Black Hat : Is Tor really anonymous?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 24, 2009

“Tor is the global onion router network that provides anonymous
internet transit for users. The way it works is there is a transit
circuit with multiple hops, Fu explained that the entry point knows
where the packets comes from and the exit router knows where the
packet goes.

“Fu claimed that he had discovered a number of mechanisms by
which he could create malicious routers and inject them into a Tor
router circuit.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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