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Re: Thesis: Improving Tor using a TCP-over-DTLS Tunnel



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Roger Dingledine wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Joel Reardon has finished his thesis at U Waterloo under the guidance
> of Ian Goldberg. He looked at switching Tor's transport from TCP to
> UDP. There are still many unsolved problems before we can do the switch,
> but the thesis walks through a lot of the issues as well as future
> work. It's definitely worth a look.
> 
> http://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/4011
> 
> --Roger
> 
> 
Thanks for posting that. It seems to me that having different streams
would make it easier to discern what types of data are being sent. Also,
in the situation where an adversary was watching both ends of the
connection or trying to deduce which computer was a hidden service, I
would imagine that dividing up the streams would make it easier. I don't
know much about network dynamics though, nor have I read the paper.

Regardless, that's some really good, interesting research and I like
seeing this kind of thought being put into Tor.

For those of you who prefer https:
https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/4011

Ringo
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