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Am I correct in assuming that MPTCP could potentially make snooping on in-transit data somewhat more troublesome? All potential pathways would need to be monito
by crishoj 13y ago
Am I correct in assuming that MPTCP could potentially make snooping on in-transit data somewhat more troublesome? All potential pathways would need to be monitored simultaneously in order to reconstruct the application-layer stream.
On the other hand, all cross-Atlantic traffic is likely to pass through the same few undersea cables, regardless of the "first 50 miles" are covered (3G/WiFi), so the net effect on snoop-ability is probably null.
- scott_karana 13y ago> On the other hand, all cross-Atlantic traffic is likely to pass through the same few undersea cables, regardless of the "first 50 miles" are covered (3G/WiFi), so the net effect on snoop-ability is probably null. Wouldn't the traffic be split over multiple IPs (not all of which might be known), and wouldn't latency sometimes cause them to be out of sequence? It's definitely not as simple as "monitor this singular connection", though of course it's still feasible.
- crishoj 13y agoIndeed, on the surface, the multiple IPs would increase the amount of obscurity. Can anyone familiar with the protocol clarify if there are any other header elements which reveal that the packets belong to the same abstract TCP connection?