-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Was anyone on the original project full-on Navy, or was this entirely contracted out?
Paul Syverson wrote: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 06:34:45PM -0700, Andrew Del Vecchio wrote: > >> Tor was originally supported by the US Navy, but that is no >> longer the case for whatever reason. > > Tor, as with the previous generations of Onion Routing, was > designed by myself and others from NRL. It's the first system that > was partly rather than entirely done by NRL personnel, Roger and > Nick were under contract to NRL for design, development and initial > deployment of Tor. > > Funding for related research is ongoing, e.g., for analysis and > improvement of hidden services (which led to improved security for > all Tor circuit building cf. > http://www.onion-router.net/Publications.html#locating-hidden-servers) > Development and maintenance per se of Tor has passed beyond being > a research project; that aspect is no longer an NRL project. > > You might want to look at http://www.onion-router.net/ in > general, and http://www.onion-router.net/Sponsors.html in > particular. > > Funding from EFF for Tor development ended about a year ago, though > they still provide the web site and support in other indirect > ways. So the sponsors page is a little dated in that respect. > > HTH, Paul - -- Frivolous lawsuits. Unlawful government seizures. It's a scary world out there! Protect your privacy, keep what you earn, and even earn more income at: http://www.KeepYourAssets.net/?andrew -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFBNhtgwZR2XMkZmQRAjnKAJ9tozHUdUzf/bj4yJsYM+R35+Q4cwCgoQXG uceNgqqqq3gTAk29fE9WCms= =QGSL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
