Yeah I see but I still think that we need to add some more to prevent a massive interrupt of the network. If I would be an evil government attacker I wouldn't go for the thousands of relays or exits but for the very small amount of trusted DirAuths.
Greetings On 2014-12-23 00:16, Thomas White wrote: > Generally some criteria for DirAuths are people who are trusted by the > community, aren't raided very often/have legal troubles/could be > legally compromised, people with an extensive understanding of how Tor > works and people who can secure their systems from attacks. Remember > every time a dirauth is added or change IP a new tor version must be > released as they are hardcoded so it isn't a simple process to add a > new one, not to mention intra-dirauth communication and verification. > > -T > > Tyler Durden: > > > 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 -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
