[tor-bugs] #16659 [- Select a component]: Linux TCP Initial Sequence Numbers may aid correlation

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#16659: Linux TCP Initial Sequence Numbers may aid correlation
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         Type:  defect                |     Status:  reopened
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Comment (by sjmurdoch):

 There seems to be some confusion here. What the Linux ISN leaks is the
 difference between two timestamps, not the timestamp itself. A difference
 lets you work out drift and skew, which can help someone fingerprint the
 computer hardware, its environment and load. Of course that only works if
 you can probe a computer, and maintain the same source/destination port
 and IP address.

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