Re: privoxy test request

[Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 11:49:41AM +0300, Giorgos Pallas wrote:
> From the beginning of running a tor server and up to now, I notice that 
> the speed of browsing the internet using tor is next to unbearable. I 
> would like to ask anyone of you out there who are running a server with 
> a privoxy proxy, if you can open your privoxy for me (I'll provide you 
> with my IP), for a couple of hours, in order to test the possibility 
> that my slow speed is due to *my* server, and not tor in general.

Hi Giorgos,

You might find that some of your slow-down is due to trying to route
your traffic through your Tor server. Tor servers that are running near
their capacity try to be fair to all their users, and won't give you
any special treatment. This might mean that you're seeing more slow-down
than people who have their Tor client to themselves.

Try just running a Tor client + privoxy separately from your Tor server,
and let us know if you get better (or worse) performance.

Thanks,
--Roger