Anomalous keys in Tor relays

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Targeted hidden services:<p><pre><code> 222222avkcjpcbwi 22222tolarsrblkw 22u75kqyl666joi2 bxgxtfeka5jlfoxi e65rngozye7xbzlo escrowxzvepij47i freebay3yuvebsog ghemfwgrouuy5rsl h7f3q4yiw6rfpzwz jumpwtfbk44aa37y kpvz7ki2v5agwt35 luavqzwze3mduxyw lzxsffcd6pn4bg2w n3q7l52nfpm77vnf silkroadvb5piz3r tc43p6yceci5gh2y thehub7gqe43miyc tssa3saypkimmkcy tz4732fxpkehod36 vljyah4v3i3xiebn wd43uqrbjwe6hpre xcvwjwwnzjh3og2s xnyvcjj6ybauprjx </code></pre> Presence of the original Silk Road would indicate at least a pre-2014 start. Also a few other early darknet markets in there.

This is good work. Just like a competent IT department should pen test their own network, Tor needs white-hat hackers working to shake out the vulnerabilities.

Great work and paper. The fact 53% of the Tor relays have either shared prime factors or non-standard RSA components is worrying. This kind of research is mandatory.