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On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:24:18AM -0800, spencerone@openmailbox.org wrote:
> Krishna,
> 
> krishna e bera keb at cyblings.on.ca:
> >Tor (not an uppercased acronym)
> >
> 
> Why?
> 

See p. 129 of http://www.acsac.org/2011/program/keynotes/syverson.pdf
also
https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#WhyCalledTor

aloha,
Paul

(Note, the German meaning of 'Tor' mentioned in the FAQ is discussed in the
"A Peel of Onion" paper, the Turkish meaning is apparently a fine-meshed net.)
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