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Re:Comcast Declares War on Tor? by Houshalter on Sunday September 14, 2014 @06:11AM (#8314912)
Isn't Tor supposed to be an encrypted tunnel?
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Re:Comcast Declares War on Tor? by jpalioto on Sunday September 14, 2014 @03:00PM (#8315923)
Yes. But, with VPN it looks something like this:

Me -> TOR encrypts data -> VPN encrypts data -> data goes through tunnel -> VPN decrypts data -> TOR encrypted data passes through first node -> TOR encrypted data passes through relay node -> TOR decrypts data as it passes through the exit node -> swish nothing but net

This gives protection from the ISP and from the VPN provider -- I have to trust neither.

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Re:Comcast Declares War on Tor? by Houshalter on Sunday September 14, 2014 @07:35PM (#8316617)
It seems excessive; tor traffic already goes through 3 different nodes. And if the ISP is banning tor there is no reason they wouldn't/couldn't ban VPNs.
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Re:Comcast Declares War on Tor? by jpalioto on Monday September 15, 2014 @10:24AM (#8319041)
Too many people use VPNs for work.
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