I got the impression that they have fully compromised the actual TOR network, not a dummy network, am I wrong?
Charlie Quoting Travis Biehn <[email protected]>: > 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 <[email protected]>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 >> -- >> *Regards,* >> *Owner,* >> *The Hacker News <http://www.thehackernews.com/>* >> *Truth is the most Powerful weapon against Injustice.* >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. >> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html >> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >> > > > > -- > Twitter <https://twitter.com/tbiehn> | > LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/in/travisbiehn>| > GitHub <http://github.com/tbiehn> | > TravisBiehn.com<http://www.travisbiehn.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent from the FunkyMunkey mail server (mail.funkymunkey.co.uk) If you have any queries/complaints regarding mail sent from this server please direct them to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
