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Hidden Service web design to speed load times
by Gordon Morehouse 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hey folks, I've been off the list for quite a long time due to personal reasons, and I'm aware I have a couple irons still in the fire WRT RasPi and the SYN flood stuff - I'll get to it. Today, though, I came across this article: http://csswizardry.com/2013/01/front-end-performance-for-web-designers-and-… tl;dr you can add a 'dns-prefetch' link tag in the HEAD of HTML documents to do DNS lookups ASAP, instead of later on when the browser parses the content which does it, or your Javascript (yeah, I know) does it, etc. I'm wondering if this would have any value for Tor hidden services - would a "DNS lookup" of a .onion force Tor to start building a circuit to the hidden service in question? I suppose one could deliberately request a nonexistent file or a 1x1 pixel PNG or something, too, to get the circuit built, but this is obviously a little cleaner and probably a little better for privacy versus an HTTP request which may be logged even if the user never takes an action to *actually* request real info. Just a thought for hidden service operations. It's always easier to get one's message out the less time it takes to load. Best, - -Gordon M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSztxfAAoJED/jpRoe7/ujrx8IAJyREaH6TZ2z5GjBPrZfZcir fWi5zfwO/t/we/uQzn0IriM8DIMvLQOHS1Z9ly/qzUyoBLPRxzUqPpkzmtzXgXOy l2bAhmRCSyGZXDgE4GAXpVXP8w2w3fb7ijJADqy+I/nqQYZX7MMzlcT8hlsqqon9 I39ITwbDoUuem+y/XG/IICcbTVBsrH3m2auhRBfHawAJW8iO6xooltyUS6JExxLB fALfaG64YOy8mv+eyOT4tYoP67r8miEDlmTnplARUKw458lihqlnZ1TrCN+AVaJt OJCXiDnqghvBAJE+v/5JWJOMDr90ucI/+9mitOmbbQh03JOSRsSryeffPmUN08c= =gl1d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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VPS ports closed
by I 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

Is there a way to open ports for Tor as an VPS account holder? Robert ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more!

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How to force VPS to update to current release?
by I 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

Anyone, On a new VPS putting the right entries in the sources.list won't get the current release. apt-get update or upgrade gets with more Ign http://torproject.org tor-experimental-0.2.5.x-precise/main Translation-en W: Failed to fetch http://torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/precise/main/binar y-i386/Packages Undetermined Error [IP: 38.229.72.14 80] Either could someone tell me how to force an update from the very old Ubuntu held one I managed to get or tell me how to get to the current package some other way? Searching for help for Linux without sufficient jargon is hard. Robert ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium

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Fwd: How to force VPS to update to current release?
by Zack Weinberg 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:33 PM, I <beatthebastards(a)inbox.com> wrote: > Err http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main i386 Packages > 404 Not Found [IP: 86.59.30.40 80] > Ign http://deb.torproject.org precise/main Translation-en_US > Ign http://deb.torproject.org precise/main Translation-en > Ign http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main Translation-en_US > Ign http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main Translation-en > W: Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/experimental-precise/main/bi… 404 Not Found [IP: 86.59.30.40 80] It appears that the experimental-* distributions are no longer available. I think this is probably an intentional change associated with Tor 0.2.4.x having been promoted to stable release, and I think you want to replace *all* your existing 'deb ...' lines in /etc/apt/sources.list that mention torproject.org with one of these two: # Tor 0.2.4 official builds deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main # Tor 0.2.5 experimental builds deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org tor-experimental-0.2.5.x-precise main You should need only one or the other, not both. And of course you need Ubuntu's source in there too. (To be clear, this is *not* an issue with your VPS, this is a change to the package server you are using. If this was an intentional change, it sure woulda been nice if it had been announced here, hint hint.) zw

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[Feedback?] Multiple Tor processes on one host
by Johannes Fürmann 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello *, I wrote a short "HowTo" on running multiple Tor processes on one host [1]. Feedback and improvements are greatly appreciated! Johannes Link(s): [1]: https://gist.github.com/waaaaargh/8271499

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Tor Relay Operators Meeting at 30c3 Chaos Communication Congress
by Moritz Bartl 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

Torservers.net invites Tor exit relay operators and organizations to a meetup. If possible/relevant, for example if you're a member of one of the 'Torservers partner organizations', please prepare some slides on your activities. We will do quick presentations on recent and future activities around Torservers.net. Afterwards, the official members meeting of German Zwiebelfreunde e.V. will be held in this room. https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/wiki/Session:Tor_Relay_Operators_Meetup Starts at: 2013/12/27 03:00:00 PM Ends at: 2013/12/27 05:00:00 PM Duration: 120 minutes Location: Hall 13 -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/

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Problem installing latest tor on a raspberry pi (ARM arch).
by aowenson＠neomailbox.ch 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

I was directed to this mailing list by a user on #tor IRC, so I'm hoping it's ok to ask for help here. For the past 2 to 3 months I've been running tor on my pi without any problems. The repository has been great, pulling out the correct ARM binaries, and it setup fine. This morning I tried updating the software, but the step "Checking if tor configuration is valid" fails; there are also 2x seg faults in the terminal output, not sure if this is a repository issue (fetching an x86 binary instead of ARM). The terminal output is here: http://pastebin.com/9Re2jrRe.

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Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 35, Issue 25
by Oliver Schönefeld 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

i don't know, who knows how tor-weather sends the t-shirt e-mail. i took a look at the code and found that the mail is sent after 1464 hours of uptime (=61 days), checking every hour. according to this the downtime due to updates is really not that relevant. i'd guess that there are approx. 3 or 4 updates in the required 2 months, which would "cost" you an equivalent amount of hours. i don't think that it matters whether you get your mail 3 or 4 hours later. so i think the algorithm is fine. Am 30.12.2013 um 13:00 schrieb tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org: > Send tor-relays mailing list submissions to > tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tor-relays-owner(a)lists.torproject.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tor-relays digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Tor Weather getting T-shirt email. Problem > (Random Tor Node Operator) > > Von: Random Tor Node Operator <tor(a)unterderbruecke.de> > Betreff: Aw: [tor-relays] Tor Weather getting T-shirt email. Problem > Datum: 30 .Dezember 2013 12:48:16 MEZ > An: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > Antwort an: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > > > Signierter PGP Teil > On 12/28/2013 01:26 AM, I wrote: > > I think two months is a bit short to be rewarded with a t-shirt > > from donated resources. > > > > It makes more sense to extend the time but include the total time > > running ignoring minor disruptions. > > I agree with that point, because currently, relay operators have the > incentive to not update to the latest Tor version whenever a new > version is released, in order to keep the consecutive uptime high. > That is probably not in the best interest of Tor. > > Maybe Tor Weather could look at the flags instead of the consecutive > uptime instead. For example, you typically don't lose your Guard or > Stable flag due to a reboot. > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > >> : i noticed a problem with tor weather. I should have recieved a > >> email : -Uptime is nearly 100%, > >> > >> Tor weather needs some updating, however it continues to email > >> plenty of relay operators. The reason you didn't get an email is > >> tor weather didn't see your relay matching the uptime > >> requirement, > > > > ____________________________________________________________ GET > > FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at > > http://www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM®, MSN® Messenger, > > Yahoo!® Messenger, ICQ®, Google Talk™ and most webmails > > > > > > _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing > > list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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Inspiration
by I 28 Dec '13

28 Dec '13

Roger Dingledine and Jacob Applebaum speaking on Tor at 30C3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SscFfzD_his ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more!

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How get ARM onto CentOS 6
by I 27 Dec '13

27 Dec '13

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