Oops, apologies - didn't realize this had already been answered. (a pox upon thread forking...)
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Damian Johnson <atag...@gmail.com> wrote: > The trick is that both parties need to list each other as family for this > to work. As per the man page.. > > "When two servers both declare that they are in the same 'family'..." > > The attacker would need to be listed in every other relay's torrc for the > attack you described to work. I'm pretty sure listing relays you don't > control has no effect. -Damian > > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Scott Bennett <benn...@cs.niu.edu>wrote: > >> On Thu, 20 May 2010 08:23:34 +0200 (CEST) "Sebastian Hahn" >> <m...@sebastianhahn.net> wrote: >> >> All that would do would be to say to all clients, "Don't include >> >> this node in the same circuit as any of the blutmagie nodes." How >> would >> >> that be an attack? >> > >> >I can list all the nodes I don't control... >> > >> What is the limit on line length for such a MyFamily statement? What >> is the limit on descriptor length? Listing ~1500 nodes sounds like the >> sort of thing that wouldn't work very well. >> Also, my other question remains: what would stop me from listing >> nodes >> that I don't control in a MyFamily statement now? >> >> >> Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG >> ********************************************************************** >> * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * >> *--------------------------------------------------------------------* >> * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * >> * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * >> * -- a standing army." * >> * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * >> ********************************************************************** >> *********************************************************************** >> To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with >> unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/ >> > >