same first hops

M moeedsalam at gmail.com
Thu Oct 9 03:34:53 UTC 2008


but it says "first hop"

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:23 PM, M <moeedsalam at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanx Gregory  and F.Fox...understood the concept. Just one note though:
> >
> > "Tor (like all current practical low-latency anonymity designs) fails
> when
> > the attacker can see both ends of the communications channel. For
> example,
> > suppose the attacker is watching the Tor relay you choose to enter the
> > network, and is also watching the website you visit."
> >
> > When it says "watching" does it mean? I thought the info was encrypted
> > (except the last hop) and the IP invisible? Does it mean timing attacks?
>
> Yes. A Timing/Sizing attack.  He sees the last hop exit.
>
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