Re: [Full-disclosure] Tor anonymizing network Compromised by French researchers

[Travis Biehn <tbiehn@xxxxxxxxx>]

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?

-Travis

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Mohit Kumar <thehackernews@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> French researchers from 
> ESIEA<http://www.esiea.fr/c/en/Web.Esiea.Public.cuke?>,
> a French engineering school, have found and exploited some serious
> vulnerabilities in the TOR network. They performed an inventory of the
> network, finding 6,000 machines, many of whose IPs are accessible publicly
> and directly with the system’s source code. They demonstrated that it is
> possible to take control of the network and read all the messages that
> circulate.
>
> But there are also hidden nodes, the Tor Bridges, which are provided by the
> system that in some cases. Researchers have developed a script that, once
> again, to identify them. They found 181. "*We now have a complete picture
> of the topography of Tor*," said Eric Filiol.
>
> Read More at "The Hacker News" --
> http://thehackernews.com/2011/10/tor-anonymizing-network-compromised-by.html
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