[tor-relays] >50% tor exit capacity is now safer against ContactInfo impersonation attacks

2021-09-09 Thread nusenu
Hi, when analyzing unusual activities on the tor network one of the problems always was the fact that tor relay ContactInfos are an unverifiable claim. This has been exploited by malicious entities multiple times to setup malicious relays using other people's contact details. Since the release

Re: [tor-relays] router_do_orport_reachability_checks()

2021-09-09 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
All: After enabling Tor debug logging, we were able to verify the procedure of theĀ  router_do_orport_reachability_checks() function. TheĀ router_do_orport_reachability_checks() function creates a circuit using a random Guard and Middle Relay with the Exit Relay always being itself. This can be ver