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Re: Broadband Reports: Tor Network Bogged Down by P2P
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, jed c wrote:
Well, tor allows you to block exit traffic. Is there also a way to block
*transit* traffic?
-Dan
Guess I spoke to soon (without thinking).
--- Ben Wilhelm <zorba@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So, um, how exactly do you track how much bandwidth
each user is using
on a network whose sole goal is anonymization?
I was thinking about something on the user side. I
don't know how many users would edit the source code
to get around something like this.
And then let's associate that information with a
server that's supposed
to have an admin email contact available.
I understand that tor is about privacy and anonimity.
-Ben
jed c wrote:
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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