[tor-dev] Tor Relays on Whonix Gateway

juanjo juanjo at avanix.es
Mon Oct 17 08:48:26 UTC 2016


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...


El 17/10/2016 a las 3:04, teor escribió:
>> On 7 Oct 2016, at 08:11, bancfc at openmailbox.org wrote:
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>> 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.
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> Why not encourage them to run bridge relays instead, if their connection is
> fast enough?
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