On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 12:35:19AM -0400, krishna e bera wrote: > On 13-08-31 12:25 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 04:29:18PM +0000, Matt Pagan wrote: > >> # Configured for speed > > > > Just for the record, the three lines here don't help speed much (or > > maybe at all). > > > >> ExcludeSingleHopRelays 0 > > > > This first line says it's ok to use relays that allow you to make one-hop > > circuits. Roughly speaking, there aren't any relays like that in the > > network (it's not the default). And even if there were, it wouldn't make > > the circuits your client builds any speedier (except I guess through > > a second-order effect where you're willing to use relays that all the > > other clients are unwilling to use). > > Perhaps they meant latency? > That could affect the response time and perceived speed of page > rendering more than the total byte throughput.
To be clear: you will still use 3-hop circuits when you set ExcludeSingleHopRelays to 0. --Roger -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
