Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:05:04 -0600 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 425 security bad ip connecting Message-ID: <54C673C0.6080800@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <54C670E1.9030306@freebsd.org> References: <54C66D42.4040402@hiwaay.net> <54C670E1.9030306@freebsd.org>
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On 01/26/15 10:52, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 01/26/15 16:37, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> I get the above or '425 Failed to establish connection' recently (today) >> when trying to connect to ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu to look for *BSD >> ISO's .... > Looks like some sort of network connectivity problem, probably > temporarily causing packet loss. What a few hours and try again: with > luch either you'll get a different route through the Tor network > avoiding the problems, or the underlying cause will have been fixed. > >> This has worked OK in the past (late last year) .... I am >> using FireFox & tor to try to connect, as I have done for years now >> (actually years w/ firefox, months w/ tor in the mix) .... >> firefox-33.0,1, FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE-p5, tor-0.2.4.24. I did a pkg >> upgrade in late Dec.2014, but have used ftp connections through FF since >> then .... Any clues appreciated, any more info gladly provided .... > Why not ftp://ftp.freebsd.org -- which will give you an FTP server close > to your exit point from tor ? Good point, I'll look there .... > > Plus I believe the deal now is that you should be using the 'Tor > browser' -- which is a copy of an older version of Firefox, with patches > and other anonymity stuff already built in, rather than the old method > of applying patches to a regular FF install. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > The Tor-browser isn't ported to 9.3R as of late Dec.2014 .... I probably wouldn't mind using it, but don't particularly want to have to wrestle it on-board (i.e. compile it up from scratch, fix issues, etc.), getting lazy in my old age :-/ .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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