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@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@ messaging server. Using ``rendezvous points'', other Tor users can
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connect to these hidden services, each without knowing the other's network
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identity.
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-Tor attempts to anonymize the transport layer, not the application layer, so
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+Tor attempts to anonymize the transport layer, not the application layer.
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+This is useful for applications such as ssh
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+where authenticated communication is desired. However, when anonymity from
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+those with whom we communicate is desired,
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application protocols that include personally identifying information need
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additional application-level scrubbing proxies, such as
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Privoxy~\cite{privoxy} for HTTP\@. Furthermore, Tor does not permit arbitrary
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@@ -761,7 +764,7 @@ tolerably well for them in practice.
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But of course, we would prefer that legitimate anonymous users be able to
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access abuse-prone services. One conceivable approach would be to require
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would-be IRC users, for instance, to register accounts if they wanted to
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-access the IRC network from Tor. In practise this would not
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+access the IRC network from Tor. In practice this would not
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significantly impede abuse if creating new accounts were easily automatable;
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this is why services use IP blocking. In order to deter abuse, pseudonymous
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identities need to require a significant switching cost in resources or human
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@@ -1454,7 +1457,8 @@ network: as Tor grows more popular, other groups who need an overlay
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network on the Internet are starting to adapt Tor to their needs.
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Second, Tor is only one of many components that preserve privacy online.
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-To keep identifying information out of application traffic, someone must build
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+For applications where it is desirable to
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+keep identifying information out of application traffic, someone must build
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more and better protocol-aware proxies that are usable by ordinary people.
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Third, we need to gain a reputation for social good, and learn how to
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Paul Syverson