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

[Mario Vilas <mvilas@xxxxxxxxx>]

I also got that impression :( where is that clarified?

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:13 PM,  <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Withdrawn :P
>
>
> Quoting charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> I got the impression that they have fully compromised the actual TOR
>> network, not a dummy network, am I wrong?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> Quoting 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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