[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index]

Re: [tor-talk] Contents of PirateBrowser 0.6b



On 13-08-31 12:25 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 04:29:18PM +0000, Matt Pagan wrote:
>> # Configured for speed
> 
> Just for the record, the three lines here don't help speed much (or
> maybe at all).
> 
>> ExcludeSingleHopRelays 0
> 
> This first line says it's ok to use relays that allow you to make one-hop
> circuits. Roughly speaking, there aren't any relays like that in the
> network (it's not the default). And even if there were, it wouldn't make
> the circuits your client builds any speedier (except I guess through
> a second-order effect where you're willing to use relays that all the
> other clients are unwilling to use).

Perhaps they meant latency?
That could affect the response time and perceived speed of page
rendering more than the total byte throughput.

-- 
tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to
https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk