January 2015 - tor-dev - lists.torproject.org

Consensus weight dropped
by Bram de Boer 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

All, In December consensus weight of many nodes suddenly dropped. Using the onionoo database I have calculated the average consensus weight during 18-25 october 2014, and the average consensus weight during 11-18 january 2015 of all relays that exist longer than half a year and sorted them by the amount the consensus weight has dropped: http://nosur.com/consensus.txt Almost all of the relays at the top of the list show the same drop in December and the short spike around januari 6th. The exits I operate used to contribute around 80 Mbps to the network but are now down to no more than 0.05 Mbps. I am aware of the Lizard Squad annoyance around that time, but the disruption seems to continue for many old relays. Has there been a change in the consensus calculation that might be causing this? Thanks, Bram de Boer

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Revisiting exit node notification page
by CJ 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

Heya! While I re-built my server and my exit node, I took some time in order to get a fancier notification page for the exit node: https://tor.tengu.ch/ It might be good/interesting to provide something a bit better than the default HTML in the package (at least debian package). The current page I got is based on bootstrap and, thus, might have some license issue if this has to be included in a package, but I'm pretty sure we might get something independent. Would you, the dev team, be interested in such a new look for this page? If so, I might take some time in order to provide html/css stuff without any dependence on some other stuff (though, on my page, all is included locally). Cheers, C.

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Is it time to drop support for the v1/v2 protos?
by Tom van der Woerdt 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Hi all, After reading the Tor spec [1] I did some digging and realized that the old handshakes and link protocols (v1 (certs up-front) and v2 (renegotiation)) are not used anymore as of 0.2.3.6-alpha which introduced link proto v3. Supporting v1 and v2 requires (among other things) supporting SSLv3 which (imho) should be deprecated everywhere. This makes me wonder why Tor still supports these: is it for compatibility with even older versions (consensus health says no) or are there other reasons? If someone were to invest a couple of hours and remove all support for them from the Tor code and the Tor spec, would this hurt the network or would it be a welcome patch? Tom [1] https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/tor-spec.txt

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Re: [tor-dev] how to simulate TOR network through chutney?
by teor 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

On 15 Jan 2015, at 01:02 , tor-dev-request(a)lists.torproject.org wrote: > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:28:22 +0100 > From: Mohiuddin Ebna Kawsar <mohiuddin.kawsar(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [tor-dev] how to simulate TOR network through chutney? > > Hi, > > isn't it possible to set exit node by explicitly specifying > *ExcludeExitNodes test001a,test002a,test003r *in client torc file ? It's possible, but error-prone. Why not just configure only one exit node in the entire network, and then every node will have to use it? teor teor teor2345 at gmail dot com pgp 0xABFED1AC https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5 teor at blah dot im OTR C3C57B23 349825DE 929A1DEF C3531C25 A32287ED

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Re: [tor-dev] how to simulate TOR network through chutney?
by teor 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

>> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:09:56 +0100 >> From: Mohiuddin Ebna Kawsar <mohiuddin.kawsar(a)gmail.com> >> >> Hi teor, >> >> Thanks for quick reply. i just download new chutney from github and able to >> run chutney for nodes = a(3) + r(1) + c(1) but when i set nodes = a(3) + >> c(1) i got following message >> ############################################################## >> ./chutney start networks/basic-min >> Starting nodes >> <type 'exceptions.IOError'> >> Python 2.7.8: /usr/bin/python2 >> Sun Jan 11 14:00:27 2015 >> > > <snip> > >> >> /home/raboon/chutney-master/lib/chutney/TorNet.py in >> waitOnLaunch(self=<__main__.LocalNodeController object>) >> 636 # RunAsDaemon default is 0 >> 637 runAsDaemon = False >> 638 with open(self._getTorrcFname(), 'r') as f: >> 639 for line in f.readlines(): >> 640 stline = line.strip() >> builtinopen = <built-in function open> >> self = <__main__.LocalNodeController object> >> self._getTorrcFname = <bound method LocalNodeController._getTorrcFname of >> <__main__.LocalNodeController object>> >> f undefined >> <type 'exceptions.IOError'>: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: >> '/home/raboon/chutney-master/net/nodes/003c/torrc' > > <snip> > > Hi kawsar, > > chutney is complaining that you have 4 nodes in your new network, not 5 as it was expecting. > > Every time you change the torrc_templates or network files, you must run: > chutney configure > and perhaps some other commands. The authority logs show that an authority process is still running. Use: chutney stop Or the tor/src/test/test-network.sh command below will do it for you. > > You may find it easiest to use: > tor/src/test/test-network.sh > or > chutney/tools/bootstrap-network.sh > to do this for you. > > In particular, > tor/src/test/test-network.sh > will bootstrap and verify the entire network for you, and let you choose: > a network --flavour (e.g. basic-min) > a --delay before verifying the network (default 18 seconds in 0.2.6.2-alpha) > It will also let you configure chutney and tor paths, or you can: > set the CHUTNEY_PATH environmental variable to the chutney directory > use the default tor/src/or/tor in the build directory, or set the TOR_DIR environmental variable. teor teor2345 at gmail dot com pgp 0xABFED1AC https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5 teor at blah dot im OTR C3C57B23 349825DE 929A1DEF C3531C25 A32287ED

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Pluggable transports meeting tomorrow (16:00 UTC Wednesday 14th of January 2015)
by David Fifield 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Just wanted to remind you that the regular biweekly pluggable transports meeting is going to occur tomorrow at 16:00 UTC. Place is the #tor-dev IRC channel in the OFTC network. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/PluggableTransports#Plugg… David Fifield

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Reminder for ooni weekly meeting today at 19:00 CET
by Arturo Filastò 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

This is to remind you that today Tuesday 13th of January at 19:00 CET (18:00 UTC) there will be the weekly ooni dev meeting. The channel is #ooni, the network is irc.oftc.net. See you there. ~ Arturo

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Request to reschedule ooni dev meeting to Tuesday 13th
by Arturo Filastò 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Hi, I have to study for an exam on Tuesday so it would be ideal for me if we could move the next ooni dev meeting to Tuesday. Does that work for those interested in attending? I would suggest we do it at the same time (19:00 CET). ~ Arturo

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proposal 240: Early signing key revocation for directory authorities.
by Nick Mathewson 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Filename: 240-auth-cert-revocation.txt Title: Early signing key revocation for directory authorities. Author: Nick Mathewson Created: 09-Jan-2015 Status: Draft 1. Overview This proposal describes a simple way for directory authorities to perform signing key revocation. 2. Specification We add the following lines to the authority signing certificate format: revoked-signing-key SP algname SP FINGERPRINT NL This line may appear zero or more times. It indicates that a particular not-yet-expired signing key should not be used. 3. Client and cache operation No client or cache should retain, use, or serve any certificate whose signing key is described in a revoked-signing-key line in a certificate with the same authority identity key. (If the signing key fingerprint appears in a cert with a different identity key, it has no effect: you aren't allowed to revoke other people's keys.) No Tor instance should download a certificate whose signing key,identity key combination is known to be revoked. 4. Authority operator interface. The 'tor-gencert' command will take a number of older certificates to revoke as optional command-line arguments. It will include their keys in revoked-signing-key lines only if they are still valid, or have been expired for no more than a month. 5. Circular revocation My first attempt at writing a proposal here included a lengthy section about how to handle cases where certificate A revokes the key of certificate B, and certificate B revokes the key of certificate A. Instead, I am inclined to say that this is a MUST NOT.

