On 2010-02-23 Paul Campbell wrote: > "TorChat" is an inofficial chat client for the Tor network. I like > the idea behind "TorChat": easy to use, usb-stick portable and runs on > Windows 98. > > These are the problems I see with "TorChat": > > 1. No authentication. There is no way you can know for sure that the > person you are chatting with is the person you chatted with yesterday. > Tor's hidden services don't make any such guarantees about incoming > connections. The clients stay anonymous.
Which, if you think about it, is the whole point of anonymizing software. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "Avoid third party code whenever possible. Take the time and reinvent the damn wheel." --The Peon's Guide To Secure System Development *********************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/