Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-03 Thread Csaba Kiraly
Scott Bennett wrote: On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:08:26 -0800 "F. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu wrote: (snip) Does TOR implement QOS or prioritization? That is only use bandwidth when other traffic is not present? This can be done further upstream of the

Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-02 Thread Scott Bennett
On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:08:26 -0800 "F. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu wrote: >(snip) >> Does TOR implement QOS or prioritization? That is only use bandwidth when >> other traffic is not present? > >This can be done further upstream of the Tor server, as long as the >s

Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-02 Thread F. Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Csaba Kiraly wrote: (snip) > My impression is that in P2P these solutions make people more > cooperative, since resources are sacrificed only if not in use. > Actually, I think documenting these in the FAQ would attract more people > to run relays. L

Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-02 Thread F. Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu wrote: (snip) > Does TOR implement QOS or prioritization? That is only use bandwidth when > other traffic is not present? This can be done further upstream of the Tor server, as long as the server is on a dedicated machine. J

Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-02 Thread Csaba Kiraly
Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu wrote: By increasing the minimum requirement for a Tor node, you reduce the geographical distribution of Tor nodes, making cross-jurisdiction routing more unlikely; it would be better to investigate ways to reduce traffic overhead (if this is possible) to allow more people

RE: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-02 Thread Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
> By increasing the minimum requirement for a Tor node, you reduce the > geographical distribution of Tor nodes, making cross-jurisdiction > routing more unlikely; it would be better to investigate ways to reduce > traffic overhead (if this is possible) to allow more people to run Tor > nodes. Doe

Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-02 Thread Dave Page
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 02:06:17AM -0600, Scott Bennett wrote: > Perhaps there is a simpler quasi-solution here. Right now the tor > documentation suggests that one consider running tor in server mode if > one has at least 20 KB/s bandwidth to spare for its operation. > Perhaps changing that figu

Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-02 Thread Scott Bennett
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 19:47:34 -0500 Roger Dingledine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 09:00:18PM -0800, Mike Perry wrote: >> > I don't see how that helps much. Circuit setup generally isn't the >> > cause of slowdowns. Normally, going through a server with 25KB/s is the >> >

Re: Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-01 Thread F. Fox
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Roger Dingledine wrote: (snip) > (It's unclear what anonymity impact this might have, but it might be > substantial: if a lot of our potential paths through the network involve > a slow link, and we discard all those potential paths, that would make

Not using slow circuits (was Re: Tor slow no matter what I do.)

2008-02-01 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 09:00:18PM -0800, Mike Perry wrote: > > I don't see how that helps much. Circuit setup generally isn't the > > cause of slowdowns. Normally, going through a server with 25KB/s is the > > slowest point in the 3-point chain. > > Actually, it /is/ likely that one setting her