Re: same first hops

["Gregory Maxwell" <gmaxwell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 11:50 PM, M <moeedsalam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ok understood, so in actuality he would have to be observing 3 things:
>
> 1) The user' s computer (timing and size)
> 2) the first hop ((timing and size)
>
> 3) the last hop ((timing, size and anythign else)
>
> He would have to be observing the user computer, as there would be no other
> way to correlate the first hop with the user, since the IP is hidden at the
> first hop, correct?

Hidden after the first hop.

The first hop knows your IP, otherwise it couldn't talk to you.