[tor-dev] Proposal: Stop giving Exit flags when only unencrypted traffic can exit

Peter Tonoli peter+tor at metaverse.org
Wed Jan 6 13:32:51 UTC 2016


Quoting Tim Wilson-Brown - teor <teor2345 at gmail.com>:
> If we ensure that Exits must pass some encrypted traffic, then  
> running an Exit is less attractive to an adversary.

I'd argue that it's marginally less attractive. They still have the  
opportunity to inspect some unencrypted traffic.

> And even adversaries contribute useful, secure bandwidth to the Tor Network.

This could also potentially backfire: adversaries can create local  
(non-tor) policies to throttle encrypted exit traffic, while not  
throttling unencrypted traffic.

Peter..







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