[tahoe-dev] some people seem think the public web gateway protects them from their government

[Jacob Appelbaum]

On 11/01/2010 04:36 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> 
> I think it makes sense to take down the pubgrid public gateway.  I
> realize it lets people sort of play with things before they install a
> client, but as you point out it's a use that has really broken security
> properties and that makes it feel more harmful than helpful.
> 

Perhaps it would be worth improving the security of the public gateway?

Either offering it over a (Tor) hidden service or wrapping it in TLS
(ala HTTPS) with a nice warning in many languages, including Chinese?

Or perhaps all of the above? What's the harm?

All the best,
Jake