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fix a few typos and clarify one point. i hope we have
an editor who actually edits, rather than the traditional academic role of editors. but in any case, it'll do. great. svn:r10581
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@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ network. This ``distributed trust'' approach means the Tor network
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can be safely operated and used by a wide variety of mutually
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distrustful users, providing sustainability and security.
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The Tor network has a broad range of users making it difficult for
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The Tor network has a broad range of users, making it difficult for
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eavesdroppers to track them or profile interests. These include
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ordinary citizens concerned about their privacy, corporations who
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don't want to reveal information to their competitors, and law
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@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ This distribution of trust is central to the Tor philosophy and
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pervades Tor at all levels: Onion routing has been open source since
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the mid-nineties (mistrusting users can inspect the code themselves);
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Tor is free software (anyone could take up the development of Tor from
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the current team); anyone can use Tor without license or charge, (which
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encourages a broad userbase with diverse interests); Tor is designed to be
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usable (also promotes a large, diverse userbase); and configurable (so
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the current team); anyone can use Tor without license or charge (which
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encourages a broad user base with diverse interests); Tor is designed to be
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usable (also promotes a large, diverse user base) and configurable (so
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users can easily set up and run server nodes); the Tor
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infrastructure is run by volunteers (it is not dependent on the
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economic viability or business strategy of any company) who are
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@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ blockable is important to being good netizens, we would like to
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encourage services to allow anonymous access. Services should not need
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to decide between blocking legitimate anonymous use and allowing
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unlimited abuse. Nonetheless, blocking IP addresses is a
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course-grained solution~\cite{netauth}: entire appartment buildings,
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course-grained solution~\cite{netauth}: entire apartment buildings,
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campuses, and even countries sometimes share a single IP address.
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Also, whether intended or not, such blocking supports repression of
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free speech. In many locations where Internet access of various kinds
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@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ example, the Freenode IRC network had a problem with a coordinated
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group of abusers joining channels and subtly taking over the
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conversation; but when they labelled all users coming from Tor IP
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addresses as ``anonymous users,'' removing the ability of the abusers
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to blend in, the abuse stopped. This is an illustration of how simple
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to blend in, the abusers stopped using Tor. This is an illustration of
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how simple
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technical mechanisms can remove the ability to abuse anonymously
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without undermining the ability to communicate anonymously and can
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thus remove the incentive to attempt abusing in this way.
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