Re: [tor-relays] Relay security, re: local network

2013-09-25 Thread Luther Blissett
On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 19:10 +0300, Joe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning to run a Tor relay on a spare computer at home. Security is > a concern, and not only regarding the machine running the relay but also > my other computers. Are there any (theoretical or otherwise) known > attacks a person can

Re: [tor-relays] Relay security, re: local network

2013-09-25 Thread Lukas Erlacher
Running a tor relay will increase your attack surface vis-a-vis the internet in the same way that running any other internet-facing service that could be owned (via, say, a buffer overflow) would. In general, it is also common that once somebody has taken over a machine inside your internal networ

Re: [tor-relays] Relay security, re: local network

2013-09-25 Thread David Carlson
On 9/25/2013 11:10 AM, Joe wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning to run a Tor relay on a spare computer at home. Security > is a concern, and not only regarding the machine running the relay but > also my other computers. Are there any (theoretical or otherwise) > known attacks a person can perform on a ru

[tor-relays] Relay security, re: local network

2013-09-25 Thread Joe
Hi, I'm planning to run a Tor relay on a spare computer at home. Security is a concern, and not only regarding the machine running the relay but also my other computers. Are there any (theoretical or otherwise) known attacks a person can perform on a running Tor relay to take remote control o