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Authored by: jbb on Saturday, July 20 2013 @ 12:38 AM EDT |
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PJ, when I read this, it looks like they have thought long and hard about
the problem of some nodes being compromised. I don't fully understand it yet
but I think they have already addressed your concern:
To create a
private network pathway with Tor, the user's software or client incrementally
builds a circuit of encrypted connections through relays on the network. The
circuit is extended one hop at a time, and each relay along the way knows only
which relay gave it data and which relay it is giving data to. No individual
relay ever knows the complete path that a data packet has taken.
If all or most of the relays are compromised then, yes, your
anonymity might get broken. OTOH, some people suggest that if you become a Tor
entry node then this will greatly increase your anonymity because your traffic
will be mixed with the entry traffic.
AFAIK, Tor may not be perfect but it
is about as good as we can do.
--- In a time of universal deceit --
telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
-- George Orwell
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