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September 7, 2013 09:44 pm GMT
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The NSA Can Read Some Encrypted Tor Traffic
Security expert Robert Graham has done a bit of research and posts that the encryption standard used by earlier versions of the "secure" Tor protocol is most probably insecure and readable by the NSA. The vast majority of Tor servers run version 2.2 of the software which uses 1024 bit RSA/DH encryption. This is the same encryption standard that has been publicly cracked by the NSA and can be subverted in a few hours using very expensive custom chips.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/bB8BX5slQzg/
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