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Tor Blacklisting Exit Nodes Vulnerable To Heartbleed

msm1267 (2804139) writes "The Tor Project has published a list of 380 exit relays vulnerable to the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability that it will reject. This comes on the heels of news that researcher Collin Mulliner of Northeastern University in Boston found more than 1,000 nodes vulnerable to Heartbleed where he was able to retrieve plaintext user traffic. Mulliner said he used a random list of 5,000 Tor nodes from the Dan.me.uk website for his research; of the 1,045 vulnerable nodes he discovered, he recovered plaintext traffic that included Tor plaintext announcements, but a significant number of nodes leaked user traffic in the clear."

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  1. Re:So much for Net Neutrality. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...It sucks unless you are Russia, China, or a terrorist.

    Or, unless you want to know the truth about how your government is spying on you. Oh, and how they trade your personal info regarding your finances, health, etc. with their friends. That sucks, too.