Tor has been working extremely slowly for the last 1-2 weeks already. It takes several minutes in order to download a simple webpage. I don’t know whether it’s a Whonix-specific issue or not, but I’ve tried several obfs4 bridges as entry nodes, but Tor is still working very slow.
There was a thread on r/TOR
https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1cnmsdz/tor_extremely_slow_lately/
and other users are also reporting they have issues with slow Tor connections. Can you confirm the issue?
Are DDoS attacks possible via TCP? Because I was only possible via UDP.
However, Tor works quite quickly for me and I also use Bridge.
Reddit users are reporting they have problems with Tor network speed. NTH Tor relay operator says it’s a massive attack against Tor relays nowadays.
There is a thread on Tor Project forum and people are confirming the issue. The problem is now marked as a bug:
What type of a pluggable transport are you using?
I’m using obfs4.
General Tor network question. Unspecific to Whonix.
Yes. TCP SYN flood attack can be performed.
Some of Tor relay operators have confirmed a DDoS attack against their nodes:
It means Tor infrastructure is under heavy DDoS attack these days.