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September 2nd, 2010, 01:24 PM
#11
Originally Posted by gore
Dude...That's actually kind of neat!
So what does it do?
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September 2nd, 2010, 03:52 PM
#12
Originally Posted by simplesi
thanks Westin.
I've had a look at Tor and i've got some more questions;
How is Tor more safe than other proxies?
When you mention SSL Strip on exit nodes, do you mean the end client could be in effect, waiting to attack your PC?
Personally i'm just researching security at the moment. I've had a quick look around and i think Tor looks like it'd be excellent as a way of bypassing web/content filters etc but you mention it's not good for security? Can you elaborate on this?
With Tor, you have several systems that your traffic is being routed through. As you have probably read, it stands for The Onion Router -- As a reference to the multiple layers of an onion.
From the main site:
Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol.
With SSL Strip, they are not necessarily going to attack your system, but possibly eavesdrop on your traffic. Here is one example of traffic compromised by an exit node:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/s...exit-nodes/503
I imagine this information was going through in plain text. Though if you take a look at this video: http://vimeo.com/3970303 -- I am sure you can think of some good possibilities for picking up seemingly encrypted traffic. So with that said, Tor offers a relatively high level of anonymity, but not much in the way of security. Bottom line, don't use it to access sensitive accounts/information.
\"Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink.\"
-HST
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September 3rd, 2010, 07:08 PM
#13
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September 3rd, 2010, 07:11 PM
#14
nihil - Did you mean BFG? As in the BFG9000?
\"Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink.\"
-HST
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September 3rd, 2010, 07:47 PM
#15
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September 3rd, 2010, 09:43 PM
#16
lol. I was just going off of the Doom games...
\"Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong drink.\"
-HST
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