On 2/2/15, Joe Btfsplk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/1/2015 4:17 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> Good luck, Zenaan > Thanks Zenaan, for detailed reply. > Knowing that this is only a mailing list - not a Tor or VPN wiki, your > diagrams & scenarios further show (to me) how complex these issues are.
Indeed they are. > In spite of your & some others' excellent attempts, it may be so complex > that unless one is already an expert, mailing list answers won't be > enough to educate most users. > Meaning, properly educating users on Tor (TBB) and VPNs - or anything > else - to boost TBB's resistance against more powerful adversaries. > > It may be that for now, Tor Project doesn't suggest using anything like > VPNs? If you don't feel competent setting up sshd and ssh tunneling say, or managing the security updates for your own virtual private server, or customizing your firewall and TOR configuration so you are certain about what's travelling through what and across what, then yes, you are likely to shoot yourself in the foot and is better to just use TBB or whonix/ tails etc. And unfortunately yes, there's no simple way to say "just do this extra step and get extra privacy or anonymity or safety" - if there were, it would be in the Tor FAQ, which you have read haven't you? That FAQ -does- have some hints about next steps you might consider taking to improve the ecosystem. I suggest small(ish) steps and getting comfortable with each step as you go. Just running VirtualBox may be a significant step for you, if you have not done that before. Good luck, Zenaan -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
