THE

SPRAWL

16
jan
2010

I am pretty excited that my article on the Tor Control Protocol was published in the Winter 2009-2010 issue of the 2600 Magazine. The article discusses several advanced uses of Tor privacy tool including interaction with Tor's local control server, manual and automatic custom circuit creation. One of the motivations for the research into advanced circuit creation was to speed up Tor's operation by choosing faster circuits or reducing the number of hops. By reading the article, you will learn how to create really fast one-hop Tor circuits. On the other hand, the same techniques can be used to potentially increase your privacy by creating large circuits going through select countries or continents.

As part of my presentation during one of the SF2600 meetings, we were running a competition to create the largest possible usable circuit while drawing various shapes with circuit lines across the world. The record was 15 circuits with more than a minute communication latency. I invite you to challenge yourself by trying to beat this record.

The article is also available in the Research section of the site.


sprawlsimilar

walk on the wild side

Released 02/02/1994

A documentary on the UK underground scene. Read more.

Size 173.5 MB
Download walk_on_the_wild_side.mp4

tor autocircuit

Version0.2
Size 37.9 KB
Download tor-autocircuit-0.2.tar.gz

Tor Autocircuit automatically creates Tor circuits according to a predefined set of rules (e.g. geolocation, number of hops, etc.). This script requires TorCtl python library Read more.

tor control protocol

tor

Tor implements a highly customizable control protocol which can be used to tune almost all aspects of its operation. In this article you will learn how to fine tune Tor client's operation, query runtime information, as well as create circuits of arbitrary size. Read more.

hackers 95

Released 08/04/1995

Hackers 95 is an independent documentary by Phone-E and RF Burns shot during the summer of 1995. The documentary covers hacker happenings during that summer including Summercon and Defcon III. There are plenty of interviews and random clips from these two conferences. The documentary also includes a separate segment on Area 51 as well as a Secret Service press release on Operation Cybersnare. Read more.

Size 210.8 MB
Download hackers95.mp4

the dutch hacker video

Released 09/01/1991

A video recording produced by the 2600 Magazine showing an attack on a US Army computer during the summer of 1991. Read more.

Size 344.5 MB
Download hacker_video.avi

new york city hackers

Released 12/01/2000

New York City Hackers is an independent documentary by Stig-Lennart Sorensen released in the year 2000. Most of the filming occurs in in New York at the H2K conference, 2600 meeting and an Off the Hook radio show. There is also a coverage of the original MIT hackers from the TMRC club. Read more.

Size 99.0 MB
Download nyc_hackers.mp4

unauthorized access

Released 12/01/1994

Unauthorized Access is a documentary produced by Annaliza Savage in 1994. Shot in 15 cities and 4 countries, this documentary offers an impressive array of topics dealing with hacking culture. Read more.

Size 98.8 MB
Download unauthorized_access.mp4

hack attack

Released 12/23/1994

A 1994 Yorkshire Television Production for Discovery Channel documentary - Hacker Attack, is a well balanced account of the hacker, security, and electronic crime worlds in late 80s and early 90s. It begins by featuring Mark Abene incarcerated in Schuylkill talking about his views on hacking and the story of MoD. Emmanuel Goldstein is displayed throughout the documentary talking about the hacker community during 2600 meetings and on the Off the Hook radio show. Next 'Hacker Attack' turns to the darker side of hacking when we jump into unmarked NYPD surveillance van to track down cloned cellular phones. There is an extensive coverage of credit card fraud, high tech robbery, and industrial espionage. At last we can watch Winn Schwartau and Dan Farmer talk about threats to our financial and military infrastructures. Throughout the documentary, there are snippets of anonymous hackers breaking into various computer systems. Read more.

Size 245.8 MB
Download hack_attack.mp4

tor nodes

tor
Version0.2
Size 372 bytes
Download tor-nodes.py

Enumerates IP addresses of Tor nodes by querying Tor client. Read more.