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Computer's Heat May Unmask Anonymized PCs

Posted by Zonk on from the i-seee-you dept.

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.'"

3 of 146 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I didn't RTFA, but... by Arethan · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to TFA, no. Now maybe you want to R it. You must be new here...
  2. Re:I didn't RTFA, but... by Hooya · · Score: 5, Funny

    consider the parent posters ID: 25287
    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

    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.

  3. Re:I didn't RTFA, but... by johnw · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must be new here...