Watching Tor Traffic Flows

TLDR: DDoS a hidden service, and if you can watch enough of the TOR network (Or the whole internet) at once, you can figure out the public IP of the hidden service, just by watching traffic flows.

A screenshot shows a social-media post explaining that observing enough Tor traffic can reveal the public IP address of a hidden service. The joke is the absurd scale of the solution: to identify one hidden service, you would need to monitor nearly the entire internet. It is shared as a humorous reaction to impractical cybersecurity advice. EN: A screenshot shows a social-media post explaining that observing enough Tor traffic can reveal the public IP address of a hidden service. The joke is the absurd scale of the solution: to identify one hidden service, you would need to monitor nearly the entire internet. It is shared as a humorous reaction to impractical cybersecurity advice.

• @infosecmemes / 417 2020-09-21