Computer's Heat May Unmask Anonymized PCs 146
Virtual_Raider writes "Wired is carrying a story about a method developed by security researchers to identify computers hiding behind anonymity services. From the article: 'His victim is the Onion Router, or "Tor" — a sophisticated privacy system that lets users surf the web anonymously. Tor encrypts a user's traffic, and bounces it through multiple servers, so the final destination doesn't know where it came from. Murdoch set up a Tor network at Cambridge to test his technique, which works like this: If an attacker wants to learn the IP address of a hidden server on the Tor network, he'll suddenly request something difficult or intensive from that server. The added load will cause it to warm up.'"
Hot enough to... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I didn't RTFA, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I didn't RTFA, but... (Score:5, Funny)
consider your id: 223197
then, consider the fact that you found "You must be new here" a novel response - at least novel enough for you to use it. let me just say, *You* must be new here.
P.S. i hope the recursive irony - including my ID and the parent posters ID - is self evident. no need for recursive "*You* must be new here" replies. please think of the children.
P.P.S. i don't really think recursion is the right word. but the fact that an 'older' user is declared 'new' by a newer user on each child post should lead to a division by zero, a black hole, or at least a bazzarro world somewhere... or it might just be my bed time.
Re:I didn't RTFA, but... (Score:4, Funny)
Everyone knows that no number of P.P.P.P.P.P.P.S.s that you can add will prevent SOMEONE from posting this very comment.
Re:I didn't RTFA, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I didn't RTFA, but... (Score:4, Funny)
awww