TOR is for anonymization; so how to add encryption as well?

[arshad]

On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 09:27 -0600, Scott Bennett wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:47:49 +0530 arshad <arshad3m at gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 09:58 -0500, basile wrote:
> >
> >> arshad wrote:
> >> > i want the traffic be encrypted as well?
> >> > any workarounds?
> >> >
> >> > thanks.
> >> >
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> >> It is encrypted except at the exit unless you use https or imaps or
> >> whatever protocol + s.
> >> 
> >> Let me illustrate.  Suppose you go to http://www.google.com via
> >> privoxy+tor, then you establish a tunnel like this:
> >> 
> >>              --------Tor's encryption--------------
> >> client         ------ clear http ------------->        Tor Relay ...
> >>              --------Tor's encryption--------------
> >> 
> >> This continues until you get to the exit
> >> 
> >> --------Tor's encryption--------------
> >>     ------ clear http ------------->         Tor Exit ------ clear http
> >> ----->
> >> --------Tor's encryption--------------
> >> 
> >> So sniffing is impossible except at the exit.   The admin at the tor
> >> exit should never look at the traffic leaving his/her node.
> >> 
> >> If you repeat the above, but go to https://www.google.com (note the
> >> http+s), then the above changes in that the clear http is replaced by
> >> encrypted https.  Then even the tor exit node admin can't see your traffic.
> >> 
> >> Hope this helps and that my ascii art didn't get wrapped beyond readability.
> >> 
> >
> >
> >thank you very much for your reply.
> >the the ascii art really helped.
> >now i have two doubts in this.
> >1) is no one able to decrypt the tor's encryption?
> >2) how can i trust the person who runs the tor's exit node?
> >
> >optional -3) [forgive me if it is too silly]
> >why people run TOR nodes? is that only to support the community or other
> >benifits as well?
> >
>      Please, please, please read the material at the torproject.org web site.
> Then read the documentation.  The developers have put a lot of time and effort
> into writing good documentation for us to read and understand.  An awful lot
> of the questions you have been flooding our in boxes with, including the
> questions in your message above, could have been avoided by your taking *your*
> responsibility to read the documentation that has been provided to you.  Note
> further that the bulk of the documentation was installed onto your own
> computer as part of the tor installation.  Please read it.
>      Once you have done your homework, people on this list will be much
> happier to address any questions you still have after you do your part.
> 
> 
>                                   Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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:D thanks for the advice.
iv been doing it and i will follow it in hte future also.

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