Re: [Fsuk-manchester] MFS Tor node

[Jon Spriggs]

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Running a bridge or an entry node seems like an OK idea, but running an exit 
node is likely to cause problems for all the users at MadLab.

As a fairly habitual attendee at MadLab, I think I'd prefer not to have the 
internet feed overly used for this. That said, I agree with the use of Tor on 
the whole, and I was considering running a tor exit node for a while, but on a 
VPS rather than at, what is effectively a community centre.

What would probably be a better idea would be to show how one would setup a 
hidden service, how to use tor (as white noise to mask the people who *need* to 
use it) and to let people make their own decisions about entry and exit nodes.

I'm more than happy to help give this as a talk at some point (but not until at 
least November please! There's too many other events going on this month and 
next, and I'd like to give my wife at least a relatively undisturbed October!) 
That said, I'm sure there's likely to be some better informed about services 
like Tor within MFS.

"Mark Reynolds" <address@hidden> wrote:

>What do people think of setting up a MFS Tor node in Mad Lab to show
>in a practical way how free software can help foster freedoms? With
>Internet censorship and recently the threat to secure communications
>on Blackberrys by a number of countries and talk of a crack down on
>Wikileaks privacy -enhancing software that helps protect whistle
>blowers, human rights advocates, etc is more important than ever.
>
>As I'm sure you're aware this technology helps a lot of people in all
>kinds of situations
>https://www.torproject.org/torusers.html.en
>makes interesting reading.
>
>There is a potential for abuse but this is fairly low anyway and the
>exit policies can be configured with bandwidth limits and what
>services to allow e.g. POP3, SSL, etc.
>
>In terms of the type of node bridges use less bandwidth and are
>important in allowing people in countries with censored Internet to
>get on the Tor network. Relays increase the speed of Tor overall and
>exit nodes are always in demand.
>https://www.torproject.org/faq.html.en#RelayOrBridge
>
>Hardware wise it could be run on an old donated computer. Assuming Mad
>Lab or someone else would be willing to provide a home for it it
>should be fairly straight-forward to setup.
>
>What are people's thoughts and opinions on this?
>
>--
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>highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest
>skill."— Sun-Tzu
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