Tor servers seized in Germany

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Jason Weisberger <jweisberger () mac com>
Date: September 13, 2006 5:57:00 AM JST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: Re: [IP] Tor servers seized in Germany

Dave,

Seems the server confiscation was not directed at tor. The tor  
servers were just a few of many confiscated in a mass round-up of  
servers that may or may not have been involved.

BoingBoing has a piece on it:

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/11/tor_german_police_ar.html

--
Jason Weisberger
http://www.bother.com

On Sep 11, 2006, at 5:16 PM, David Farber wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>
> Date: September 11, 2006 11:51:04 PM JST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Tor servers seized in Germany
>
> For IP, perhaps.
>
> According to
> http://itnomad.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/germany-crackdown-on-tor- 
> node-operators/
> some Tor servers have been seized, allegedly because they were used to
> view or distribute child pornography.  Of course, Tor servers are  
> just a
> conduit, just as the Internet itself is just a conduit.  It's the
> anonymity service that's apparently troubling law enforcement.
>
>                 --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
>
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