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