On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 07:18:58PM -0500, Chris wrote: > > Tor uses a set of currently 8 directory > > authorities (I operate one of them, gabelmoo), and uses them to > > bootstrap. Blocking them all is easy, and prevents bootstrapping for Tor > > clients that aren't using bridges, but if a bridge is available they are > > not required for bootstrapping purposes. If a sufficient number of them > > are compromised, an adversary can do bad stuff like skew the popularity > > of a relay or prevent a relay from joining/add a relay that isn't really > > online, etc. Unless a majority of them are hijacked it is very hard to > > pull off those attacks unnoticed, tho. > > Good to hear. Thanks for the info.
You may also like https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#KeyManagement --Roger _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
