> On 17 Oct 2016, at 19:48, juanjo <jua...@avanix.es> wrote: > > Interesting... I thought that a Tor client running a relay would actually > help its privacy because you can't tell if its a client connection or relay > connection…
It depends what sort of privacy you're after. It provides a certain level of traffic hiding, but it makes the IP address and uptime/downtime/latency/weird pauses public. We don't recommend it. T > > El 17/10/2016 a las 3:04, teor escribió: >>> On 7 Oct 2016, at 08:11, ban...@openmailbox.org >>> wrote: >>> >>> Should Whonix document/encourage end users to turn clients into relays on >>> their machines? >>> >> Probably not: >> * it increases the attack surface, >> * it makes their IP address public, >> * the relays would be of variable quality. >> >> Why not encourage them to run bridge relays instead, if their connection is >> fast enough? >> >> T >> >> -- >> Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) >> >> teor2345 at gmail dot com >> PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B >> ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n >> xmpp: teor at torproject dot org >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tor-dev mailing list >> >> tor-dev@lists.torproject.org >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-dev mailing list > tor-dev@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev T -- Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n xmpp: teor at torproject dot org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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