@HulaHoop - your follow up answer (looks like setting connection padding to 1 doesn’t make any difference)
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2020-August/045634.html
On Sat, Aug 8, 2020 at 3:59 PM procmem at riseup.net wrote:
Hi. I was wondering if setting the connection padding setting in torrc
to 1 instead of auto has any benefit in protecting against a passive
adversary outside the Tor network.I don’t think it’ll have much effect? The “auto” option means “pad
when padding is negotiated”; the “1” option means “pad even if the
relay doesn’t have padding support.” But all currently supported
relay versions ought to have padding support, so there shouldn’t be a
difference, in theory.If I understand correctly (and Mike could correct me here), in its
current form, the ConnectionPadding option helps against ISPs who are
using common flow-logging settings on their internet routers, or
against after-the-fact adversaries who get access to these logs later
on. It isn’t so useful against an adversary who has set up better
logging in advance.(Mike, did I get this right?)
cheers,
Nick
PS Good job on the Thunderbird email stuff.