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#1465

Thanks, will fix that.

Thanks, looks much better :slight_smile:

Confirmed that these instructions don’t work (as you pointed out already):

http://www.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/wiki/Onionizing_Repositories#Onionize_whonix.list

(x2 on that page)

sudo whonix_repository --baseuri http://deb.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion --enable --repository stable

whonix_repository unknown option: --baseuri

The only thing I couldn’t remember in those edits was whether it must be tor+http for whonix sources list, or just http.

(Or maybe you already modified the code block by default to have the onion available just by uncommenting - don’t remember, was a while since I played with whonix sources)

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#1466

Thanks for pointing that out. Room for improvement here.

As a general rule:
When using apt-get and .onion one should always be using tor+http whether inside or outside of Whonix. Non-critical (as per footnotes in link below).

I added that to https://www.whonix.org/wiki/General_Host_Security#apt-transport-tor but it may still not be clear enough.

Also https://www.whonix.org/wiki/General_Host_Security#apt-transport-tor might not be perfect placement and also interlinking with https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Onionizing_Repositories is missing.

Having learned that, pointing out tor+http on https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Onionizing_Repositories might be useful too?

When using apt-get and .onion one should always be using tor+http whether inside or outside of Whonix. Non-critical (as per footnotes in link below).

That said, we might be missing tor+http in various places on https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Onionizing_Repositories and even in (Qubes) source files?

#1467

https://www.whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Onionizing_Repositories&oldid=47712&diff=cur - template deprecation isn’t ideal. If tor+http doesn’t work on plain Debian, then we need to update the instructions for plain Debian. The fix would be “install apt-transport-tor beforehand” most likely. tor+http isn’t developed by Whonix, apt-transport-tor implements it. Could you revert that please?

#1468

A post was split to a new topic: Tor ConnectionPadding

#1469

Will fix that.

In that apt-transport-tor stuff, I had also changed one of the weird onions (earth… .onion) to the proper Debian security one? Check that was correct also.

BTW Can Whonix builds etc. borrow any settings from this hardening list?

https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening

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#1470

The compile time hardening stuff has to be implemented by Debian. It’s related to compiled code. Whonix can’t recompile all of Debian. In the few places where Whonix is using compiled code we enable all compile time hardening.

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#1471

Well looks like I was wrong. Not sure why but the window to add user rule set now drops down when I click on “see more”. Previously this was now showing up.

Updated the page. They were relatively safe edits imo. So pushed to live wiki.

https://whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Forcing_.onion_on_Whonix.org&curid=966&diff=47758&oldid=46354

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Forcing .onion on Whonix.org
#1472

Another big task would be rebooting the FAQ.

The period of when a project is new and lots of people suggesting all kinds of major changes (marry with Tails, why not use OpenBSD) is long over. Most geeks wanting all sorts of obscure things such as secondary DNS are onboarded already.

Moving most if not all of its contents to where these would fit better or even new pages if needed. Some under /Dev.

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Operating_System
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Post_Install_Advice
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Secondary_DNS_Resolver
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Why_is_Tor_slow
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tor
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Virtualization_Platform
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Tunnels/Introduction

We could then count questions what the actual FAQ are nowadays are and repopulate the FAQ.

#1473

Added video & audio editor and they are cross DEs.

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#1474
#1475

https://www.whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Tor_Browser%2FAdvanced_Users&type=revision&diff=47867&oldid=47866

un-template this section for better formatting (& only used on this page?

To answer this question…

On any template page (here: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Template:TorBrowser_Proxy_Configuration) upper right gearwheel drop down menu What links here

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:TorBrowser_Proxy_Configuration

that page is also used here:

#1476

Agree the FAQ is a bit sloppy at present and needs lots of bits being cut and pasted to other pages with a “see here:” link to those relevant sections. Other priorities as I see it:

  1. Whonix 14 Updates & Whonix 15 release notes (should be 1-2 months and Whonix 15 will be available across all platforms). If you want to list a bunch (all) of the resolved bug links there, that would help (I’ll do the rest)
  2. A number of templates now have outdated links e.g. to the old mega large security guides -> Needs a proactive manual check x250 templates or so. Yah!
  3. Encrypted email entry is pointing to dead VFEmail. Needs text changes and a lot of pic upgrades to account for that.
  4. Continual rephrasing, link checking, updates of instructions, updated output, updated info etc. from Anonymous Email section down - although we’ve achieved lots of fixes and improvements in various sections/areas further down the page already. (PS take mig5 off the current maintainer list?)

