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Yeah I don't really see how this is surprising to anyone. Tor was created at the NRL [0] and they're pretty proud of it (you see things like this hanging on wal
by sndean 9y ago
Yeah I don't really see how this is surprising to anyone. Tor was created at the NRL [0] and they're pretty proud of it (you see things like this hanging on walls/doors [1]). Successful projects will always continue to receive funding.
[0] https://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/chacs/dingledine-tor-second-generation-onion-router https://www.nrl.navy.mil/itd/chacs/dingledine-tor-second-gen...
[1] https://media.torproject.org/image/official-images/Tor_Poster-001-1024.png https://media.torproject.org/image/official-images/Tor_Poste...
- jerheinze 9y ago> Tor was created at the NRL [0] The implementation was created by Roger independently of the NRL.
- compsciphd 9y agohttp://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=583 http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?TRID=583 "Computer scientist Roger Dingledine developed Tor under a contract with the U.S. Naval Research Lab; today, the software is distributed by the Tor Project, under the fiscal sponsorship of the Electronic Frontier Foundation."
- jerheinze 9y agoI can't find a source right now, but that refers to his work with Nick and Paul in that famous paper, and as far as I can remember he did code it himself in its first version (whether that was included in the NRL contract is something else).