[tor-relays] Overload data for Exit vs Non-Exit (and Guard vs Middle)?

[mick]

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 18:30:41 +0100
mick <mbm at rlogin.net> allegedly wrote:
 
> Here you go:
> 
> https://pipe.rlogin.net/munin/network-month.html
> 
etc....

Ummmm. I've just had a (paranoid?) thought after reading the recent post
from Gordon Morehouse about DDOS. 

I don't normally expose those stats to the world. Indeed I'd guess a
few other people who collect such stats don't either. Now, whilst these
stats (along with those from others who respond) might help
investigations of the impact of whatever is causing the recent uptick,
we may also be giving valuable data to whoever is behind the attack (if
we assume it is an attack).

As I said, probably paranoid, but if there /is/ a single actor behind
this phenomenon then he or she might be delighted to be given
such a collection of data points from the network.

Oh well. 

Mick


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 Mick Morgan
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