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The problem with a timing attack is you need to put a large number of nodes in to the network, and the Tor stewards monitor and blacklist suspicious arrivals.
by nly 13y ago
The problem with a timing attack is you need to put a large number of nodes in to the network, and the Tor stewards monitor and blacklist suspicious arrivals. If you wanted to do this you'd need to use a diverse set of IPs gradually over time. It's definitely possible though, I agree.
- kyboren 13y agoBut an observer who can see traffic between most Tor nodes doesn't need to run Tor relays to do attack scenario 2). I'm not sure how far that gets you, though. Maybe 2) in combination with just a few honeypot nodes would be most effective. And in any case, NSA can certainly rent an essentially-unlimited number of cloud server instances under a front company, no?
- owenmarshall 13y ago>And in any case, NSA can certainly rent an essentially-unlimited number of cloud server instances under a front company, no? You might not even need to. Depending on how many ISPs have QUANTUM boxes installed you could just squat on unallocated IPs and route traffic back to Fort Meade, yea? I mean, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/785152-166819124-mitm-google.html https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/785152-166819124-mit..., jesus, if that's out there...