Re: Tor does not support W95

[phobos@xxxxxxxxxx]

I believe this is because the crypto_seed_rng() call has no function in
win95 system dlls to reference.  Maybe Nick can weigh in on this.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:36:20PM -0700, mark485anderson@xxxxxx wrote 3.0K bytes in 84 lines about:
: 
: 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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