On Friday 21 September 2007 19:34:09 Alexander W. Janssen wrote: > On 9/21/07, Arrakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey guys, quick question. > > > > If I have Tor process running, and request a url that has 10 images to > > load from the same domain, do all the requests go through the same > > circuit, or does the tor process split up the requests across all the > > circuits? > > Interesting question. From what I understood a new circuit is created > for every TCP-connection. If your browser grabs, for instance, 6 > images at the same time (6 loading instances == connections), Tor > should open 6 different circuits. > > However, considering your question... It doesn't sound too efficient > to me... The slides say "If the user wants to access a different site, > Alice's Tor client selects a different path." > I'm curious how strict I should read that... > > Site vs. TCP-connections? > > Alex. > The original question is answered later in the thread, but there is an interesting distinction between polipo and privoxy in the way this situation is handled:
- privoxy will use new streams on the same circuit for each of the images - polipo will generally pipeline everything over the same stream I believe this results in a perceptible performance improvement for general browsing. Someone please correct me if I've got this wrong, because I'm just working from observation. -- Browse Anonymously Anywhere - http://anonymityanywhere.com TorK - KDE Anonymity Manager - http://tork.sf.net KlamAV - KDE Anti-Virus - http://www.klamav.net
