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2013-03-16 Thread ethan
Hello people of tor talk, Ever since the the TBB update to 2.3.25.4 torbirdy hasn't been functioning, I think it's because the port change: "Set the Tor SOCKS+Control ports to 9150, 9151 respectively on all platforms This fixes a SOCKS race condition with our SOCKS autoport configuration and HTTPS-

Re: [tor-talk] Tor's reputation problem with pedo, some easy steps the community could take

2013-05-19 Thread ethan
ree by >>> >> the corporate media children walk around free. They even have to work and >>> >> be treated as adults from an early age. Even when the village is next to >>> >> the minefield they go working in the morning and return home at night. >>

[tor-talk] A Tor-based Public-Key Infrastructure

2016-01-11 Thread Ethan White
First off, this is my first post to tor-talk, so I'm not even really sure this is the right place, but... Recently, I've been toying with an idea inspired by a posting on tor-talk by Mike Perry from September 2013 [1], in which alternatives were discussed to Web of Trust (WoT); specifically, t

[tor-talk] Practical deanonymization using CPU load covert channels

2016-07-15 Thread Ethan White
I recently had an idea for using CPU load covert channels for practical deanonymization attacks. After using them to deanonymize myself multiple times, I conferred with some Tor Project people, and they recommended I post it here. *# Covert Channels* A _covert channel_ is any technique that al

Re: [tor-talk] Practical deanonymization using CPU load covert channels

2016-07-15 Thread Ethan White
/9Z+5uDFt h/W7Owx1WSf/4ioc8a8zxHdc5J3gaO8HrYhSskqxmQ4loHD6a77O7a2Ssay2JAAU FjbO71xWD+4hWwRAyNfd =9Rfq -END PGP SIGNATURE- On 15/07/16 11:18 AM, Ethan White wrote: I recently had an idea for using CPU load covert channels for practical deanonymization attacks. After using them to deanonymize

Re: [tor-talk] Practical deanonymization using CPU load covert channels

2016-07-30 Thread Ethan White
A recap (since this thread is about 2 weeks old): Ping latency decreases when CPU usage is high. If an adversary can influence CPU usage (i.e. JavaScript, GZIP decompression, expensive public-key crypto), then they can use this as a covert channel to transmit data. (Imagine: someone compromises

Re: [tor-talk] google analytics says it can track across separate domains

2012-05-21 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
g user questions, update FAQs, explain important bug fixes, pros and cons of changing different settings etc. - -- Ethan Lee Vita Professional Agorist -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPuauEAAoJEA7VNhrVHpnSEp8QAJOM40cacT41F1U4YR0/+Lfl

Re: [tor-talk] TorBirdy 0.0.10 released - testing and feedback requested!

2012-07-12 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
in the future? Or a way to torify that client? - -- Ethan Lee Vita Professional Agorist -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJP/zINAAoJEA7VNhrVHpnSAwkP/j7zV9GRqVO26V22Ge+/ELRW jNQS/AfT+KsKaeAz3O9Lw2LPciNvCHa82I8cx1OuOS4qlpsWRmBJRLKUK2

[tor-talk] TorBirdy Not Allowing Connections to Servers

2012-07-20 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
d. I only have copies of github versions, so if someone could share the xpis 5 & 6, I could report on which version I started having problems with. - -- Ethan Lee Vita Professional Agorist -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJ

Re: [tor-talk] TorBirdy Not Allowing Connections to Servers

2012-07-20 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
it back to false. - - mail.server.default.autosync_offline_stores to true - - use_status_for_biff to false (I don't use imap, but tweaked this in case I ever changed my mind and forgot this existed) - -- Ethan Lee Vita Professional Agorist -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.

Re: [tor-talk] TorBirdy 0.0.10 released - testing and feedback requested!

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
le app. Perhaps there is someone lurking on the list who was unaware and who would be helped by this discussion. - -- Ethan Lee Vita Professional Agorist -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozde

Re: [tor-talk] Hiding stuff

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
otocols. But besides PGP and Tor teams I am not aware of another team > ready to redesign the mess in place today. Have you looked at mesh net and similar technologies and groups? Off the top of my head, I'd recommend looking into CJDNS/hyperboria, I2P, FreedomBox, Telecomix, Freenet, GNUn

Re: [tor-talk] TorBirdy Not Allowing Connections to Servers

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
Tracpage is corrupted, and based on file size, is an old version anyway. Might want to fix that link. - -- Ethan Lee Vita Professional Agorist -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmai

Re: [tor-talk] TorBirdy Not Allowing Connections to Servers

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
rying the reinstall was to have a clean slate, so I touched only account setup settings. > Do you see the connection attempts in Vidalia's network map? I'll check that in a moment. - -- Ethan Lee Vita Professional Agorist -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/L

Re: [tor-talk] TorBirdy Not Allowing Connections to Servers

2012-07-21 Thread Ethan Lee Vita
get messages. However, when you asked me to check connections in Vidalia, I went to the app directory and opened it directly (I usually hide vidalia when launching from start-tor-browser). And it showed connections. And worked. I suppose its related to stream isolation not being in TBB yet? - -- E