From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 20 14:53:53 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56998DE0 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:53:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22a.google.com (mail-wg0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DCF4A5E8 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:53:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id z12so3961259wgg.29 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:53:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hYjXDTStWKwL4y5TY0YViy2PlaWu7BrNvM5sQzBz7dY=; b=tskXn/44fykcJfD5dqFEPrVia31QQtuunG1eaXMhzufGDNljkUxFfJYC5ghT85yCyA U66K5FPKGM6IUD9F1UuWuuLU6zSuq8WDI0TJPPOta1fYbayCng+U3ngH/yWKzhSFw6Hx mLh7ohA7QbpEWEkARnx/bLKw7dli2+U7F0nhYriWHluWIPL90cmuTuXzdNXekO4AK3FW QxZOEWRjw2M9SwKBmDcaIhRWuEamaGn2+GWArPQ2EqgW0n+E1I7WPxtEronp9jyzM9lA GK0ASIj8tE/7ZHJPM/zwTue9W0kdhKpJpxXOZbwB+zKVx+IbMh9/HcwFV2j0f2eX+mcV OBSA== X-Received: by 10.194.77.233 with SMTP id v9mr67816763wjw.24.1416495231267; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:53:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (bcdc819a.skybroadband.com. [188.220.129.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id gi5sm3676806wjd.26.2014.11.20.06.53.49 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:53:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:53:48 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I tell if tor is working .... Message-ID: <20141120145348.64edb1b8@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <546CFBAC.4050004@hiwaay.net> References: <546CC4FE.3030706@hiwaay.net> <546CC898.10101@hiwaay.net> <546CCD70.3020004@bbcatgirls.com> <546CFBAC.4050004@hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:53:53 -0000 On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:21:00 -0600 William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> $B035D07FB91EF419D00B0E2CEFEDD9A163EC4E1B~fuckGCHQslashNSA at > >> 95.211.60.34. Retrying on a new circuit. > >> Wed Nov 19 10:39:08 CST 2014 > >> [root@kabini1, /etc, 10:39:08am] 389 % > >> > >> > >> Those last 2, w/ the last 8 letters in the server name, worries me > >> slightly :-/ .... You should really be looking at the last 16 letters. > > > > That's normal for that exit node :) The have set fuckGCHQslashNSA > > as the nodes nickname. Mine used to say ThanksForTheFish42 there :) > > _______________________________________________ > Very well, just checking. The IP checked out as in the Netherlands, > no hotbed of U.S.Gov't misbehavior, just verifying .... One of the Snowden leaks indicated that GCHQ run a lot of Tor nodes. I don't recall what it said about the NSA, but it would be surprising if they don't. That's not really important given the subsequent success of the FBI and the UK National Crime Agency against Tor users accessing child porn. Most Tor users only use it as an affectation or gesture, in which case it doesn't really matter - they might just as well be using an ordinary VPN. I suspect that proper anonymity on Tor is not compatible with normal modern web browsing because disabling javascript would be a bare minimum.