Building tracking system to nab Tor pedophiles

[coderman]

On 3/6/07, Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu> wrote:
> ...
> So the moral of the story appears to be turn the plugins off, period.
> The broader moral is: don't run code from strangers on your computer. The
> even broader moral would be to lament that we're still not using SSL on
> most Internet interactions.

the depths of just how badly security in general sucks well captured.

at least some areas of the technology landscape are showing signs of
improvement.  bitfrost and mac(with parrallels?).

otherwise, the capriciousness of users encouraged by the inherent
architectural vulnerabilities sold in mass quantity by vendors more
concerned with profit and appearance than customer vulnerabilities
ensures lots of targets...
  i need a drink...   *g*


> And maybe the fourth is that we (somebody
> here) should work on easy instructions for locking down common OS network
> interfaces so only Tor communications can get through. Or Tor LiveCDs
> that have that already done. Or VM images that can be run as routers
> between your computer and the Internet.

ah, at least this can be worked on in a straightforward fashion.
(unlike transnational market forces with lots of momentum :)

and even various combinations of the above for additional
compartmentalization without excessive overhead.  some relevant links:

http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/TechComparison

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bitfrost


(btw: if anyone has some bandwidth they would like to donate for
janusvm dev torrents please email me so i can contact you for early
seeding...)