Tor is not a tool for security solution just a transport mechanism. If you want get security encryption, try gnupg or something similars.
On Jan 28, 2008 3:23 PM, 孙超 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Inspired by the principle of tor, we intend to develop a distributed data > base which could maintain privacy preserving. > > But I still have some questions about how does tor work, especially how does > it encrypt my data? > > We know that there is an entrance node and an exit node in a path, cleartext > is sent out from the exit node to the destination that we are aimed at. If > so, my original cleartext could be revealed to the exit node? If my data is > encrypted on my PC by the tor I runned, how does the exit node decrypt the > ciphered text? How does it get the decrypt key? > > Another question is what kind of cryptology algorithm tor uses, RSA? or > others? > > Thank you very much for replying!!!

