Re: Hey guys, here is another (great?) idea

[Ben Wilhelm <zorba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What if you're in a location where you can't contribute - behind a 
firewall, for example? Should they be required to pollute the server 
list with useless data?

For that matter, what if you already *have* a server located elsewhere 
running 24/7, like I do, but don't want to run it from home for legal 
reasons?

-Ben

Matt Thorne wrote:
> it would work better if they were required to contribute.
>
> On 11/19/05, Arrakis Tor <arrakistor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hello fellow tor-nerds,
> >
> > This was mentioned to me last week. It was suggested to me to
> > implement Torpark as a Firefox plugin.
> >
> > Well, I don't think that would work since Torpark is designed to be
> > stand-alone and mobile.
> >
> > But tell you what, if we fitted Tor to be a firefox XPI/extension it
> > sure would be the most popular Firefox plugin ever.
> >
> > What if we created a Firefox plugin for just Tor, and it allowed
> > Firefox users to configure their level of involvement (using firefox
> > extension as the GUI). They could set if they were just rendezvous/man
> > middle, or even if they wanted to let their machine be an exit node,
> > and of course plug their browser into Tor directly (thanks to firefox
> > 1.5 and later). All from a simple firefox extention.
> >
> > This would be an excellent solution to bandwidth issues, an bring a
> > new level of global involvement for Tor server presence.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > ST