Akleider, you didn't include attribution for the person you are quoting, which is a bit rude and also means I can't be sure who it was. From context, I *think* it is the original poster Scott:
On 16/09/12 13:06, aklei...@sonic.net wrote:
I'm using this to write a program I'm calling TORdialer with the goal of attempting to basically ping all possible TOR hidden service pages with the goal of having an absolutely complete list of all TOR hidden services on the net right now.
Did you really think that when a group of really smart security and network experts sit down to design a protocol for hiding services from discovery, that it would actually be vulnerable to a programming beginner who just lists out all the possible sites and pings them? And the TOR designers didn't think of that? I'm sorry if this comes across as condescending, but it's kinda cute that you thought this was viable. TOR is designed to be resistant to discovery from people with the full resources of the United States and Chinese governments. Believe me, they already considered the "brute force attack" where you list out every possible address. If every person in the world runs their own TOR hidden network, then the chances of you pinging *even one* by accident is about 1 in 172703688516375. If your TORdialer program could ping a million addresses per second, you would need to run it non-stop for over five years just to find *one* address. "An absolutely complete list"... oh my stars and garters. (Remember those maths classes on permutations and combinations that you probably thought were totally pointless? *This* is why they're important.) -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
