Episode 112 - Tor (The Onion Router)
About this episode
Tor or (The Onion Router) is a free and open source project for allowing anonymous communication.
In this video I want to discuss this technology and explain how it works.
- What can sniffers really see?
- Why Tor? Why don’t we just use a VPN?
- How Tor Works?
- More about Tor
So if you are interested stay tuned.
Cards:
6:00 TLS
10:53 symmetric key encryption
TimeCodes:
Normal Request 1:30
What sniffers see 4:30
Why Tor and not VPN? 6:00
How Tor Works 8:50
More tor info 21:00
Tor Directory
Relay node
Exit node
Guard node
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