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Re: [tor-talk] Lots of tor relays send out sequential IP IDs; please fix that!

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From: Joe Btfsplk <joebtfsplk@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:31:31 -0500
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On 3/31/2014 4:12 PM, Jann Horn wrote:

Well, the subject line pretty much says it all: Lots of Tor relays send out
globally sequential IP IDs, which, as far as I know, allows a remote party to
measure how fast the relay is sending out IP packets with high precision,
possibly making statistical attacks possible that could e.g. pinpoint the entry
guard a user or hidden service uses.

Why would this be? By design for some reason? Oversight?Misinterpretation of the data?

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