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Tor anonymity network to shrink as a result of Heartbleed flaw |
April 17, 2014
The Tor Project has flagged 380 Tor relays vulnerable to the critical Heartbleed flaw to be rejected from the Tor anonymity network, reducing the network’s entry and exit capacity.The decision has already been implemented on a Tor directory authority—a server that maintains a list of Tor relays—controlled by Roger Dingledine, the Tor Project leader, and is likely to be followed by other directory authority operators.The 380 relays flagged for rejection are trusted entry relays, also known as guards, and exit relays. As a result, the immediate impact of this decision would be a 12 percent reduction in the network’s guard and exit capacity, Dingledine said Wednesday in an email sent to the tor-relays mailing list.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2145280/tor-anonymity-network-to-shrink-as-a-result-of-heartbleed-flaw.html#tk.rss_all
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