> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 20:31:56 +0500 > From: Roman Mamedov <rm@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:13:13 -0400 > 12xBTM <12xbtm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Improving multi-core support can allow users to saturate high bandwidth >> connections with cheaper processors, less setup, and just more efficient >> deployment of high-capacity nodes in general. Improving multi-core >> support should be a major priority. > > Sure but I doubt anyone contests that it's better to have multicore support, > than to not have it. However that work doesn't get automatically done. > > One quick and simple stop-gap alternative that I suggested some time ago would > be to stop ignoring more than two relays per IP address. > > With the IPv4 shortage and abundance of multi-core CPUs, raising that limit to > let's say 4, would at least allow many people to run a Tor process per core on > the same single IPv4 that they have (utilizing up to four cores, not just two). This was suggested in https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13414 But the concern was that any increase to 2 relays per IP would make it much easier for sybil attacks. Perhaps we could try an increase to 3 or 4 per IP? teor teor2345 at gmail dot com pgp 0xABFED1AC https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5 teor at blah dot im OTR D5BE4EC2 255D7585 F3874930 DB130265 7C9EBBC7
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