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Was this a genuinely dumb oversight on the student's part? Harvard WiFi requires students to log in with unique IDs to gain access (http://www.fas-it.fas.harvar

Was this a genuinely dumb oversight on the student's part? Harvard WiFi requires students to log in with unique IDs to gain access (http://www.fas-it.fas.harvard.edu/node/189 http://www.fas-it.fas.harvard.edu/node/189), so Harvard can monitor and log all of your traffic. Does this mean Harvard could in theory have this transmission recorded as it goes in to the TOR network? Would something as simple as going across the street to Panera Bread have thwarted this kind of investigation? I'm really curious if the flaw in this kid's plan was that obvious.

belluchan 13y ago
I'm sure the manual part of logging in with his identification only happens once and is stored by his computer which automates the identification in the future so he may have forgotten this.
- daughart 13y ago
  It's unfortunate that I seem to remember this fact every time I watch porn on said network. :-s
  - belluchan 13y ago
    Better than TOR for stuff like that is to rent a server and create an ssh tunnel through it. This is not anonymous and will not hide you from law enforcement, for example DPR did this and his information was subpoenaed by the FBI. But whoever you are renting a server from cares a lot less about you and what you do on a network than your college network. Your requests over the ssh tunnel will be encrypted and also much faster than tor. You can set up squid as a proxy and change your Firefox or OS proxy settings to connect via your proxy. This is also a good way to get around GEO IP restrictions. Like if you rent a server in the UK and do this you can watch the BBC.
fru2013 13y ago
>Does this mean Harvard could in theory have this transmission recorded as it goes in to the TOR network? They would not be able to decrypt the traffic, but they would be able to tell that it is traffic going through the TOR network. >Would something as simple as going across the street to Panera Bread have thwarted this kind of investigation? Probably, though they may have figured him out through different means.

belluchan 13y ago

I'm sure the manual part of logging in with his identification only happens once and is stored by his computer which automates the identification in the future so he may have forgotten this.

daughart 13y ago
It's unfortunate that I seem to remember this fact every time I watch porn on said network. :-s
- belluchan 13y ago
  Better than TOR for stuff like that is to rent a server and create an ssh tunnel through it. This is not anonymous and will not hide you from law enforcement, for example DPR did this and his information was subpoenaed by the FBI. But whoever you are renting a server from cares a lot less about you and what you do on a network than your college network. Your requests over the ssh tunnel will be encrypted and also much faster than tor. You can set up squid as a proxy and change your Firefox or OS proxy settings to connect via your proxy. This is also a good way to get around GEO IP restrictions. Like if you rent a server in the UK and do this you can watch the BBC.

fru2013 13y ago

>Does this mean Harvard could in theory have this transmission recorded as it goes in to the TOR network? They would not be able to decrypt the traffic, but they would be able to tell that it is traffic going through the TOR network. >Would something as simple as going across the street to Panera Bread have thwarted this kind of investigation? Probably, though they may have figured him out through different means.