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OnionMail ver. 1.8.0 is out.
by Liste 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

OnionMail is a mail server encrypted and anonymous made to run through the TOR network without losing the ability to communicate with the Internet. This type of server provides greater privacy for users and also protects against eavesdropping of the NSA or other threats. Important update OnionMail: News: New commands for SysOp with its help as RULEZ SYSOP. New commands for users (see file RULEZ). New scripts and tools included in the installation package OnionMail: onm-cli onm-srv onm-stat onm-new Wizard to add servers to the system OnionMail (onm-new): With this update, configure multiple instances of the same server OnionMail has never been easier. FRIEND command to force the cycle of friendship between the server (only sysop). New graphic themes for the web service: OnionMail is also available in black. Ability to select the output node prior to enrollment. Update Wizard for TAILS. Added the functions required by many SysOp. Configuring users via etc / users.conf. updates: Improved handling of thread. New features in the command line. Improvement of the HTTP server. Improved algorithm for networks of servers OnionMail. Bugs removed: Failure timeout connections and sessions with some parameters. We recommend the update: Use the update package (read instructions in readme.txt). see: http://onionmail.info -------------------------------------------------- --------- OnionMail è un server di posta criptato ed anonimo fatto per funzionare tramite la rete TOR senza perdere la possibilità di comunicare con internet. Questo tipo di server garantisce una maggiore privacy per gli utenti e protegge anche dalle intercettazioni del NSA o altre minacce. Importante aggiornamento di OnionMail: Novità: Nuovi comandi per i SysOp con relativo help come RULEZ SYSOP. Nuovi comandi per gli utenti (vedere file RULEZ). Nuovi script e tools inclusi nel pacchetto di installazione di OnionMail: onm-cli onm-srv onm-stat onm-new Wizard per aggiungere server OnionMail al sistema (onm-new): Con questo aggiornamento configurare più istanze di OnionMail sullo stesso server non è mai stato così facile. Comando FRIEND per forzare il ciclo di amicizia tra i server (solo SysOp). Nuovi temi grafici per il servizio web: OnionMail è disponibile anche in nero. Possibilità di selezionare il nodo di uscita prima dell'iscrizione. Aggionramento del wizard per TAILS. Aggiunte le funzioni richieste da molti SysOp. Configurazione degli utenti via etc/users.conf. Aggiornamenti: Migliorata la gestione dei thread. Nuove funzioni a riga di comando. Miglioramento del server HTTP. Migliorato l'algoritmo per le reti dei server OnionMail. Bugs Fixati: Mancato timeout delle connessioni e delle sessioni con alcuni parametri. Si consiglia l'aggiornamento: Usare il pacchetto di aggiornamento (leggere le istruzioni in readme.txt). Vedere: http://onionmail.info ----------------------------------------------------------- OnionMail es un servidor de correo encriptado y anónima hecha para funcionar a través de la red TOR sin perder la capacidad de comunicarse con Internet. Este tipo de servidor proporciona una mayor privacidad para los usuarios y también protege contra las escuchas de la NSA y otras amenazas. Importante OnionMail actualización: Noticias: Nuevos comandos para SysOp con su ayuda como RULEZ SYSOP. Nuevos comandos para los usuarios (ver archivo RULEZ). Nuevas secuencias de comandos y herramientas incluidas en el paquete de instalación OnionMail Asistente para agregar servidores al sistema OnionMail (ONM-nuevo): Con esta actualización, configurar varias instancias