On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 11:49:22PM -0700, Yuri wrote: > Here is the white paper with MTor design: > https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/popets.2015.2016.issue-2/popets-2016-0003/popets-2016-0003.pdf > > And here is an implementation based on tor-0.2.3.25: > https://github.com/multicastTor/multicastTor/tree/master/shadow/build/tor > > But ChangeLog doesn't mention it, and there are no mentions of it on > torproject.org. > > So, what is MTor's status?
It's the standard story -- it's a research paper written by a research group to show a concept, and then they moved on. There is some code, but it was enough to do performance graphs, not anything that they intended actual users to (be able to) use. I don't remember the design in detail, but I remember based on the talk at PETS thinking that they had really changed the threat model for Tor to something much weaker, in exchange for better scalability in some situations. So, it is a fine idea to read about, and maybe it will spark some new ideas when you read it, but it is not an obvious improvement for Tor in terms of security, and also it was never intended to be an actual patch that users could use. All of that said, don't misunderstand me: yay research! If you haven't read this blog post, check it out: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-heart-pets-and-privacy-research-community --Roger -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk