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Il 9/27/14, 2:33 AM, Mike Perry ha scritto:<br>
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> We could also handle controlled rollouts to fractions of
their userbase<br>
> to test the waters, and slowly add high capacity nodes to the
network to<br>
> support these new users, to ensure we have the people ready
to accept<br>
> payment for running the servers, and maintain diversity.</span><br>
I read your very detailed estimations and improvement paths, i love
it!<br>
<br>
However i see that the main suggestion to increase the "network
capacity" can be simplified as follow:<br>
- improve big nodes ability to push even more traffic<br>
- add more big nodes<br>
<br>
Other improvements are to reduce the "consensus size" and "directory
load", but not specifically on network capacity.<br>
<br>
While this is the obvious way to "add more capacity" i feel that's
going to have impacts such as:<br>
1) reduce the "diversity" (thus the anonymity, because few players
will handle most of the network's traffic)<br>
2) make it "irrelevant" for anyone to run their own small/volounteer
relay<br>
<br>
That sounds like the "easier way" to scale up in a defined amount of
time and with a defined budget, but imho also with consequences and
pre-defined limits.<br>
<br>
I feel that the only way to scale-up without limits and consequences
is to have end-users became "active elements" of the network, where
we have success story such as Skype.<br>
<br>
End-users have important network resources available that can be
estimated and used (with care).<br>
<br>
Not all end-users are equal, i'm now on a 2M Hyperlan line (damn
digital divide!), but someone else in Stockholm or San Francisco
it's on a 1000M/100M fiber connection @home (not in a datacenter)
and while in Milan i've a 100M/10M fiber!<br>
<br>
That bandwith resources are amazing, usually quite cheap (home
broadband lines), widely available in the end-users hands.<br>
<br>
IMHO those are the bandwidth resources, widely available, cheap,
very diverse/sparse that could help the Tor network to scale-up.<br>
<br>
How to use it properly within/for the Tor network? That's a
different topic.<br>
<br>
But those big bandwidth resources are there, available under our
feet, in our home, and we're not using it!<br>
<br>
-naif<br>
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