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spc50 wrote

What is the Sybil attack? Is this a term that is well defined with Tor?

Looks like someone trying to mass control exit nodes and sniff away.

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Rambler OP wrote (edited )

What is the Sybil attack? Is this a term that is well defined with Tor?

It's defined as:

In a Sybil attack, the attacker subverts the reputation system of a network service by creating a large number of pseudonymous identities and uses them to gain a disproportionately large influence.

Basically running a large number of network nodes (relays, exits) to analyze traffic and stuff.

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