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[minion-cvs] Strengthen anti-ping warning



Update of /home/minion/cvsroot/src/minion/lib/mixminion
In directory moria.mit.edu:/tmp/cvs-serv20303/lib/mixminion

Modified Files:
	ClientMain.py 
Log Message:
Strengthen anti-ping warning

Index: ClientMain.py
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RCS file: /home/minion/cvsroot/src/minion/lib/mixminion/ClientMain.py,v
retrieving revision 1.85
retrieving revision 1.86
diff -u -d -r1.85 -r1.86
--- ClientMain.py	30 May 2003 03:07:56 -0000	1.85
+++ ClientMain.py	30 May 2003 03:28:26 -0000	1.86
@@ -2222,9 +2222,13 @@
     print "==========================================================="
     print "WARNING: Pinging a server is potentially dangerous, since"
     print "      it might alert people that you plan to use the server"
-    print "      for your messages.  This command is for testing only,"
-    print "      and will go away before Mixminion 1.0.  By then, all"
-    print "      listed servers will be reliable anyway.  <wink>"
+    print "      for your messages.  Even if you ping *all* the servers,"
+    print "      an attacker can see _when_ you pinged the servers and"
+    print "      use this information to help a traffic analysis attack."
+    print
+    print "      This command is for testing only, and will go away before"
+    print "      Mixminion 1.0.  By then, all listed servers will be"
+    print "      reliable anyway.  <wink>"
     print "==========================================================="
 
     parser = CLIArgumentParser(options, wantConfig=1,