On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 04:57:15PM +0100, Ralf-Philipp Weinmann wrote:
A really good multiplier would be to package Tor into a malware vector.
Yeah. That would really work. We should pitch that idea to some spammers :) Enough cover traffic in *THAT* mix-network as well...
Port 25 is blocked in default exit policy. Script kiddies are already using the Tor network, whether you like it, or not. Spammers who already command vast armies of zombies would laugh at your Tor network. Trafic remixing buys nothing for them, but a means to conceal control traffic (which they don't seem to bother with, bouncing traffic of 0wn3d machines seems to be enough). All they want is to pump out as much traffic as possible, any overhead just slows them down. Of course packaging Tor in a malware vector would result in bad press. However, as things currently go, offering anonymity already firmly puts you into drug-trafficking pedophile terrorist mobsters corner. So, have you stopped beating your wife yet? -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]