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 Jul 25 2006, 05:43 AM
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So I just got and started using Tor, and'uh... what's it do?
 I meant, I know it distributes my connection through a series of random relay points to establish anonymity online, but like... I s'pose a better question would be, how do I know it's working? Timbo --------------------  |
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Jul 25 2006, 12:35 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
You know it's working if your IP is changed to a different IP.
-------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM)  Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jul 25 2006, 01:41 PM
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And your IP should change pretty frequently.
-------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Jul 25 2006, 02:32 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 290 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 59 |
I remember when this company zero knowledge did this exact same thing. That was like 6 maybe 7 years ago though. It's cool, just waaaaaaay too slow.
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Jul 26 2006, 01:06 AM
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 Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
tor's picked up a lot of speed, especially since that scatterchat or whatever launched a few days ago. it's recieved an influx of something like a couple hundred thousand new users, maybe more.
be warned though, tor isn't invincible. a measly java applet can get your pc to disclose it's actual ip addy, not to mention sites like slashdot will see through it and ban you at your real IP. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Jul 26 2006, 09:00 AM
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From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (zetec @ Jul 26 2006, 02:06 AM) tor's picked up a lot of speed, especially since that scatterchat or whatever launched a few days ago. it's recieved an influx of something like a couple hundred thousand new users, maybe more. be warned though, tor isn't invincible. a measly java applet can get your pc to disclose it's actual ip addy, not to mention sites like slashdot will see through it and ban you at your real IP. If you're behind a router, your computer wouldn't be able to disclose your real IP though. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jul 27 2006, 02:03 AM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (pebkac @ Jul 26 2006, 09:00 AM) If you're behind a router, your computer wouldn't be able to disclose your real IP though. there are ways... outlandish, but possible. slashdot uses a few for sure, i know that much. i had a problem with them and tor. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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Jul 27 2006, 06:33 AM
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how does slashdot see through tor?
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Aug 1 2006, 04:51 PM
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Retired Funk-bringer Group: Moderators Posts: 2,656 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Dallas Member No.: 14 |
QUOTE (ASDF @ Jul 27 2006, 06:33 AM) how does slashdot see through tor? i don't believe it i was using tor for a while, hit up slashdot one day, turned tor off the next day, and my actual ip was banned from slashdot, even though i have an account and shitz. i emailed them asking "doubleyoutee-eff" and they said the most likely reason, as long as i wasn't being a douchebag, was that i was using tor. don't know the specifics, but one and one appear to equal ban in this case. -------------------- WAIT. I'm not finished.
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