del mismo servidor OnionMail nunca ha sido tan fácil. AMIGO comando para forzar el ciclo de la amistad entre el servidor (sólo operador del sistema). Nuevos temas gráficos para el servicio web: OnionMail también está disponible en negro. Posibilidad de seleccionar el nodo de salida antes de la inscripción. Actualizar Asistente para COLAS. Añadido las funciones requeridas por muchos SysOp. Configuración de los usuarios a través etc / users.conf. Actualizaciones: Manejo mejorado de hilo. Las nuevas características de la línea de comandos. Mejora del servidor HTTP. Mejorado el algoritmo de redes de servidores OnionMail. Errores FIJACIÓN: Conexiones de tiempo de espera de fallo y sesiones con algunos parámetros. Se recomienda la actualización: Utilice el paquete de actualización (leer las instrucciones en el archivo readme.txt). ver: http://onionmail.info -------------------------------------------------- --------- OnionMail是不失與互聯網溝通的能力加密的郵件服務器和匿名發通過TOR網絡運行。這種類型的服務器提供更大的隱私，為用戶，也防止了NSA或其他威脅的竊聽。重要的更新OnionMail：新聞：對系統操作員的新命令其作為RULEZ SYSOP幫助。對於用戶新的命令（見文件RULEZ）。新的腳本和工具包含在安裝包OnionMail 嚮導將服務器添加到系統OnionMail（ONM-新）：此更新，配置OnionMail從未如此簡單在同一台服務器的多個實例。 FRIEND命令強制服務器（只有系統操作員）之間友誼的週期。新的圖形主題Web服務： OnionMail也提供黑色。能夠選擇之前報名輸出節點。更新嚮導尾巴。增加了許多系統操作員所需要的功能。通過ETC / users.conf配置用戶。更新：線程的處理得到改進。在命令行中的新功能。改進的HTTP服務器。改進算法的服務器OnionMail網絡。錯誤Fixati：故障超時連接和會話的一些參數。我們推薦的更新：使用更新包（讀readme.txt文件說明）。請參閱： http://onionmail.info -------------------------------------------------- --------- OnionMail는 인터넷과 통신 할 수있는 능력을 잃지 않고 TOR 네트워크를 통해 실행하게 메일 서버 암호화 익명이다. 서버 이러한 유형의 사용자를위한 더 큰 개인 정보를 제공하고, 또한 NSA 또 는 기타 위협의 도청을 방지합니다. 중요 업데이트 OnionMail : 뉴스 : RULEZ 시삽 등의 도움으로 시삽을위한 새로운 명령. 사용자를위한 새로운 명령 (파일 RULEZ 참조). 새로운 스크립트와 도구는 설치 패키지 OnionMail에 포함 마법사는 시스템에 OnionMail을 (onm 새로운) 서버를 추가합니다 : 이 업데이트를 쉽게 적이있다 OnionMail 동일한 서버의 여러 인스턴 스를 구성합니다. 친구 명령은 서버 (만 시삽) 사이에 우정의 사이클을 강제로. 웹 서비스를위한 새로운 그래픽 테마 : OnionMail는 블랙에서 사용할 수 있습니다. 등록하기 전에 출력 노드를 선택하는 능력. 냄 마법사를 업데이트합니다. 많은 시삽에서 필요로하는 기능을 추가했습니다. 등 / users.conf를 통해 사용자 구성. 업데이트 : 스레드의 처리 개선. 명령 행의 새로운 기능. HTTP 서버의 개선. 서버 OnionMail의 네트워크를위한 향상된 알고리즘. 버그를 제거 : 일부 매개 변수와 장애 시간 제한 연결 및 세션. 우리는 업데이트를 권장합니다 : (README.txt의 지침을 읽어) 업데이트 패키지를 사용합니다. 참조 : http://onionmail.info -------------------------------------------------- --------- OnionMail является почтовый сервер в зашифрованном виде и анонимно заставить работать через TOR сети без потери возможности общаться с Интернетом. Этот тип сервера обеспечивает большую конфиденциальность для пользователей, а также защищает от перехвата АНБ или других угроз. Важно OnionMail обновление: Новости: Новые команды для SysOp с его помощью, как Rulez SysOp. Новые команды для пользователей (см файла RULEZ). Новые сценарии и инструменты включены в инсталляционный пакет мог OnionMail Мастер добавления серверов к системе OnionMail (апт-новый): В этом обновлении, настроить несколько экземпляров одного и того же сервера OnionMail никогда не была проще. Команда друга, чтобы заставить цикл дружбы между сервером (только SysOp). Новые графические темы для веб-службы: OnionMail также доступна в черном цвете. Возможность выбора выходной узел до регистрации. Обновление мастера за хвосты. Добавлены функции необходимые для работы многих SysOp. Настройка пользователей с помощью и т.д. / users.conf. Обновления: Улучшена обработка нити. Новые возможности в командной строке. Усовершенствование сервера HTTP. Улучшен алгоритм для сетей серверов OnionMail. Ошибки удалены: Отказ тайм-аут соединения и сессии с некоторыми параметрами. Мы рекомендуем обновление: Используйте пакет обновления (читать инструкции в readme.txt). Увидеть: http://onionmail.info -------------------------------------------------- ---------

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