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points by 0cf8612b2e1e 3 days ago | 0 comments

If you were really sneaky, could you add some small jitter to the network responses to make it more difficult to locate?

[–] fn-mote 3 days ago

Jitter is not a defense against statistical analysis. Additional lag might be what you want.

[–] 1e1a 3 days ago

Additional constant delay? Isn't that also easily defeated when you're measuring from multiple nodes?

[–] adyavanapalli 3 days ago

You can only _add_ jitter. So presumably you make people think you're farther away than you really are. I guess if you're especially clever, you can manufacture responses to packets you haven't sent yet to throw people off.

[–] Hnrobert42 3 days ago

Or just block inbound ICMP.

[–] cowlevel 3 days ago

No. You would need to add hundreds of milliseconds depending on the sender's location.