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TL;DR: Tor is a peer-to-peer anonymity system providing TCP-like connections over SSL/TLS on TCP port 443.

Anonymity can be used for good. It can be used for evil. A botnet has been seen utilizing Tor.

There's a program called "Caploader" with a checkbox labeled "Identify protocols". Checking the box can identify traffic speaking the current vanilla Tor protocol.



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