Some interweb attention to TCMB

The Telecomix Cyphernetic Assebly turned out to be a great success. First and foremost, it was a good conference with lots of chatting and discussion, and great presentations. But it also received some interweb attention. Here are some links:

• Slashdot
• Torrentfreak
• SvD (did not credit either us nor the speaker)

Have you read more about it? If so, please comment!

Felix Atari explains the basics of I2P darknets

Originally posted on the security vulnerability vanilla-internet service called Facebook.

Telecomix Documentary – The rise of Cipherspace

Download: .mp4 (75Mb).

SSH Tunnel on Windows and Linux (UNIX)

(Low quality avi, about 9MiB)

Please note: SSH tunnels are generally not very safe, and should only be used as a last resort. Please also read the text and not only the video.

Alternative to download: Watch it on youtube.

Hello,

this is Cameron from Telecomix,

today we will bypass oppressive regimes, with SSH-tunnels on Windows and Linux.

In windows. First go to the Putty Tray download page and get the software and run it, then add user@host for your SSH login. Also make sure the port is right.

Then choose tunnels. For the source port you want 12345, destination, localhost. Then select dynamic. Also make sure, that local ports accept connections from other hosts is activated.

Now, you can open up the tunnel. You will be instructed to enter your password, then you see a login screen. Make sure Windows accepts your connection.

Then install Foxy Proxy. Set it to port 12345 pointing at localhost. It is a socks proxy, version five. Also use it for DNS lookups.

Then select your proxy from the browser. Now you are tunneling the traffic through the remote computer. You have avoided censorship. Also check that you have the IP number of the remote computer, at showmyip.com.

Note, not in video: To make sure that your DNS-lookups are also made inside the tunnel, surf to about:config and add/edit the key network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to TRUE.

On Linux, and other UNIX like operating systems, it is much easier. Simply open any type of terminal, and type the following command.

ssh -D12345 user@domain.com

Then log in at the screen.

Then use Foxy Proxy, and you have tunneled your way safely around the censorship regime. Check with showmyip.com for safety.

No encryption tunnel is one hundred percent safe. Learn more about tunnels and encryption at crypto.telecomix.org.

Good luck.

How to set up an anonymous web site

Hello,

this is Cameron from Telecomix.

Today I will show you how to set up a site in cipherspace. A site which is totally anonymous, as far as the I 2 P darknet will take us.

I will demonstrate this on Ubuntu Linux.

First you install I 2 P.

Go to i2p2.de and get the URL.

Then wget it to your machine

Make sure you have java installed

Type the command and follow the on-screen instructions. Please note the install location of the program.

Start up the router and what a bit for it to integrate in the darknet. It usually takes half an hour.

Then go to the router console to se that it is working properly,

it is on localhost. port 7657.

On the bottom of the page there are instruction on how to set up an eepsite. We will now follow them, one by one. Watch my moves.

We are now creating a test site, called telecomixtest.i2p.

It is a bit complicated for humans, but it is worth all the effort.

Once set up, you will need to register the site in your router. Also, since the I 2 P darknet is completely distributed, you will need to give the very long Local Destination to other address books to make sure it gets known.

You may edit the site as ordinary html.

Remember that you will need to use Foxy Proxy, an addon for the Firefox browser, to enter the darknet of I 2 P.

Also, once you have made changes, remember to clear the browser’s cache memory.

Once you are up and running, it is extremely difficult to censor you or put you under surveillance. Exploit it.

First post!

Welcome to Cipherspace. This is our first post.

On this blog we will be writing about our adventures in the Crypto Munitions Bureau – a cryptography-oriented department of Telecomix.

If you have not have the pleasure of reading or taking part in any of our activities before, we warm heartily invite you to visit Cameron, our AI, and read her post about us where she explains our purpose and dreams.

Also check out our video collection, which will grow in the near future.

/TCMB