de-Tor-iorate Anonymity

[Navou Navou]

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On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM, coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is this a known or currently unknown weakness/vulnerability?
>
> via: https://defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html
>
> de-Tor-iorate Anonymity
>
> Nathan Evans
> Ph.D Student, University of Denver
> Christian Grothoff
>
> Feel safe and comfortable browsing the Internet with impunity because
> you are using Tor? Feel safe no more! We present an attack on the Tor
> network that means that the bad guys could find out where you are
> going on the Internet while using Tor. This presentation goes over the
> design decisions that have made this attack possible, as well as show
> results from a Tor network that reveals the paths that data travels
> when using Tor. This method can make using the Tor network no more
> secure than using a simple open web proxy. We go over the attack in
> detail, as well as possible solutions for future versions of Tor.
>
> ---
>
> also, there is a talk on "Generic, Decentralized, Unstoppable
> Anonymity: The Phantom Protocol" which sounds a little used car
> salesman like..
>
> is this similar to crowds, tarzan, morphmix, or also unknown at this time?
>
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