On 17/03/14 19:00, perezza.manuel wrote: > I strongly discourage any user to use the tor network for the > following reasons: > > 1) Bundled browser is full of vulnerabilities (Remote access > included)
[citation needed] > 2) Most of the nodes are owned by people who will perform Mitm > attacks even more if you use a layer 7 encrypted protocol. The > chances of having an outgoing node that does spy and perform Mitm > are absolutely not 0. First of all, an MITM attack is not possible for normal Tor nodes as they can only see encrypted traffic. For the exit nodes, however, MITM attacks are indeed possible and have been done before.* However, if you are using end-to-end encryption, an MITM attack is presumably not possible without your browser warning you, providing that the CA system is secure. This is not unique to Tor, by the way, as MITM attacks are possible on ANY network. Regarding MITM attacks, you should also read: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/plaintext-over-tor-still-plaintext and the usual Tor warnings: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en#warning * see "Exposing malicious exit relays" under https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-weekly-news-%E2%80%94-january-22th-2014 > 3) The bandwith on that network is limited. Indeed, but Tor users often change their web browsing and internet usage habits to adapt to the slower speeds. Tor is also much faster now than it was, say, a few years ago. > Even if that network transport all kind of dogshit, it does also > transport legit traffic in countries where acting out of the box > might get you killed. I don't understand what you mean. > OP was "is OpenDNS safe to use?" ... My answer is no because you do > not own it. I think the meaning of "safety" is vague and difficult to answer. Andrew.
