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Re: [tor-talk] [IDEA] Google App Engine, Tor Hidden Service Viewer



I'm not saying it's secure enough for illegal activity but it could
download a couple of pirated ebooks or whatever people want. Just keep a
Java Back end. Yeah there would be logs. Not anonymous or secure but eh
it's so useful.
On Jan 13, 2014 10:11 AM, "Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Il 1/13/14, 4:17 PM, Nathan Suchy ha scritto:
> > Explain what you mean by reach your mirrored and why would I get a
> > complaint for proxy service? I already do this and many others do too
> with
> > ease. Google protects it's members.
> Some comments on this idea:
>
> * It's not possible to prevent Google from logging the access to the Tor
> Hidden Service and to provide those access logs following an authorized
> request from a governmental agencies, thus possibly exposing
>
> * It's not possible to configure the SSL/TLS Ciphers of Google App
> Engine, so the connection could not have Perfect Forward Secrecy
>
> * Google App Engine does not let you have an always-on process server
> side, enforcing a maximum execution time (last time i checked, some
> years ago, it was 30 seconds) . Tor connection process keep some time in
> order download the descriptors, connect. So it may create some
> additional load over Tor network by the need to connect and disconnect
> to the Tor network and does some Guard/Directory traffic.
>
> So i'd consider to be careful in which kind of "use case" are defined
> for such kind of project, especially when compared to Tor2web
>
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> Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
> HERMES - Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights
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