Re: Broadband Reports: Tor Network Bogged Down by P2P

[Martin Balvers <m.balvers@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Also, as a middleman node, you don't know what kind of data is being 
transmitted because everything is encrypted.

Ben Wilhelm wrote:

> No, because as a midpoint node, you have no way of knowing where the 
> data is coming from or going to - besides "the computer that just 
> connected to you" and "the computer that you're about to connect to".
>
> -Ben
>
> Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
>
> > 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