Slashdot Mirror
Tor - The Yin or the Yang?
An anonymous reader writes "Whitedust is running a interesting article on Tor, The Onion Router project sponsored by the EFF. Tor aims to offer anonymous internet use. Once sponsored by the Naval Research Lab with support from DARPA, it is now managed by The Free Haven Project. Although Tor claims to improve safety and security, the article goes into detail on how Tor can be used as a anonymous attack platform."
It's already being used this way. Friends still in IRC have been fighting Tor attacks by crapflooders that require 15-20 bans to get rid of the jerk. and the IP's line up with Tor proxies.
It's not hard to modify the client to do nasties for you. hell it can be used to attack any web forum easily without modification.
unfortunately the kiddies discovered it useful for attacking already.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
For a society to be free, it MUST be possible for people to do things that are against the law. That's just how it works. If people do something illegal then you can punish them, but only an extremely facist government could hope to prevent crimes before they occur.