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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,