-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Generally some criteria for DirAuths are people who are trusted by the community, aren't raided very often/have legal troubles/could be legally compromised, people with an extensive understanding of how Tor works and people who can secure their systems from attacks. Remember every time a dirauth is added or change IP a new tor version must be released as they are hardcoded so it isn't a simple process to add a new one, not to mention intra-dirauth communication and verification.
- -T Tyler Durden: > > On 2014-12-22 23:20, Mirimir wrote: >> On 12/22/2014 02:18 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote: >>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 02:03:04PM -0700, Mirimir wrote: >>>> In light of recent posts from Thomas White and some node >>>> operators, I'm wondering whether "seizure" might be looking >>>> more like "compromise". There might be a range of attacks, >>>> from DDoSing to rooting, and perhaps even the covert >>>> installation of malicious hardware. Or is that too > alarmist? >>> >>> So far all is quiet on the directory authority front, and no >>> news is good news. >>> >>> As for Thomas's servers, I should emphasize that Tor exit >>> relays aren't the same as Tor directory authorities. There are >>> 1000+ exit relays in the Tor network, and it is normal (and >>> safe) for them to come and go for all sorts of reasons. He took >>> his relays down himself to be conservative while investigating, >>> but currently he's not thinking it has to do with law >>> enforcement. When he took them down, the Tor network >>> temporarily lost a little bit of exit capacity, but that too is >>> normal. >>> >>> There are six thousand plus relays in the Tor network right >>> now, and things are happening as usual. There's no indication >>> currently that anything in particular has happened recently. >>> >>> --Roger > >> Thanks for clearing that up. Sorry to confuse things. I saw in >> the list of trusted authorities at >> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8774833 that Riseup runs >> one, and somehow didn't see that Thomas was reporting on exit >> relays and mirrors. > >> I ought to chill, I suppose. > > So is there no need for some more trusted dir authorities? I mean > 10 for the whole networks seems a bit tiny. > > - -- Activist, anarchist and a bit of a dreamer. PGP Keys: key.thecthulhu.com Current Fingerprint: E771 BE69 4696 F742 DB94 AA8C 5C2A 8C5A 0CCA 4983 Key-ID: 0CCA4983 Master Fingerprint: DDEF AB9B 1962 5D09 4264 2558 1F23 39B7 EF10 09F0 Key-ID: EF1009F0 Twitter: @CthulhuSec XMPP: thecthulhu at jabber.ccc.de XMPP-OTR: 4321B19F A9A3462C FE64BAC7 294C8A7E A53CC966 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJUmKZBAAoJEFwqjFoMykmDF4MP/AmqhqMmgyj2RPvGboY5mRqC KSZNLIVoVtHqg8NpADyU1FmknCPe/JWi+ZTCA2Q1Hrcqupyqxu4xgTUCDDaKSfPz EGsSohHVdMX7IJhzZb3lybAYYzWnFcLLctD0EAHIOZ8IU5+JbIDjZT99xApYUuMB oWPXnDdbqgnknzq+TfJD7JSo0YWEbH/IzVGMXH22vbMRcOX0+qrDOLnEAm87PeKh rottMcbTBFWTOf1tvlp1M/JUQNK1bq+UG36MWuqjeSQ+9xqj1cMlfYaaG0079xd5 YkSAiJVYz8qbEg7y4UhnVg4rONGKUFSCUYxkJp1Ii6xiqyvHyl2VyrRPD1/Fjq+K X0Ak4hz3U9o/nreqjR4PVbkFKwJzFHb0gDVH70X2kjDmMFvog6OKIGuGIM/fsCvv aETCMF8Ng28rDI/U/rAq4dLfajEck8WSTOvuEdXWtGu+i+SxX30Xc51E4qCZN6Nz EPB6tPiZliBpKLct0s1hU14YyBoF57AF2CbV71UoMgpfVaTQBgejEQ8bGfUxEOL9 RJiRO96lPBj28tb4jSh1ue3N7k53zXkqg+wwS0zuEDNJCecDN6u1SBzxU5N6xAeY SNvpqhtoM3xGYxpXDJH9Dmh+ZyGfX3dwABhKkZxOEB1789bXnmDl3XN20pI2SZ1g InnOZqHk/WE8bl6jRyxo =Oph1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
