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Re: [tor-talk] TorBirdy seems to connect to the same exit node again and again



On 04/13/2015 10:15, l.m wrote:
Explicitly closing circuits completely would break third-party
applications in unpredictable ways. It would generate errors that
would lead to posts to tor support describing weird application
behaviour. On the other hand explicitly closing application related
streams requires tor to be aware of the processes using it. Which
means additional logic to handle not just source port per application
stream but also source address (for the shared tor instance). If
you've seen the backlog of tickets you would understand why a major
change like this is not ideal.

If there's a problem. Either of applications not closing the
connection, or a server not closing the connection. These are problems
that should be fixed--not hidden by tor. That isn't to say what you
propose isn't a good idea, just it might be better left to custom
controllers. I think tor-devs might prefer to avoid feature creep.

I understand your concerns. But I would also like to point out that "New Identity" for most implies new identity for everything. This is how, I believe, majority of technically not very savvy mass users thinks.

Also, tolerance to the broken connections is supposed to be built into most modern well-behaved apps. At least that is what is reasonably expected from the apps in the world when poor connections, ex. barely functioning WiFi, is a commonplace.

So I would say that the users should be given such option, provided they are informed of what it actually does.

Yuri
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