Added a warning against tor+bittorrent in the warning message.
Matt Pagan commited on 2013-12-06 20:50:39
Zeige 2 geänderte Dateien mit 26 Einfügungen und 1 Löschungen.
- download/en/download-easy.wml 606242c48..7114371b4
- download/en/download.wml 2f687b7fa..a91ba766b
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@@ -216,7 +216,19 @@ a social approach: the more Tor users there are near you and the more |
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dangerous it will be that you are one of them. Convince other people to |
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use Tor, too!</p> |
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+<li><b>Don't torrent over Tor</b> |
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+<p> |
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+Torrent file-sharing applications have been observed to ignore proxy |
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+settings and make direct connections even when they are told to use Tor. |
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+Even if your torrent application connects only through Tor, you will |
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+often send out your real IP address in the tracker GET request, |
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+because that's how torrents work. Not only do you <a |
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+href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea"> |
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+deanonymize your torrent traffic and your other simultaneous Tor web traffic |
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+this way</a>, you also slow down the entire Tor network for |
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+everyone else. |
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+</p> |
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+</li> |
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</ol> |
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<br> |
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<p>Be smart and learn more. Understand what Tor does and does not offer. |
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@@ -358,6 +358,19 @@ Tor, too! |
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</li> |
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+<li><b>Don't torrent over Tor</b> |
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+<p> |
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+Torrent file-sharing applications have been observed to ignore proxy |
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+settings and make direct connections even when they are told to use Tor. |
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+Even if your torrent application connects only through Tor, you will |
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+often send out your real IP address in the tracker GET request, |
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+because that's how torrents work. Not only do you <a |
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+href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea"> |
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+deanonymize your torrent traffic and your other simultaneous Tor web traffic |
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+this way</a>, you also slow down the entire Tor network for |
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+everyone else. |
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+</p> |
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+</li> |
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</ol> |
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<br> |
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