On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Juan Garofalo <juan.g71@gmail.com> wrote:
... "the nsa can't break tor"
Ha? tor developers admit that the nsa can break tor but schneider says otherwise?
your understanding is flawed. let me clarify: the NSA does not currently break Tor on demand at the protocol level. all indications are this is currently true. the NSA and others have great success around Tor by opportunistically watching users fuck up (see other usability thread), by pwning their horribly insecure systems (0days as far as the eye can see..), and by actively manipulating user paths to the Tor network or destination sites. "forget your global passive adversary threats, active denial and manipulation of service attacks are _really_ scary!" said another way, breaking Tor at protocol level is currently too expensive a solution to the same ends provided by much cheaper means.