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Re: [tor-talk] Default clients to be non-exit relay LibTech x
That's a good idea. My ISP CenturyLink blocks incoming traffic I think...
On Aug 27, 2013 8:22 PM, "Griffin Boyce" <griffinboyce@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08/27/2013 07:29 PM, Percy Alpha wrote:
> > There're few problems with ISP when running non-exit relay. Users in
> > moderately censored areas can act as non-exit relay without causing
> problem
> > to the circuit. So why doesn't Tor default to non-exit relay? Users with
> > problems(e.g crappy hardware, ISP fireware) can manually change it to
> > client only to improve performance/trouble shooting.
> Honestly, I suspect that if the 500k-900k users that Tor has every day
> became middle nodes or bridges, it would probably overload the network.
> Not that directory authorities couldn't handle it (though sometimes I
> wonder), but then each end-user would have to download a far larger list
> of relays before using Tor. For someone using a bridge to connect, the
> latency could reach Pyongyang levels :P Theoretically, the directory
> authority could serve up a set of a thousand random nodes, and then the
> client software could select a random set to use initially.
>
> It's an interesting architecture problem.
>
> Beyond that though, geography is problematic. How does the network
> restrict nodes coming from hostile geographic areas, without notifying
> the authorities "Hey, this person is trying to help others bypass
> censorship" ?
>
> Maybe an intermediate step would be to offer two browser bundles for
> download -- one configured to be a bridge or middle-hop, and one that is
> just a client.
>
> What are your thoughts on it?
>
> ~Griffin
>
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