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Re: Cell size

To: Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, or-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, RM <romanrm@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Cell size
From: RM <romanrm@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:48:32 +0600
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On Apr 11, 2005 10:52 AM, Nick Mathewson <nickm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is this an issue for you in practice?  Sure, there is inflation on
> short-chunked protocols like IRC, but IRC is not a very high-bandwidth
> protocol to begin with.  Have you tried this and run into problems, or
> does it just seem worrisome in theory?

Yes, I have been burned by this (spent lots of traffic while trying
out tor, and noticed it a bit too late). IRC does not send lots of
data by itself, but there can be a lot of messages, especially if you
are on several active channels. And with tor, lots of (small)messages
amount to lots of data.

-- 
With Respect,
Roman

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