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  1. Filename: xxx-hide-platform.txt
  2. Title: Hide Tor Platform Information
  3. Version: $Revision$
  4. Last-Modified: $Date$
  5. Author: Jacob Appelbaum
  6. Created: 24-July-2008
  7. Status: Draft
  8. Hiding Tor Platform Information
  9. 0.0 Introduction
  10. The current Tor program publishes its specific Tor version and related OS
  11. platform information. This information could be misused by an attacker.
  12. 0.1 Current Implementation
  13. Currently, the Tor binary sends data that looks like the following:
  14. Tor 0.2.0.26-rc (r14597) on Darwin Power Macintosh
  15. Tor 0.1.2.19 on Windows XP Service Pack 3 [workstation] {terminal services,
  16. single user}
  17. 1.0 Suggested changes
  18. It would be useful to allow a user to configure the disclosure of such
  19. information. Such a change would be an option in the torrc file like so:
  20. HidePlatform Yes
  21. 1.1 Suggested default behavior in the future
  22. If a user would like to disclose this information, they could configure their
  23. Tor to do so.
  24. HidePlatform No