[tor-bugs] #17067 [Tor]: useful cover traffic

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#17067: useful cover traffic
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     Reporter:  elypter  |      Owner:
         Type:  project  |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
   Resolution:  invalid  |   Keywords:
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Comment (by elypter):

 Replying to [comment:1 isis]:
 > Sort of. I think you mean "traffic fingerprinting". Also, the
 effectiveness of traffic fingerprinting attacks are still currently
 debatable.
 traffic fingerprinting only requires listening on the client side. this
 could already be achieved with stegotorus.
 [https://blog.torproject.org/blog/one-cell-enough traffic correlation
 attacks] require both sides.
 > ''wat''
 low lattency traffic with padding and cover traffic and high lattency
 traffic complement each other perfectly

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