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Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Re: Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Post by koblas »

qersist3nce wrote: post #8

So at this point it is ready for passing traffic through a SOCKS proxy. Meaning we can `cargo run --release -- proxy` and redirect applications to use port `9150` for their network connections. Couple of related questions: - Does anyone know, in a Linux distro, how to pass all system traffic through a SOCKS proxy port? I'm not looking for intermediary proxy handlers but an official method to force all user and system…

Isn't that just NAT through a SOCKS proxy as transport.

Never would have imaged that use case.

Re: Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Post by jokethrowaway »

iamnotarobotman wrote: post #7
nonrandomstring wrote: post #4

Well done and thank you to all involved. You are making a real difference on the side of democracy, human rights and the values of the free world at an uncertain time when so much is under threat.

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You can't prevent criminals from using math to conceal their activities (they can just use other solutions), you can just prevent law abiding citizens from having privacy.

Re: Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Post by ajconway »

iamnotarobotman wrote: post #7
nonrandomstring wrote: post #4

Well done and thank you to all involved. You are making a real difference on the side of democracy, human rights and the values of the free world at an uncertain time when so much is under threat.

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Not really. TOR is specifically not safe against a global passive observer, which the (supposedly) good guys are.

Re: Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Post by qersist3nce »

koblas wrote: post #11
qersist3nce wrote: post #8

So at this point it is ready for passing traffic through a SOCKS proxy. Meaning we can `cargo run --release -- proxy` and redirect applications to use port `9150` for their network connections. Couple of related questions: - Does anyone know, in a Linux distro, how to pass all system traffic through a SOCKS proxy port? I'm not looking for intermediary proxy handlers but an official method to force all user and system…

Isn't that just NAT through a SOCKS proxy as transport. Never would have imaged that use case.

>Never would have imaged that use case.

circumventing censorship and geo-restrictions?

Re: Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Post by bavell »

iamnotarobotman wrote: post #7
nonrandomstring wrote: post #4

Well done and thank you to all involved. You are making a real difference on the side of democracy, human rights and the values of the free world at an uncertain time when so much is under threat.

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You might've heard about this thing called the internet that does the same thing. Perhaps we should ban it too since rich people and bad guys use it?

Re: Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Post by WesternWind »

iamnotarobotman wrote: post #7
nonrandomstring wrote: post #4

Well done and thank you to all involved. You are making a real difference on the side of democracy, human rights and the values of the free world at an uncertain time when so much is under threat.

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Most people using tor aren't terrorists, oligarchs, extremists or career criminals though.

Re: Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Post by andai »

ajconway wrote: post #13
iamnotarobotman wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Not really. TOR is specifically not safe against a global passive observer, which the (supposedly) good guys are.

I've been wondering about this. Afaik Ross Ulbricht was caught due to shitty opsec. Was that a case of the NSA having that capability and not sharing it with the FBI?

Re: Arti – An implementation of Tor in Rust

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Post by iamnotarobotman »

bavell wrote: post #16
iamnotarobotman wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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You might've heard about this thing called the internet that does the same thing. Perhaps we should ban it too since rich people and bad guys use it?

You also might have heard about this saying which goes by: 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions' and it goes both ways. At least I happen to recognize that, unlike the grandparent comment.

But where did I exactly say 'ban' it?

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