On 08/23/2010 10:04 PM, David Carlson wrote: > I am a newbie here. Since they use SSL, isn't it overkill to route your > connection through Tor? I know it is a pain to switch Tor on and off No, it's not an overkill since tor does not provide end-to-end encryption, but anonymity on the level of IP addresses. Actually it is highly recommended to use tor with ssl secured services: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#CanexitnodeseavesdroponcommunicationsIsntthatbad michael -- Michael Scheinost michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Jabber: m.scheinost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key ID 0x4FF8E93B
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