[tor-bugs] #18121 [- Select a component]: anti-conformational attack (theory)

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#18121: anti-conformational attack (theory)
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 Reporter:  bo0od                 |          Owner:  cypherpunks
     Type:  enhancement           |         Status:  closed
 Priority:  Medium                |      Milestone:
Component:  - Select a component  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                |     Resolution:  invalid
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Changes (by yawning):

 * status:  needs_information => closed
 * resolution:   => invalid


Comment:

 This doesn't seem directly Tor related at all, and going from 1 to
 effectively 5 Guards will do bad things to client anonymity.

 The current proposed design for guarding against certain types of traffic
 analysis attacks is available at:
 https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/proposals/254-padding-
 negotiation.txt

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