On 01/02/2017 06:56 AM, Aeris wrote: >>> Tor model breaks down when facing a modest government adversary for the >>> simple reason that having only 7000 relays total, with a minority of >>> them carrying most of the traffic, invites cheap infiltration and >>> takeover by state adversaries. >> >> Yeah, that's a problem :( > > That’s a theorical problem. > Currently, most of the major guard operators are well known people and no > doubt they’re not engaged with three-letter agencies. > > > https://github.com/ornetstats/stats/blob/master/o/main_guard_operators.txt
Good. That's what I had assumed. So a major infiltration would be hard to hide. Those "well known people" would need to be covert operatives. And deploying covert operatives long-term is nontrivial. > Regards, > _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
