On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:42:43AM +0100, David-Sarah Hopwood wrote: > Eugen Leitl wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 01:22:01PM -0400, EdPimentl wrote: > >> http://torrentfreak.com/huge-security-flaw-makes-vpns-useless-for-bittorrent-100617/ > > > > Only if you use a particular, known broken VPN > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protocol > > > > *and* have IPv6 enabled. > > It's clear that PPTP has severe security weaknesses as a VPN, but what > I'm wondering is why anyone thought that a VPN would provide anonymity. > > I suppose you can specifically design a VPN for anonymity (that's > approximately what Tor, I2P, etc. are), but what was the basis of the > argument that any-old-VPN would provide it?
And even if you are using a network designed for anonymity, you can still lose if you use applications that weren't designed with your privacy in mind -- for example one of the many bittorrent clients that send your IP address and/or other identifying information to the other side at the application layer. https://blog.torproject.org/blog/bittorrent-over-tor-isnt-good-idea --Roger _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
