Re: Tor does not support W95

[mark485anderson@xxxxxx]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 23:33:05 -0400, phobos@xxxxxxxxxx said:
> I'm looking for the actual text from the dos window when running tor.
> Does it really simply say "Cannot start random no. generator"?

[notice] Tor 0.1.0.14 opening new log file.
[err] crypto_seed_rng(): Can't get CryptoAPI provider [1]
[err] tor_init(): Unable to seed random number generator. Exiting.

also get line two above with earlier version that supports win95 but is
not anonymous. guess I can't have anonymity and a working version at the
same time :-)

> 
> As the website states, and multiple files in the distribution, tor is
> experimental, anonymity is not guaranteed. :)
> 
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 08:25:21PM -0700, mark485anderson@xxxxxx wrote
> 1.9K bytes in 45 lines about:
> : Thanks for the reply. Already gave you the error message below, but I
> : will try to do as you request. Latest version works fine under XP, but
> : my system is close, with the upgrades, to w98 and it does not work on
> my
> : system. Actually I am using Tor only for traffic that does not have to
> : be anonymized since the last version was supposedly anonymous and, it
> : turns out, after quite some time that it is not
> : anonymous and has security holes. All my other tcp programs are working
> : fine, including the old version of tor.
> : 
> : On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:36:38 -0400, phobos@xxxxxxxxxx said:
> : > If you open a DOS window/command prompt (or whatever it's called in
> : > win95), and run tor.exe manually, can you paste the output? 
> : > 
> : > Even better would be to start a bug on
> : > http://bugs.noreply.org/flyspray/index.php?tasks=all&project=4.  This
> : > will keep the list less clogged and let me debug it.
> : > 
> : > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 04:34:42PM -0700, mark485anderson@xxxxxx
> wrote
> : > 0.7K bytes in 17 lines about:
> : > : I cannot get the latest "stable" version to work under w95. The
> earlier
> : > : version works.
> : > : Do I have to deinstall the earlier version (I put the new version
> in
> : > : another directory).
> : > : First it told me I was missing a ws2 (winsock file) which I
> installed.
> : > : Now the dos window opens then closes with information I cannot see.
> I
> : > : logged the startup and I got: cannot start random no. generator.
> This
> : > : system has the latest DUN and winsock files now, but it still
> doesn't
> : > : work. I notice that the latest version says w98. Does this mean
> they
> : > : changed it so it will not support w95b? Any useful replies
> appreciated.
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