Re: Performance

[Alessandro Donnini <alexdonnini@xxxxxxxx>]

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True, I did take that into account. I could be mistaken but I think the main
problem lies with the proxy software. I think that Polipo and, especially,
Privoxy are pretty resource intensive, and affect performance more than Tor
itself. But, this is just an educated guess not based on any measurement.

Martin Balvers wrote:
> You are right, performance usually sucks. You can get lucky sometimes, and
> pick a route that actually has low latency, but that doesn't seem to
> happen very often.
> 
> Keep in mind that latency will always be higher than without tor, you do
> have to connect through 3 additional hops to get to your destination. If
> every hop happens to be on the other side of the planet, it can add up.
> 
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>> Hello,
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>> I have been using tor for about four months.
>> performance has been abysmal
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