[tor-commits] [torspec/master] add in a point that rransom and i independently came up with
arma at torproject.org
arma at torproject.org
Tue Jun 12 10:32:27 UTC 2012
commit 37c8237aafdb416507be0eeb8638ec0c9f01e5a4
Author: Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org>
Date: Tue Jun 12 06:32:01 2012 -0400
add in a point that rransom and i independently came up with
---
proposals/188-bridge-guards.txt | 8 +++++++-
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/proposals/188-bridge-guards.txt b/proposals/188-bridge-guards.txt
index 3c53cfb..5a5a005 100644
--- a/proposals/188-bridge-guards.txt
+++ b/proposals/188-bridge-guards.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Status: Open
same way clients do. This has been a known attack since early
versions {XXXX check} of the design document; let's try to fix it.
-2.1. Related ideas: Guard nodes
+2.1. Related idea: Guard nodes
The idea of guard nodes isn't new: since 0.1.1, Tor has used guard
nodes (first designed as "Helper" nodes by Wright et al in {XXXX})
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ Status: Open
from learning that we're a bridge... but another set of nodes will
learn that anyway, so it's not clear what we'd gain.
+ One good reason to keep separate guard lists is to prevent the
+ *client* of the bridge from being able to enumerate the guards that
+ the bridge uses to protect its own traffic (by extending a circuit
+ through the bridge to a node it controls, and finding out where the
+ extend request arrives from).
+
5. Other considerations
What fraction of our traffic is bridge traffic? Will this alter
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