[tor-talk] Possible upcoming attempts to disable the Tor network

RussiaTor at mail2tor.com RussiaTor at mail2tor.com
Sat Dec 20 22:24:05 UTC 2014


> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 06:34:23PM -0000, RussiaTor at mail2tor.com wrote:
>> Is it Russia? They put up a $110,000 bounty to take down Tor only about
>> 5
>> months ago:
>
> No, it's (probably) not Russia.
>
> Also, as I understand it, the Russian word in this situation was more
> like asking researchers to propose for research grants. The translation
> 'bounty' or 'contest' was a bad translation and caused a string of
> misleading articles. It is like saying that the National Science
> Foundation is holding a contest for Tor research.
>
> Please correct me if I am misunderstanding the translation.
>
> --Roger
>

Thanks for the clarification.

So, if this attack doesn't happen by say this coming Friday, are you
assuming it won't happen in the future?

Thanks for putting this out there




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