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Date: 18 Jun 2014 at 17:41:43
To: tor-dev@lists.torproject.org tor-dev@lists.torproject.org
Subject: Re: [tor-dev] Tor Geolocating exit nodes.
On 06/18/2014 04:38 AM, JP Wulf wrote:
This geolocation could perhaps be used
So Griffin Boyce is canvasing for some input to improve Tor, specifially
for Journalists.
https://twitter.com/abditum/status/479052228138119168
1. It is known that various actors are trying to compromise Tor comms by
establishing
own exit nodes. With enough nodes, they can break Tor (see slides).
If your goal is to choose an exit specially to minimize risk of it being
run by a malicious actor, it seems choosing exits run by orgs you trust
would be better than choosing based on where someone is hosting a server.
But yes, you can choose exits by country. I'm not saying it's a good idea
or
On 06/18/2014 04:38 AM, JP Wulf wrote:
This geolocation could perhaps be used to validate the integrity of the
nodes (how I dont know, maybe by establishing TOR honeypots that can only
be compromised through traffic through a compromised (owned) exit node).
The Tor client does not trust the
