Public gateways to .onion domains

Cristiano Paris c.paris at email.it
Thu Jul 7 13:17:40 UTC 2005


numE wrote:
> ...
> In fact it is quite easy to setup, but:
> I don't think, that it would be a good idea to do that.
> 
> Of course it is possible to open a window if you have a huge lock on
> your door,
> but where would be the sense for the huge lock?

If I understand your point correctly, you're talking about security 
through obscurity.

I mean, anyone can have a look to the Tor network's contents if she 
setups her client to access it. So there's no difference between access 
through a Tor client or a plain HTTP gateway from a contents point-of-you.

The point here is the liability of the HTTP gateway's administrator when 
delivering unacceptable contents to plain HTTP clients, which seems to 
me no different from the liability risk undertaken by exit nodes' 
administrators when accessing an HTTP server outside the Tor network.

Cristiano



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