#28921: tor-prompt command 'GETINFO desc/all-recent > /dev/null' fails ---------------------------+----------------------------------- Reporter: wagon | Owner: atagar Type: defect | Status: needs_information Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Core Tor/Stem | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: descriptor | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: ---------------------------+-----------------------------------
Comment (by atagar): > This is the node which knows IP of Tor user. If guard is known it is very simple to deanonymize tor user. This is incorrect. Eavesdropping on a guard simply tells you that someone is using tor. Not where they're going. Deanonymization, say via a correlation attack, requires monitoring both your entry *and* exit traffic. The strength of tor is this distribution of information. It's easy (albeit malicious and in many places illegal) to snoop on who uses tor by running a guard. It's also easy to figure out what tor is being used for by snooping on an exit. What tor makes difficult is **deanonymizing** you which requires both at the same time, which thanks to the size of the tor network is quite difficult. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/28921#comment:7> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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