Opened at 2014-12-08T03:48:34Z
#2350 new enhancement
Persistent Introducer connections leak IP addresses even when idle
Reported by: | cloud_trouble | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | undecided |
Component: | code-network | Version: | 1.10.0 |
Keywords: | privacy | Cc: | |
Launchpad Bug: |
Description
When the tahoe service is running it maintains a TCP connection to the Introducer (and storage servers?) even when idle. This can lead to unintentional information leaks.
For example, every coffee shop a user visits learns the user's home IP address (if she runs a node there), even if she hasn't used tahoe.
This might conflict with user's expectations: when a user "puts" or "gets" a file, she knows she is connecting to the tahoe nodes; but when the service is running in the background, she may not expect it to be maintaining connections.
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