http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/12/29/using-computer-clock-skew-to-crack-anonymity-networks/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/12/29/using-computer-clock-skew-to-crack-anonymity-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-3277 Shava Nerad Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:30:11 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/12/29/using-computer-clock-skew-to-crack-anonymity-networks/#comment-3277 Just to clarify a few things -- Steven's attack is based on Tor's hidden services, not normal end users. Hidden services are probably considerably less than 1% of the Tor network activity -- it's a way to hide chat or web services' geographical location, as might be used by the military to conceal command and control servers (one of the original purposes for which the US Naval Research Labs designed onion routing, the ancestor of Tor). <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Hidden services have never been able to be made highly secure or well performing, but Steven's research is still important and interesting. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> And Tor is not a project of EFF, although our URL is there, and they have been and continue to be great friends of the project. As of today we have become our own nonprofit. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Shava Nerad Executive Director The Tor Project Just to clarify a few things — Steven’s attack is based on Tor’s hidden services, not normal end users. Hidden services are probably considerably less than 1% of the Tor network activity — it’s a way to hide chat or web services’ geographical location, as might be used by the military to conceal command and control servers (one of the original purposes for which the US Naval Research Labs designed onion routing, the ancestor of Tor).

Hidden services have never been able to be made highly secure or well performing, but Steven’s research is still important and interesting.

And Tor is not a project of EFF, although our URL is there, and they have been and continue to be great friends of the project. As of today we have become our own nonprofit.

Shava Nerad
Executive Director
The Tor Project

]]> http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/12/29/using-computer-clock-skew-to-crack-anonymity-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-3278 Shava Nerad Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:30:11 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2006/12/29/using-computer-clock-skew-to-crack-anonymity-networks/#comment-3278 Just to clarify a few things -- Steven's attack is based on Tor's hidden services, not normal end users. Hidden services are probably considerably less than 1% of the Tor network activity -- it's a way to hide chat or web services' geographical location, as might be used by the military to conceal command and control servers (one of the original purposes for which the US Naval Research Labs designed onion routing, the ancestor of Tor). <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Hidden services have never been able to be made highly secure or well performing, but Steven's research is still important and interesting. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> And Tor is not a project of EFF, although our URL is there, and they have been and continue to be great friends of the project. As of today we have become our own nonprofit. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Shava Nerad Executive Director The Tor Project Just to clarify a few things — Steven’s attack is based on Tor’s hidden services, not normal end users. Hidden services are probably considerably less than 1% of the Tor network activity — it’s a way to hide chat or web services’ geographical location, as might be used by the military to conceal command and control servers (one of the original purposes for which the US Naval Research Labs designed onion routing, the ancestor of Tor).

Hidden services have never been able to be made highly secure or well performing, but Steven’s research is still important and interesting.

And Tor is not a project of EFF, although our URL is there, and they have been and continue to be great friends of the project. As of today we have become our own nonprofit.

Shava Nerad
Executive Director
The Tor Project

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