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TOR doesn't have the bandwidth to spare. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of a a Sent: 19 February 2007 19:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Security concerning Tor, BitTorrent and Firewall USING: Tor & Privoxy & Vidalia bundle 0.1.1.26 Windows XP Home µTorrent 3com firewall HAPPENINGS: I am using Tor behind a 3com firewall, in connection with µTorrent. Before using Tor I -naturally, having not opened any ports on the firewall- experienced low connection (up&down) rates in µTorrent. However, after installing the Tor bundle and configuring µTorrent for use with the Tor proxy server (as described at http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO#head-0d047b05e9b 93c23cec9198550816a114012bde0), I suddenly experienced connection speeds which would equal those, had I used a normal port forward on my firewall. QUESTIONS: Firstly, how does this work? Secondly -on account of a port forward always being a security risk- Is this a similar security risk? And lastly, if it is indeed a security risk (no matter how small), does this apply to other programs than BitTorrent clients, using the Tor proxy server? __________ I first inquired with the Privoxy about this issue (presuming that it was related to Privoxy) and I recieved the following response: > --- Date: 2007-02-19 13:17 Sender: fabiankeil </users/fabiankeil/> --- > Are you sure that your provider doesn't throttle BitTorrent traffic? > By using Tor you prevent your ISP from knowing which services (other > than Tor itself) you're using and this could explain why using Tor > speeds up your BitTorrent traffic (it's no longer rate limited by your > ISP). Privoxy itself is unlikely to have anything to do with it and I > don't think port forwarding has anything to do with it either, but I'm > not familiar with BitTorrent. The short answer to your last questions > is "No", but as it has nothing to do with Privoxy you should checkout > the Tor documentation for details and ask again on the or-talk mailing > list if you have further questions. I am fairly certain that my ISP is not the issue here, so I remain puzzled... And I've so far not found any answers in the Tor documentation. Anybody got something on this? - Arand
