[tor-talk] Appearing American

[shmick at riseup.net]

mick:
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 04:45:19 +1000
> "shmick at riseup.net" <shmick at riseup.net> allegedly wrote:
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>> mirimir:
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>>> Well, one can use a VPN service through Tor. It's doable in Whonix
>>> or with ra's gateway, and maybe in Tails (with persistent storage).
>>> But I believe that reduces the anonymity that Tor can provide,
>>> because there's a persistent connection that prevents circuit
>>> switching.
>>>
>>> Also, unless you're willing to mail cash or thoroughly anonymize
>>> some Bitcoins, it needs to be a free VPN service. SecurityKISS
>>> works, but throttles and limits daily throughput.
>>
>> they also use google dns servers as their backup resolvers ...
> 
> Well I can see that's not good.
> 
>> and used easy-rsa for their certs ...
> 
> But I fail to see the problem here. OpenVPN uses easy-rsa.

the problem isn't with the way they chose to create certs.
it suggests they may have taken shortcuts/easy options elsewhere
that's enough to be off-putting

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> Mick
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