That's a good idea. My ISP CenturyLink blocks incoming traffic I think... On Aug 27, 2013 8:22 PM, "Griffin Boyce" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 08/27/2013 07:29 PM, Percy Alpha wrote: > > There're few problems with ISP when running non-exit relay. Users in > > moderately censored areas can act as non-exit relay without causing > problem > > to the circuit. So why doesn't Tor default to non-exit relay? Users with > > problems(e.g crappy hardware, ISP fireware) can manually change it to > > client only to improve performance/trouble shooting. > Honestly, I suspect that if the 500k-900k users that Tor has every day > became middle nodes or bridges, it would probably overload the network. > Not that directory authorities couldn't handle it (though sometimes I > wonder), but then each end-user would have to download a far larger list > of relays before using Tor. For someone using a bridge to connect, the > latency could reach Pyongyang levels :P Theoretically, the directory > authority could serve up a set of a thousand random nodes, and then the > client software could select a random set to use initially. > > It's an interesting architecture problem. > > Beyond that though, geography is problematic. How does the network > restrict nodes coming from hostile geographic areas, without notifying > the authorities "Hey, this person is trying to help others bypass > censorship" ? > > Maybe an intermediate step would be to offer two browser bundles for > download -- one configured to be a bridge or middle-hop, and one that is > just a client. > > What are your thoughts on it? > > ~Griffin > > -- > "Cypherpunks write code not flame wars." --Jurre van Bergen > #Foucault / PGP: 0xAE792C97 / OTR: [email protected] > > My posts, while frequently amusing, are not representative of the thoughts > of my employer. > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
