6 Oct
2012
6 Oct
'12
2:08 p.m.
On 10/6/12, Mike Perry mikeperry@torproject.org wrote:
Yet still, as Roger and Robert point out, there are some serious questions about the viability of decentralized directory/consensus systems. Or, at least questions that sexified attack papers can make to seem serious. (For example: I don't believe TorSK was actually broken beyond Tor's current properties...).
Torsk relied on a trusted party to sign relay descriptors. Its goal was to reduce the (asymptotic) total amount of directory communication, not to remove the need for directory authorities.
Robert Ransom