Thanks for the info! On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Camilo Viecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello M > > Thanks for giving it a try. I have comments inline > > M wrote: > >> Hello friends I'm new on the list. I hope you bear with my questions and >> problems. >> >> I just installed Camilo's version of Vidalia, and it seems i have a couple >> of problems: >> >> 1) You can only exclude one country from the "invalidnodes" settings. >> > You can do multiple selections by pressing the 'Control (ctrl)' button when > selecting > the second (or next) country. > >> >> >> 2) You have to exclude it every time you start vidalia (it does not save >> the settings) >> >> Are these bugs in my installation, or is the program like this? >> > It is a bug in the program. Exit countries should be saved. Thanks for > finding it. I will fix it in a few days. > >> >> 3) Also, how much does this reduce anonymity? >> > > Placing any restrictions on the nodes most likely will reduce your > anonymity. In particular limiting > the exit country significanly reduces your anonymity as it is much cheaper > for an attacker to place > nodes in that country and thus your probability of selecting a 'bad' exit > is higher. > Reducining the number of other nodes could 'possibly' be bad for your > anonymity. Part > of Tor's attacker model assumes that there are many attackers that will not > cooperate with each other. > There might be more academic studies about these effects, but none come to > my mind at the moment. > Will let the list give you the pointers. > (I think 2007 PETS IX attack on Tor would be a place to start > (http://www.freehaven.net/anonbib/cache/murdoch-pet2007.pdf)) > > Thank you for noticing AND submitting about the bug > > Camilo >
