Tor for everyone!

Slides of a workshop on Tor I gave during Freedom not Fear 2012 in Brussels

Transcript

1. Tor for
   everyone!
   @fs111 – Brussels - #fnf12
   

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2. goal for today:
   from 0 to Tor
   

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3. slides:
   http://s.kel.pe/e5
   

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4. common believe
   

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5. not true!
   

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6. I am not this guy
   

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7. think: China, Iran, whistleblowers,
   Arab spring and many, many things more
   

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8. we want to be anonymous!
   (no dog in this picture)
   

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9. we want to be hidden
   but better than this guy
   

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10. while being here
    

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11. Enter
    Tor, not TOR ← semi important
    

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12. „Tor is free software and an open network that
    helps you defend against a form of network
    surveillance that threatens personal freedom
    and privacy...“
    http://torproject.org
    

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13. some history
    
    Tor started product of the US Navy
    Research Lab.
    
    

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14. then: sponsored by EFF
    now: independant non-profit organization
    great and open community
    

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15. on trust
    all code is open source/free software
    lots of independant research on Tor
    published
    Tor project is very open, publishes regular
    status updates and is very transparent in
    general
    

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16. Let's get (a bit) technical
    Tor provides a SOCKS interface towards
    applications
    „fixes the pipe“
    

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17. some lingo
    client
    relay
    bridge-relay
    exit node
    

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18. Onion Routing
    

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19. Onion Routing
    

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20. .onion
    a way to anonymously publish any sort of
    service (wiki, blog, forum...) within the Tor
    network
    (finding those is left as an exercise for the reader)
    

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21. Let's connect!
    

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23. link-collection
    ●
    http://torproject.org
    ●
    Tor browser bundle:
    https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.h
    tml.en
    ●
    tails live distribution: http://tails.boum.org
    ●
    network stats: http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/
    ●
    tor cloud: https://cloud.torproject.org/
    ●
    exit nodes: https://www.torservers.net/
    

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24. link-collection
    ●
    more exit nodes: http://noisetor.net/
    ●
    hidden services:
    https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-
    services.html.en
    ●
    Tor wiki (editable by everyone, handle with
    care): https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki
    ●
    make it really work for you:
    https://www.torproject.org/download/download-
    easy.html.en#warning
    

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