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Tor Users Urged To Update After Security Breach

Posted by timothy on from the points-of-failure dept.

An anonymous reader writes "If you use Tor, you're cautioned to update now due to a security breach. In a message on the Tor mailing list dated Jan 20, 2010, Tor developer Roger Dingledine outlines the issue and why you should upgrade to Tor 0.2.1.22 or 0.2.2.7-alpha now: 'In early January we discovered that two of the seven directory authorities were compromised (moria1 and gabelmoo), along with metrics.torproject.org, a new server we'd recently set up to serve metrics data and graphs. The three servers have since been reinstalled with service migrated to other servers.' Tor users should visit the download page and update ASAP."

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  1. Sooo...... by NeutronCowboy · · Score: -1, Troll

    How many child porn downloaders and uploaders are shitting their pants right about now? My guess is more than spies and Chinese dissidents.

    --
    Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.
    1. Re:Sooo...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      There's no denying that child molesters make up the vast majority of the Tor user base, in fact the main use that Tor has served is as a warning to what people will do when you grant them excess freedom from reprocussions. Of course, this comment will be modded 'troll' just like the parent, because the slashtard stallmanites don't want it known that 2 out of 3 tor sites either host child porn, or are pointers to such.

      To anyone who wants to know the truth --go ask the devlopers over at the freenet project how much harm the child molesters cause the anonymity movement -at least THEY are willing to admit to the truth!

    2. Re:Sooo...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      People with sexual urges will eventually create an opportunity act on them, and readily available pornographic content simply encourages them by giving them validation and a sense of moral acceptance. While this is not a problem for most heterosexual males who can simply purchase a few minutes with a prostitute as a last resort -it's a huge problem for child molesters as it is inherently impossible for a child to offer their consent, even ignoring the physical impossibilities of having sex without causing damage.

      So, it's not possible to make a valid comparison between normal, adult desires (where there can be reciprocity and fulfillment) and the desires of a pedophile (where there can never be mutual desire, consent nor legal fulfillment). This creates a situation where a pedophile will inevitably become much more desperate than a normal person could ever imagine. While the occasional pedophile may hold himself back (or, more nobly, commit suicide) he is by far the exception.

      Sooner or later, the pedophile must act on his desires, or commit suicide. Sadly, too few deviants are noble enough to choose the latter course of action.

    3. Re:Sooo...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Everyone who modded the parent up is a gullible jackass. Please GTFO /. now, you idiots!

    4. Re:Sooo...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      People with sexual urges will eventually create an opportunity act on them,

      Catholic priests.

  2. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck a nigger today.

  3. Re:Tor weaknesses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm surprised. That seems very insightful for a girl.