Re: [tor-talk] A question about hidden services and tor in general

[DeveloperChris <developerchris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks

I found this discussion on the subject
https://blog.torproject.org/category/tags/anonymity

Will try to read through it thoroughly later tonight.

DC

Please keep the replies civil. I know there is one in every crowd. Don't be that one.




On 02/11/2013 11:16 AM, Mirimir wrote:
> On 11/01/2013 06:16 PM, DeveloperChris wrote:
> > I just reviewed the tor hidden services page. so I am pretty green about
> > the way it works.
> >
> >
> >  From the description I gather this
> >
> > When a client wants to connect to a hidden service an introducer picks a
> > random rendezvious point which then is used to shuttle packets back and
> > forth between the client and the hidden service.
> >
> > If I wanted to discover the location of the hidden service is it not
> > simple to act as the rendezvious point? If I had enough resources and
> > flooded tor with nodes eventually one of my nodes would be chosen as the
> > rendezvious point and therefore I have the client IP (me) the
> > rendezvious point ip (me) and the supposedly hidden services ip (target).
> >
> > Then to cover my tracks I spread a story about how the target left clues
> > in facebook pages etc etc..
> >
> > How does tor prevent this type of attack?
> Both hidden services and clients accessing hidden services connect to
> rendezvous points via three-relay Tor circuits.
>
> > Please keep the replies civil. I know there is one in every crowd. don't
> > be that one.
> >
> > DC

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