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Lack of SNI encryption is the Achilles heel of modern web when it comes to oppressive regimes blocking access. Between encrypted SNI (Or domain name fronting),
by psychphysic 4y ago
Lack of SNI encryption is the Achilles heel of modern web when it comes to oppressive regimes blocking access.
Between encrypted SNI (Or domain name fronting), encrypted DNS and of course HTTPS. The biggest legitimate use case of Tor would vanish.
- hoppla 4y agoIt will still be possible to correlate IP addresses and hostnames. You can only hope for plausible deniability provided that the site you are visiting share IP address with a bunch of other sites.
- ianlevesque 4y agoWhile true, I feel this reasoning has been used to delay improving the situation for far too long. There's a big difference between "accessed this CDN IP used by thousands of websites" and "deliberately connected to example.com"
- mindslight 4y ago> Between encrypted SNI (Or domain name fronting), encrypted DNS and of course HTTPS. The biggest legitimate use case of Tor would vanish. Your comment was on point up until this. Just because the Tor use you seemingly most identify with is access from oppressive regimes to the western web, doesn't mean that the rest should be shunned. If you want to make political points about specific other uses of Tor, do it explicitly rather than maligning the whole project.
- sweetbitter 4y agoIs it 'illegitimate' that I read all of my preferred news content and chat on the internet using Tor?
- psychphysic 4y agoIt's not really why I've run a relay for nearly a decade. But it's better than filesharing I suppose.