgrading procedure for TBB

2012-11-24 Thread Greg Norcie
One idea would be to put links to all your bookmarks in a simple html file, and then keep that open in a tab. I used to do this back in the days before tabs or "awesomebars". -- Greg Norcie (g...@norcie.com) GPG key: 0x1B873635 On 11/24/12 1:16 PM, and...@torproject.is wrote: > O

[tor-talk] extension works in FF, fails in TBB

2013-02-02 Thread Greg Norcie
Hi all, My name is Greg Norcie, I'm a PhD student at Indiana University, working on a project focusing on improving Tor usability. This is a follow up to a paper looking at usability issues with the Tor Browser Bundle. (http://petsymposium.org/2012/papers/hotpets12-1-usability.pdf).

[tor-talk] Reasoning behind 10 minute circuit switch?

2014-10-14 Thread Greg Norcie
Hi all, I'm working on doing a study on user tolerance of delays (for example, latency on Tor). During our discussion, a bit of a debate occured about the TBB's circuit switching. I was wondering if there's any research that's been done to arrive at the 10 minute window for circuit switching

Re: [tor-talk] Reasoning behind 10 minute circuit switch?

2014-10-15 Thread Greg Norcie
Thanks for the detailed reply! On 10/14/14, 5:10 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote: On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:17:27PM -0400, Greg Norcie wrote: I'm working on doing a study on user tolerance of delays (for example, latency on Tor). During our discussion, a bit of a debate occured about the

Re: [tor-talk] Including Adblock to TBB to save bandwith

2014-12-20 Thread Greg Norcie
Also, from a less philosophical POV, adding any add-ons increases attack surface. -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 12/15/14, 10:10 AM, intrigeri wrote: Hi, Justaguy wrote (15 Dec 2014 13:44:05 GMT) : What if torbrowser would

Re: [tor-talk] TBB restore closed tabs

2015-01-06 Thread Greg Norcie
ns of that design decision) -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1/6/15 11:00 AM, SecTech wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, I don't know wheather this was fixed until now or not, maybe it's not a bug, it'

[tor-talk] Yelp blocking Tor users from viewing entire site

2015-01-20 Thread Greg Norcie
like overkill. -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Craigslist now blocking all Tor IPs? Template for anyone:

2015-01-20 Thread Greg Norcie
I (and a few other friends) have noticed Padmapper's results seem less complete than usual lately. Coincidence? -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1/20/15 12:50 AM, Seth wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:31:31 -0800, Libertas wrote

Re: [tor-talk] foxnews blockade

2015-01-20 Thread Greg Norcie
It also might be used by someone collecting content in preparation for a lawsuit: http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/20/media/paris-mayor-sue-fox-news/ (Headline: Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News) -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1

Re: [tor-talk] Blockchain down.

2015-01-23 Thread Greg Norcie
Is that common behavior - blocking Tor users from the normal site if they have a .onion? Seems like not the most user friendly design decison. -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1/22/15 11:34 AM, blo...@openmailbox.org wrote: > ht

Re: [tor-talk] New to this list

2015-01-23 Thread Greg Norcie
iterature. You can repeat that process for any papers that catch your eye. Have fun! PS: If you want to search on Google Scholar easily, one simple way is to append !gsc to your query when searching with DuckDuckGo. Google has the link to it buried a bit in the current UI. -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@i

Re: [tor-talk] Did the CMU team out Silk Road 2 to the FBI?

2015-01-23 Thread Greg Norcie
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't CERT contract out to federal agencies sometimes? -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1/21/15 5:59 PM, Mirimir wrote: > OK, so this is very interesting: > > | The court documents ref

Re: [tor-talk] Did the CMU team out Silk Road 2 to the FBI?

2015-01-24 Thread Greg Norcie
the conference, so the paper is withdrawn. -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1/23/15 5:10 PM, Mirimir wrote: On 01/23/2015 02:12 PM, Greg Norcie wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't CERT contract out to federal agencies som

Re: [tor-talk] Torbirdy

2015-01-26 Thread Greg Norcie
Which is "worse" (assuming someone isn't worried about violence being directed at them): Using TorBirdy, or plain old SMTP? -- Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1/26/15 4:33 AM, Vignesh Prabhu wrote: Hi, Cypher: A fe

Re: [tor-talk] Firefox Hello and privacy

2015-01-30 Thread Greg Norcie
It's based on WebRTC, so I'd suggest reading about that to get some insight. Greg Norcie (gnor...@indiana.edu) PhD Student, Security Informatics Indiana University On 1/28/15 5:16 PM, Lara wrote: > I have checked the net high and low. And the talk is mostly about where > you find

Re: [tor-talk] rant - just want a bit of music

2015-04-06 Thread Greg Norcie
tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- /***/ *Greg Norcie (nor...@cdt.org )* *Staff Technologist* *Center for Democracy & Technology* 16

Re: [tor-talk] So what about Pirate Browser?

2013-08-11 Thread Greg Norcie
Disagreeing w/ the Vidalia removal seems like the only logical reason I can think of. I admittedly haven't used it (since it's Windows only) but from their page and the NYT article I read, it sounds like it doesn't seem to do anything that the TBB doesn't already do. They says its Tor + FoxyPr

Re: [tor-talk] Appearing American

2013-08-20 Thread Greg Norcie
Is the anonymity offered by a modified Tor utilizing only nodes in the USA actually more anonymous than a VPN? I thought utilizing a subset of nodes was considered a bad idea? (I've seen people ask how to restict their traffic to using the top X% fastest nodes and get replies explain why this

Re: [tor-talk] Harvard student used Tor to send bomb threats, gets caught by old-fashioned policework

2014-01-02 Thread Greg Norcie
Was this failure technical though? Unless I'm misunderstanding the situation, If the kid had invoked his right to stay silent, I'm under the impression all they could prove is that he used Tor - not that he sent a particular email. Beyond a reasonable doubt is a high hurdle to clear. However, le

Re: [tor-talk] Harvard student used Tor to send bomb threats, gets caught by old-fashioned policework

2014-01-04 Thread Greg Norcie
Had the perp not invoked his right to remain silent, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been convicted. - Greg On 1/4/14, 4:42 PM, Bobby Brewster wrote: > > >>> the perp confessed to guilt during interview. not sure if there's been > any further action since then. > > My point was that presumabl

Re: [tor-talk] CloudFlare blog post

2016-03-31 Thread Greg Norcie
important, and if so please feel free to enlighten me :) // Greg Norcie (nor...@cdt.org) Staff Technologist Center for Democracy & Technology District of Columbia office (p) 202-637-9800 PGP: http://norcie.com/pgp.txt *CDT's Annual Dinner (

Re: [tor-talk] 2 hop mode for people that only want to use Tor for censorship circumvention to conserve bandwidth and decrease latency?

2016-06-13 Thread Greg Norcie
ntry. Most services take Bitcoin if payment is an issue... I'd look askance at any "free" VPN. /****/ Greg Norcie (nor...@cdt.org) Staff Technologist Center for Democracy & Technology District of Columbia office (p) 202-637-9800 P

Re: [tor-talk] 2 hop mode for people that only want to use Tor for censorship circumvention to conserve bandwidth and decrease latency?

2016-06-13 Thread Greg Norcie
tency than a single hop VPN. (But yes, I agree we are too often quick to push people to VPNs) /****/ Greg Norcie (nor...@cdt.org) Staff Technologist Center for Democracy & Technology District of Columbia office (p) 202-637-9800 PGP: http://norc