[tor-dev] Internet-wide scanning for bridges

[Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) - lists]

On 12/13/14 1:33 AM, Vlad Tsyrklevich wrote:
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> I've attached a patch to warn bridge operators running with ORPort set
> to 443 or 9001 as a stop-gap measure.

IMHO the real point is that Tor, is not employing the techniques that
used since decades by the COMSEC solutions in the radio-frequency, that
is "frequency hopping".

On the internet we have TCP ports, on the radio-spectrum we have frequency.

Just apply the various, multiple, available, well documented techniques
used to provide additional L1/L2 safety to the radio-frequency
transmission techniques to Tor, et voilà, Tor would acquire important
resiliency properties against massive scanning.

That's just a concept and approach, it would require a bit more of
research, but i'm quite confident that would provide very important
benefit compared to the minor performance issues introduced.

-- 
Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
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