Comments on: Upgrade Tor to TRUE latest version (in Ubuntu)

By: Tim McCormack

Tim McCormack — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:01:31 +0000

Oh, you're right! Thank you very much. I'll edit the post now.

By: Kees

Kees — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:52:59 +0000

You seem to have forgotten to add the following line in the "trust weasel" section, got this of the original instructions link:

gpg --export 94C09C7F | sudo apt-key add -

By: Tim McCormack

Tim McCormack — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 22:04:44 +0000

Well, if a friend has broadband and you can connect to their machine, just have them set up a proxy on their machine that you can use. I've heard good things about the SwitchProxy extension for Firefox.

By: reEz

reEz — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:58:29 +0000

i have heard about firefox download manager before this but i never try it..hm..i think i will try it after this but surely cant do that now right,i cant download anything bigger than 2mb..most of my friends use to have DSL connection which using broadband connection and some setting..i can do that but i affaid it would be my last choice because if i want to do so i must pay around us30 just to get that connection every month while if i can get internet for free as a normal user...about LAN connection,we have already figure out how to share any file between student and we can pass that rule.right now that way that i have mentioned is the only one way do get free in internet..using broadband connection...i very hope u can see this webpages and please do not publish this web address in your blog and i hope you can give feedback personally to my email
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~alexander reEz~

By: Tim McCormack

Tim McCormack — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:39:29 +0000

@ reEz: That's a heck of a problem. 2MB is a large picture, a small Flash object, or a small program update. I'm not even sure a virus scanner could update itself with that limit. I'm not sure that Tor would be able to help, since you would still be downloading the same size of file. If Tor breaks large files into smaller chunks, it just might work, though -- I hadn't considered that use for Tor before. There are other possibilities, though. Are you familiar with the Download Manager in Firefox? Try downloading a 4MB file with that, and use the Pause and Resume features at the 1MB, 2MB, and 3MB marks. That might be a temporary solution for bypassing the limit. If you have a friend who is not on campus, you may be able to rig up a system that will remove the restriction on file sizes. (Be aware that any attempt at circumventing the file size policy may be viewed as a violation of your school's computer use policy.) Here's the idea: Different protocols handle data in different ways, but you can generally manage to transport the data for one protocol over another. (For example, an SSH session can be transported over HTTPS.) This is what I call protocol tunneling -- I don't think that's the actual name. If you set up a tunnel between your computer and an off-campus friend's computer, using a protocol that only transmits data in small chunks. I don't know enough about the various protocols and tools to know how one would construct this system, but it is definitely within the range of possibility.

By: reEz

reEz — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:52:57 +0000

hey there..i'm having problem here with my university system which only allows us(students) to download less than 2MB..it is really crazy...i heard that tor can set a privacy which even can make me out of this problem..is anybody there that can help me..i really appreciate if somebody teach me how to set it because i can even download any linux software from repositories as most of software are bigger than 2MB..hope that can email me to do so,my email=[removed by admin for privacy]

~AlexanDer ReEz~