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Re: Broadband Reports: Tor Network Bogged Down by P2P
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The solution seems simple to me. Anyone using huge
amounts of bandwidth should be required to run a tor
router.
> Chris Palmer wrote:
>
>>----- Forwarded message from John Gilmore
<gnu@xxxxxxxx> -----
>>
>>From: John Gilmore <gnu@xxxxxxxx>
>>Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:40:18 -0700
>>Subject: [E-IP] Broadband Reports: Tor Network
Bogged Down by P2P
>>
>>http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/68438
>>
>>Some time ago our security regulars broke down the
logistics behind
>>Tor, an anonymity tool from the Electronic Frontier
Foundation. It was
>>designed for whistle-blowers, political dissidents,
researchers, and
>>others concerned about exchanging information
without authoritarian
>>backlash. Sadly network performance is being
jeopardized by
>>file-traders looking to evade the RIAA.
>>
>>File traders have been reconfiguring their Bit
Torrent clients to take
>>advantage of the network. Unfortunately the Tor
network wasn't
>>designed with high volume porn transfer in mind, so
the activity is
>>slowing it down to a crawl. The likely result will
be the EFF running
>>against the grain of their mandate, and restricting
network use.
>>
>>...
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>>----- End forwarded message -----
>>
>>
>>
> Bah, I see no problem with using it to evade the
RIAA. sure, it sucks
> for us Tor people who use it for what is was
intended for. It just
> means we need more nodes, and we need to grow more
to support this
> demand. I'm all for giving the finger to "the man."
>
> It's time for Tor to expand, not regulate. And if
expansions isn't
> possible, just let it suck! I can't imagine many
fileshare people will
> cleave unto dial-up speeds with their broadband...
Once they learn that
> it sucks to use Tor, they'll stop. We need
knee-jerk decisions in this
> project like we need knee-jerk political actions...
>
> But, that's just my $0.02
>
>
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