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New PoW protocol implementation for onion services (blog.torproject.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Yubishi@lemmy.one to c/privacyguides@lemmy.one

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This is a new PoW protocol that will be used to defend against DDOSs

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[+] Nia@reddthat.com 12 points 2 years ago

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[–] gonzoknowsdotcom1@monero.town 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I wonder how this will effect vpn users of tor

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[–] jdaxe@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

VPN shouldn't make a difference

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[–] GregoryTheGreat@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It may if the IP is being shared with a lot of tor users or an attacker.

Why use a VPN to access tor though.

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[–] kugiyasan@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago

Probably if your country judges illegal to connect to the tor network, but not on a VPN. Iirc, a bridge could also hide the fact that you're connecting to the tor network tho

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[–] detun3d@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

It's an interesting feature and will be eager to see it in action. Surely hope it stays dormant most of the time though.

[–] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 years ago

Does this PoW deannonymise tor.