full-disclosure - Re: Tor anonymizing network Compromised by French researchers

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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:57:36 +0200
From: doc mombasa <doc.mombasa@...il.com>
To: secn3t@...il.com
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Tor anonymizing network Compromised by French
	researchers

care to share some of those drugs you're taking?
i'm low on supplies here..

2011/10/26 xD 0x41 <secn3t@...il.com>

> Hello!
> I dont know why, but i really enjoyed his talk.
> I guess i was abit in tune with the humorous side ofit, but, i think he did
> a great, fun job :P
> I mean, it was prettymuch a session of , dont use svn/cvs , use git ,but
> with abit of fun
> for once!
> I like this,m aslong as it doesnt become a disturbing trend amongst linux
> programmers,i doubt that,
> then it was really a cool speech about git, and, although i use both git
> and svn, i see no problems with svn sofar, as a simple system that is, in
> comparison to gitweb/git , wich is also simple but i guess it has alot more
> advantages.
> i liked the video!Thanks!
> xd
>
>
>
> On 25 October 2011 08:22, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Thor (Hammer of God)
>> <thor@...merofgod.com> wrote:
>> > *Any* assumptions that presuppose security based on social affiliation
>> need to be reconsidered.
>> Linus Torvalds would disagree with you. Git is secure because Linus
>> has friends :) See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 at
>> 27:43.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> >
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk [mailto:
>> full-disclosure-
>> >>bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk] On Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
>> >>Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 9:32 AM
>> >>To: Travis Biehn
>> >>Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
>> >>Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Tor anonymizing network Compromised by
>> >>French researchers
>> >>
>> >>On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:53:02 EDT, Travis Biehn said:
>> >>
>> >>> So they put up a fake network, 'hacked' most of the nodes, and with
>> >>> complete control of their dummy network they were able to figure out
>> >>> traffic movement?
>> >>>
>> >>> This is news why?
>> >>
>> >>It's not news - it's *long* been known that Tor would be breakable if
>> >>somebody pwned a sufficient percentage of the nodes.  It's been regarded
>> as
>> >>a mostly theoretical attack, because the sort of people that run Tor
>> have up to
>> >>now been the paranoid type that tend to secure their systems better.
>> >>
>> >>The only part of *news* in it was this:
>> >>
>> >>"Researchers showed that one third of the nodes are vulnerable,"
>> >>
>> >>So maybe the "people who run Tor are more paranoid" assumption is flawed
>> >>and needs to be reconsidered.
>>
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