-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2014-12-22 23:20, Mirimir wrote: > 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.
So is there no need for some more trusted dir authorities? I mean 10 for the whole networks seems a bit tiny. - -- Sam Grüneisen - President Frënn vun der Ënn A.S.B.L. enn.lu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iF4EAREIAAYFAlSYoAwACgkQzowS8yos8RuQSQD/Yyzt64YBQCaaQExIfcAiF49S mAmFxPsxYUOzOWXjNFYA+wQIedyODblASUbFMOXLt6WvkklXm3ItRwzHhfpWYm/R =xyEC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
