Why should I run my own services?

Posted on Tue 26 August 2014 in Blogging • Tagged with email, infrastructure, Jabber, Tor

Even if you're not a familiar with configuring complex computer systems, there are easy ways to get started. Go to your local Linux User Group or search the web for groups in your town that help others with technical problems. Start to read blogs and tutorials about running an email …


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Torproject needs your help

Posted on Fri 18 May 2012 in Security • Tagged with Tor, torproject, torservers

In this email to the public world the tor projects is asking for help in testing and improving the QA process of the Tor-Bundle.

As you maybe know I am a supporter of the tor project and spend some time in the past of writing some howtos to help improving …


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Tor hosting project

Posted on Sun 28 August 2011 in Blogging • Tagged with Tor

Today I thought maybe some of you want to help the Tor project to work more efficient by running a bridge or a relay but you maybe don't have the resources or internet connection.

I would like to start a little survey if there is a need to do a …


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Easy way to use Tor on Mac OS X and Linux

Posted on Tue 02 August 2011 in Mac • Tagged with Fedora, Linux, Mac, mac os x, privacy, Tor

If you want to use Tor on your Mac OS X or Linux there is a new bundle you can easy use. The bundle includes all necessary tools and a preconfigured Firefox with the necessary plugin.

Up to now the Tor Browser Bundleis still beta but for me it …


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Install Tor on Fedora

Posted on Tue 19 April 2011 in Fedora • Tagged with Fedora, Tor

This tutorial explains how to install Tor on a Fedora system. If you are looking for an easy to use solution check you this new all in one package here.

There is a Fedora package of Tor. We need to install 2 packages:

  • tor
  • privoxy

(if you don't install tor …


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Install Tor bridge on FreeBSD

Posted on Tue 19 April 2011 in FreeBSD • Tagged with FreeBSD, Tor

If you want to run tor on FreeBSD 8.0 you first have to update your port tree. If you not used with port please see the FreeBSD documentation.

This should fetch and install the newsest port tree:

portsnap fetch
portsnap extract

Now we need to install openssl from port …


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