The first 9 sections up to and including Anonymous Browsing are now in a reasonable, functional, up-to-date state IMO.

Other observations - the text generally looks better when:

  • no abbreviated words e.g. “devs”
  • avoiding abbreviated forms e.g. “it’s”, “they’re” etc. Full form is better
  • avoiding # presentation e.g. [[Multiple_Whonix-Gateway#KVM]]
  • defining acronyms first before using them
  • avoiding ‘folksy’ language like the intro section here -> http://www.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/wiki/VoIP (will fix that)
  • stating things affirmatively, rather than in third person i.e. avoiding “users” & passive language
  • avoiding personal pronouns in general (I, you, we, she/he, they, us etc.) e.g. “If you want to set a …” -> “To set a …”, “If you are getting an error when …” -> “If an error appears when …” etc.
  • consistency in boxing & numbering long instructions
  • consistency in spacing
  • info boxes generally at the top of each section it applies to

Just gives it a more professional feel IMO.

PS I think the Tor devs hiding away NoScript from taskbar is a mistake. Better to have visual confirmation and I have seen attacks in the wild that enable it automatically - you wouldn’t know if it was tucked away… which reminds me that moving NoScript icon into taskbar is probably fingerprintable(?).

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#1477

We can even try without “see here”. For example I doubt anyone is going to miss https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Source_Code_Intro#Why_not_Replace_grml-debootstrap_with_.27X.27.3F which was never a FAQ to being with. We can add the “see here” when things actually become FAQ. The only way I see to clean sweep the FAQ.

Sorry, I am kinda overworked with stuff like server maintenance. Very invisible but also very important. So this won’t happen.

For that mass search replace could be used.

#1478

See you mostly fixed it already. +1

No problem. See you’re busy. Seeing this one still:

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module ‘Module:Namespace detect/data’ not found.

On lovely mboxes here and there still e.g. Email page.

The rest is generally looking much better with upgrades. No doubt various security fixes too.

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#1479

That is being tracked here: wiki issues June 2019

#1480

Could you please add to documentation and elsewhere where you see fit?

#1481

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/FAQ is done.

Only What is Clearnet? still looking for a new home.

#1482

Anyone come up with better ideas for naming Tor Browser without Tor. Almost finished writing Qubes doc enhancement. It would be good to at least append something to the name.

Tor Browser without Tor (Security focused clearnet browser)
Tor Browser without Tor (Hardened clearnet browser )

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#1483

Thanks for doing this, a refresh is a good idea. A scientific approach to repopulation might be: If forum comments on a solitary thread related to a reasonable FAQ issue >= 25 (30?) and comments are not just ignorant trolling (or related to existing entries), then seriously consider a new entry.

Doesn’t have to be war and peace. Some distro FAQ entries are a few lines and to the point. Otherwise the FAQ will become obese in size again later on.

Tails FAQ can be an inspriation - brief, pretty and relevant.

https://tails.boum.org/support/faq/index.en.html

Hi 0brand,

Thanks for your work on this. I agree that “…without Tor” thing doesn’t look good.

I like the naming ideas. The only issue with “clearnet browser” might be the fact Tor Browser is not evident in the title i.e. some might confuse with another browser (?) when skimming the ToC.

How about “Clearnet Tor Browser”?

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#1484

I was thinking of something along the lines of https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/#privacy-guides

Specifically, the subheading “Reducing the fingerprint of the text-based web browser w3m”. The title gives that name of the app and a little information on the purpose of the tutorial. We could could do something similar with Tor Browser without Tor? Meaning "Tor Browser without Tor…something…something"

Would that work? Any ideas?

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