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That only works if the attacker doesn't know the guard node is you. If they do all you've done is made the middle mode the guard.
by pstrateman 5y ago
That only works if the attacker doesn't know the guard node is you.
If they do all you've done is made the middle mode the guard.
- jerheinze 5y ago> That only works if the attacker doesn't know the guard node is you. That's not how Tor nodes work. Once you setup a guard node (and it got enough reputation) you won't be the only person using the guard node. Also de-anonymization attacks require you to know the traffic coming to the guard node (and if you run a trustworthy one yourself and you're not dealing with a global passive adversary then there's no way the attacker will be able to see the incoming traffic to the guard node).
- pstrateman 5y agoIf the node is yours there's a good chance the standard list of adversaries know that you run it.