Re: Tor anonymizing network Compromised by French researchers

[charlie () funkymunkey com]

Withdrawn :P


Quoting charlie () funkymunkey com:

> I got the impression that they have fully compromised the actual TOR  
> network, not a dummy network, am I wrong?
>
> Charlie
>
> Quoting Travis Biehn <tbiehn () gmail com>:
>
> > So they put up a fake network, 'hacked' most of the nodes, and with complete
> > control of their dummy network they were able to figure out traffic
> > movement?
> >
> > This is news why?
> >
> > -Travis
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Mohit Kumar  
> > <thehackernews () gmail com>wrote:
> >
> > > French researchers from  
> > > ESIEA<http://www.esiea.fr/c/en/Web.Esiea.Public.cuke?>,
> > > a French engineering school, have found and exploited some serious
> > > vulnerabilities in the TOR network. They performed an inventory of the
> > > network, finding 6,000 machines, many of whose IPs are accessible publicly
> > > and directly with the system?s source code. They demonstrated that it is
> > > possible to take control of the network and read all the messages that
> > > circulate.
> > >
> > > But there are also hidden nodes, the Tor Bridges, which are provided by the
> > > system that in some cases. Researchers have developed a script that, once
> > > again, to identify them. They found 181. "*We now have a complete picture
> > > of the topography of Tor*," said Eric Filiol.
> > >
> > > Read More at "The Hacker News" --
> > > http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/tor-anonymizing-network-compromised-by.html
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