Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Tor is a useful tool, but it is hardly foolproof. A recent attack launched by researchers at Carnegie Mellon highlighted some of the weaknesses with the system. In particular, in a Tor like system control over a large number of participating nodes can be used to deanonymize traffic and potentially link users with the sites that they visit.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Tor is a useful tool, but it is hardly foolproof. A recent attack launched by researchers at Carnegie Mellon highlighted some of the weaknesses with the system. In particular, in a Tor like system control over a large number of participating nodes can be used to deanonymize traffic and potentially link users with the sites that they visit.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
