Quick question about TOR and use of SSL

[F. Fox]

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1.) No, using SSL over Tor doesn't "short circuit" its anonymization.
The result is end-to-end security AND anonymity.

2.) While some folks complain that SSL screws up filtering proxies (like
Privoxy) and may cause extra info to be leaked, I believe that all of
that should be taken care of in the browser - and on my setup, indeed it is.

Therefore in such a scenario, SSL is the best thing to use if you can
get it, since it prevents the exit node from sniffing your traffic - the
one big privacy hole left in Tor.

(That's also a common misconception - Tor doesn't magically provide
end-to-end encryption for the whole Net. Traffic can still be sniffed at
the exit and after the exit, unless SSL is being used.)

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F. Fox
AAS, CompTIA A+/Network+/Security+
Owner of Tor node "kitsune"
http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com
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