Timeline for Secure my connection with VPN router & Tor
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| Oct 10, 2013 at 7:50 | comment | added | mirimir | As I understand it, Xiang Cai and coworkers show that neither VPNs nor Tor can prevent website fingerprinting. Isn't it quite a jump from website fingerprinting to detecting some Tor-specific fingerprint that reveals Tor traffic within VPNs? And even if VPNs can't entirely hide Tor traffic, they hide it better than doing nothing does. Also, I don't see why other approaches for obfuscating Tor traffic couldn't be used together with VPNs. | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 6:41 | comment | added | adrelanos | Hiding Tor from your ISP by using a VPN stands on very shaky ground, see VPN/SSH Fingerprinting. | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 2:55 | history | edited | alaf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 10, 2013 at 1:51 | comment | added | mirimir | @alaf - Let's say that I want to access, as anonymously as possible, a website that blocks all Tor exit relays. What would you suggest? | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 1:38 | comment | added | mirimir | If my ISP knows that I'm using Tor, then it's easy for my government to also know. I don't want that. It's true that the VPN provider sees my Tor traffic. But, if the provider is in a country with better privacy laws, or is prepared to resist compromise, I'm better off. Using VPNs over Tor is useful when Tor alone is unworkable. I agree that it's less anonymous. But it's not necessary to be anonymous all the time. I'm not anonymous as mirimir. But I am not so easy to find. Tor, VPNs, etc are all tools, and each tool has its uses. | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 0:08 | comment | added | user1634730 | from the first answer "@mirimir" give me a good choice for a new methodology "VPN2 over Tor over VPN1" whats ur opinion about it?, is it will give me more anonymity!? and privacy too from VPN providers & my ISP !? thanx for your reply i'm really appreciate that :) | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 0:05 | vote | accept | user1634730 | ||
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| Oct 9, 2013 at 23:54 | history | answered | alaf | CC BY-SA 3.0 |