Select/wholesale censorship/takedown via directories

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Isnt the idea to use a DHT for the Intro Pt descriptors for the hidden
services in the long term , is there any move on this front .Ofcourse the
issues with DHt's are all te more well known , GNUnets dht seems very
resilient , atleast thats what they claim.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:58 PM, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Two related questions for general comment:
>
> 1) Couldn't the directories to which hidden service
> descriptors are published elect, or be ordered,
> to decline to publish certain descriptors?
>
> 2) What happens in the event of a sustained global
> DoS or a simple coordinated LEO/ISP shutdown of
> the directories?
>
> There have been cases where contributory, aiding, etc,
> regardless of common carrier principles, has been an
> argument that has held traction against other sites or
> systems. It is not unreasonable to assume such an attempt
> may be made upon Tor. Is the degree to which Tor is
> designed/distributed sufficent to render the difficulty out
> to at least the equivalent of shutting down all the relays?
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