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Re: [tor-dev] Number of directory connections
tordev123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Mike Perry <mikeperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tor-dev] Proposal: Padding for netflow record resolution reduction
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 21:12:54 -0700
>
>> Tor clients currently maintain one TLS connection to their Guard node to
>> carry actual application traffic, and make up to 3 additional connections to
>> other nodes to retrieve directory information.
>
> That doesn't seem to be the case. Tor from TBB 5.0 startup (directory info was a couple of days old):
>
> [GUARD] xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:443 received: 17967 sent: 12865
> [dizum] 194.109.206.212:443 received: 564549 sent: 19078
> [Faravahar] 154.35.175.225:443 received: 253909 sent: 55616
> [maatuska] 171.25.193.9:80 received: 132954 sent: 28519
> [tor26] 86.59.21.38:443 received: 370630 sent: 80132
>
Fun data :)
You are lucky because your guard is also a directory cache, so you have the
option of asking your guard directly for directory documents.
There are many unlucky people whose guard is not a directory cache, so they have
to reach out to additional guards to get directory documents :x
I think most powerful guards are directory caches, so most people are lucky in
the end. All people will be lucky when we finally implement and deploy #12538.
Take care!
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