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Re:Tor's Open Research Topics (2018) by maltalex on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:44AM (#19035957)
If you already have an anonymous VPS you can trust then just get a couple more and chain them together instead of using TOR.
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Re:Tor's Open Research Topics (2018) by kuroguro on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:46AM (#19035978)
The first one in the chain could identify you easily tho.
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Re:Tor's Open Research Topics (2018) by Ajedi32 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @12:02PM (#19036861)
That's true of Tor entrance nodes too. The key is to not let the first node in the chain know _what_ you're sending, and not let the last node in the chain know _who_ is sending it.
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Re:Tor's Open Research Topics (2018) by cypher_ on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @01:36PM (#19037831)
This is the exact problem solved by onion-routing. The first node is called "Guard" for a reason, it can directly monitor all incoming connection to the network, but if onion-routing is used and the system is properly designed, it usually doesn't matter. The only information revealed is the fact that someone has connected.
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