[tor-talk] safety of exit nodes

tor-admin tor-admin at torland.me
Tue Jul 2 14:54:19 UTC 2013


Hi Hans Rüdiger,

I am concerned too, that there are malicious exit servers out there. That is 
one of the reasons why I operate Exits. To make it less probable that the 
malicious ones get the traffic.

Best regards,

Torland

On Tuesday 02 July 2013 01:39:22 anonymous.coward at posteo.de wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I have a concern regarding exit nodes in Tor. In my mind it is possible
> for an attacker to run a malicious exit server that gathers information
> at the exit point. Of course, this does not compromise anonymity per se,
> but it still can reveal sensitive data to malicious people. I think the
> JonDonym project handles this question better. To run a JonDonym exit
> server you need to be certified. Thus it is much harder to run a
> malicious JonDonym exit server. Why don´t you offer better protection
> against malicious exit servers? I think safety of exit nodes is a
> serious concern.
> 
> Thanks
> Hans-Rüdiger
> 
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