-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Jon McLachlan wrote: (much snippage) >> Part of what makes Tor anonymous is a that it has a large # of relays >> that may or may not be supporting any particular anonymous stream. When >> one indefinitely restricts, for instance, the exit relays (or entry >> relays) that one uses to construct anonymous tunnels, then this does >> hurt one's anonymity simply because the "cloud" of used relays of what >> it could have been, is reduced to less than what it could have been. >> This is of course assuming that the trust of any particular relay is >> uniformly distributed over all relays... so, of course if there's a >> totalitarian censorship somewhere, then yeah, don't trust those >> relays... otherwise... might not be in the best interest of anonymity... > I think in such a situation, one would want to exclude nodes from their > own country; at the very least, they'd want to exclude such exit nodes. >
All things being equal, I agree: The larger the potential cloud, the higher the degree of anonymity. Certainly, restricting the node pool isn't something that should be done unnecessarily. However, in a totalitarian situation, it's wise to make the trade-off of "shallowing" the node pool, to gain the much larger benefit of greatly reducing the chance of the government censoring the exit - or worse, breaking your anonymity. - -- F. Fox: A+, Network+, Security+ Owner of Tor node "kitsune" http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBR6DvVej8TXmm2ggwAQhDvBAAwU2kTO/02yObdTvzo9f3FqR4ANCeC7sm pO3EaSxF/eSQ7G8FKMOxRVFVGXCBrzWpW009WFpRcybEg6IPAm+b9AL8GT3M79Qy zD20qX/wXBdSnhhz8pRdMlUAx9M6SfiLS/DCBHCIrBtwE8wU2u87P6xZSU2mIuMW yPQA2mZDqVyj/yBOEb9ZKC6G6d/MkmMpSAi0MM3+nAqSbZpYOV276eXuuVR8GAe7 m0CzkWTIYqkgN63N5kqhiPkqGCTfHK+hdruJ7q2i90elLBckK+sa+CP/X5vttNlq GgLP09gQ2P3l6kRG8e8xtP/K+ZeBGrdpK4uQ0IEuDzVd4zgkebvYXtDcVYrvAnCY ghoxHOOub/TaNaJeFLZpecXRkG02YIghlvCqkyhpXTqkVXrIj7fr+ZR3q6lWz+wn e6BvLY2kfij1dpE+eVuvxEgXEdq06w8bSXtF5EIlKA4YTNDuuTzTf9+Gc41N3I15 vLbb6Dq7PKVXAvcnSoMewZ5FQCHvSUhkZUsRmyEFzbJHyLxSKqT/svabhDTvyfgl LUe7+St5ci73LnCL06vseDB5MGQXWw3egwIJWFjO0j7oIKspg7PNmtHmvfpjGNL1 CUuQfWJEvye5hz1pHfqa+JZOZ8tVQDrBwRDh97i6lOeH6uxCeuca81evaMQYXb3Q +x80NHIBcRQ= =wYpl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
