On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 09:27 -0600, Scott Bennett wrote: > On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:47:49 +0530 arshad <arsha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Sun, 2009-12-27 at 09:58 -0500, basile wrote: > > > >> arshad wrote: > >> > i want the traffic be encrypted as well? > >> > any workarounds? > >> > > >> > thanks. > >> > > >> > *********************************************************************** > >> > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with > >> > unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/ > >> > > >> It is encrypted except at the exit unless you use https or imaps or > >> whatever protocol + s. > >> > >> Let me illustrate. Suppose you go to http://www.google.com via > >> privoxy+tor, then you establish a tunnel like this: > >> > >> --------Tor's encryption-------------- > >> client ------ clear http -------------> Tor Relay ... > >> --------Tor's encryption-------------- > >> > >> This continues until you get to the exit > >> > >> --------Tor's encryption-------------- > >> ------ clear http -------------> Tor Exit ------ clear http > >> -----> > >> --------Tor's encryption-------------- > >> > >> So sniffing is impossible except at the exit. The admin at the tor > >> exit should never look at the traffic leaving his/her node. > >> > >> If you repeat the above, but go to https://www.google.com (note the > >> http+s), then the above changes in that the clear http is replaced by > >> encrypted https. Then even the tor exit node admin can't see your traffic. > >> > >> Hope this helps and that my ascii art didn't get wrapped beyond > >> readability. > >> > > > > > >thank you very much for your reply. > >the the ascii art really helped. > >now i have two doubts in this. > >1) is no one able to decrypt the tor's encryption? > >2) how can i trust the person who runs the tor's exit node? > > > >optional -3) [forgive me if it is too silly] > >why people run TOR nodes? is that only to support the community or other > >benifits as well? > > > Please, please, please read the material at the torproject.org web site. > Then read the documentation. The developers have put a lot of time and effort > into writing good documentation for us to read and understand. An awful lot > of the questions you have been flooding our in boxes with, including the > questions in your message above, could have been avoided by your taking *your* > responsibility to read the documentation that has been provided to you. Note > further that the bulk of the documentation was installed onto your own > computer as part of the tor installation. Please read it. > Once you have done your homework, people on this list will be much > happier to address any questions you still have after you do your part. > > > Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG > ********************************************************************** > * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * > *--------------------------------------------------------------------* > * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * > * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * > * -- a standing army." * > * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * > **********************************************************************
:D thanks for the advice. iv been doing it and i will follow it in hte future also. *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
