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October 2016

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Tor Project website should recommend DEDICATED Tor router and browser across 2 machines
by Dan Michaels 29 Oct '16

29 Oct '16

Tor is really secure, and the Firefox browser is really INSECURE. Every single month, new Firefox exploits are documented on the Mozilla "Security Advisories" page. For this reason, the most secure way to use Tor is to split up the Tor router and browser into 2 separate computers. The Tor Project website needs to list this as a recommendation. Tails is still just using Tor and Firefox all on 1 machine. A hacked Tails could reveal your real IP just like any other machine. I have created a script which shares a Tor connection from 1 machine to the other using Ethernet crossover cable. https://mega.nz/#!a1MQlSqZ!Xvl9Spw3PQb5RTeFC-6zPYyJkSibpHPZgIDNPNR9doQ Home router from ISP => WiFi => Tor router machine => Ethernet crossover cable => Machine with Firefox browser The Tor router machine connects to your home WiFi, and then shares a Tor-only connection to the 2nd machine. No setup is required on the 2nd machine, other than plugging in the Ethernet crossover cable. Hence, even if the 2nd browser machine is hacked, you cannot turn off the Tor connection, because the Tor connection is all set up on the router machine. On the router machine, you should wipe it clean, re-install the OS from scratch and then only run the Tor script from the very first start up. Never use a web browser even once, or the machine could get hacked. Internal NSA docs say "one page load" is all it takes to hack a machine. It is recommended to run this Tor router on a "dumb computing" device, such as the Raspberry Pi, because the Pi does not hold state. Therefore, if you wipe the SD card, you can truly be sure that it is wiped clean/ If you don't like the Pi, then use an open source alternative like Novena or Beagle, but be sure that it can truly be wiped clean. This is the one main advantage of the Pi, that it holds ZERO state. Wiping the SD card truly wipes a Pi fully clean. It may also be recommended on the router machine, to use "wondershaper" or similar bandwidth-limiting tool to prevent timing attacks from a global adversary. Limit the upload speed, and then flood loads of data through to prevent timing attacks. It's best to link them with Ethernet crossover cable, due to the 2nd machine with Firefox getting hacked, and then using WiFi to reveal the names of nearby WiFi hotspots, thus giving you away. If you use Ethernet crossover, then there is no way to leak anything about the surroundings of the machine, especially if you use normal computer host names like "comp", and perhaps spoof the MAC address on every boot up. You can download (and improve if you want) this script here: https://mega.nz/#!a1MQlSqZ!Xvl9Spw3PQb5RTeFC-6zPYyJkSibpHPZgIDNPNR9doQ To run the script, run this: sudo su chmod +x anon-connection-final ./anon-connection-final start --- In any event.. even if you find a problem with my particular script.. this CONCEPT needs to be OPENLY RECOMMENDED on the Tor Project website. The Tor Browser Bundle is LUDICROUSLY INSECURE, with the FBI using zero-day attacks on the browser to reveal THOUSANDS of people's IP addresses. And now the FBI wants mass Tor hacking, to hack potentially MILLIONS of Tor users at once. The only solution is to use Tor across 2 physical machines. Qubes tries to achieve isolation through software VMs, but Qubes fails due to exploits in the Xen hypervisor. The only secure way to do it right now is across 2 machines with Ethernet crossover cable. Let me know what you think.

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Tor Trac Register: Submission rejected as potential spam
by Neel Chauhan 28 Oct '16

28 Oct '16

Hi, I am trying to register for Tor's Trac, but when I try to register, I get this error: Submission rejected as potential spam. I get this error whether I (try to) register through Tor and without, and on two ISPs (Optimum Online and Verizon FiOS, both at two different locations). Is there a reason why this is happening? If so, could you please fix it? Thank You, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/

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