The cheap low risk node majority attack, pki, geoip, etc

[juan]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2016 14:59:26 -0400
Steve Kinney <admin at pilobilus.net> wrote:


> The State Department funds TOR to defeat national firewalls of
> "repressive regimes", enabling communication favorable to the U.S.
> National Interest.

	true

> TOR is a two edged sword that can also be used
> against the National Interest, so the NSA thinks TOR stinks.

	False, please do not post garbage. By now any 'observer' should
	realize that the nsa is a 'fully capable' 'global passive
	adversary'  - In no way tor can be used against the **US**
	national interest.

	HELL, even tor scumbags admit it

	http://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/chacs/biblio/users-get-routed-traffic-correlation-tor-realistic-adversaries

	Do your fucking homework Steve.


>  But
> apparently State, CIA etc. will not give TOR up, because of its role
> in the development and management of dissident groups in countries
> slated for destruction.

	There's absolutely no reason for the US government to give up
	tor since it's perfectly working AS DESIGNED AND INTENDED.


	


> 
> A really big bump in TOR traffic crossing the borders of "repressive
> regimes" could create traffic jams that degrade TOR's performance
> right where the State Department wants TOR to work best, and escalate
> the arms race between TOR and the operators of national firewall
> filters.  This would shift the cost/benefit ratio for TOR's sponsors
> in the wrong direction.  Hence "hairball."
> 
> One possible solution would be to build privacy directly into Internet
> protocols.  That could drive the costs associated with network
> surveillance way up compared to today's rates, while making TOR and
> etc. redundant.
> 
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6973
> 
> Of course, every State and Corporate stakeholder will unite against
> implementing any such scheme, even if practicable solutions are found.
>  But someday, somewhere a window of opportunity might open up, and
> meanwhile "there's no such thing as wasted basic research."
> 
> :o/
> 
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