On 12/22/2014 02:18 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 02:03:04PM -0700, Mirimir wrote: >> In light of recent posts from Thomas White and some node operators, I'm >> wondering whether "seizure" might be looking more like "compromise". >> There might be a range of attacks, from DDoSing to rooting, and perhaps >> even the covert installation of malicious hardware. Or is that too alarmist? > > So far all is quiet on the directory authority front, and no news is > good news. > > As for Thomas's servers, I should emphasize that Tor exit relays aren't > the same as Tor directory authorities. There are 1000+ exit relays in > the Tor network, and it is normal (and safe) for them to come and go for > all sorts of reasons. He took his relays down himself to be conservative > while investigating, but currently he's not thinking it has to do with > law enforcement. When he took them down, the Tor network temporarily > lost a little bit of exit capacity, but that too is normal. > > There are six thousand plus relays in the Tor network right now, and > things are happening as usual. There's no indication currently that > anything in particular has happened recently. > > --Roger
Thanks for clearing that up. Sorry to confuse things. I saw in the list of trusted authorities at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8774833 that Riseup runs one, and somehow didn't see that Thomas was reporting on exit relays and mirrors. I ought to chill, I suppose. -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
