-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA256<br><br>I have to disagree with setting any options by default like that. The<br>concept behind PortableTor as I wrote it was to let the end user have the<br>right to decide what to do.. don't force anything on them! I think this<br>
concept should be relevant to all bundles.. don't force users to become<br>nodes, because you have those out there that possibly don't want to be,<br>plus in my opinion it hurts the usefulness of the package to have that<br>
automatically on.<br><br>As someone mentioned earlier, a portable tor approach is useful for the<br>client, not necessarily the server end. You can cause a lot of server<br>identity problems if you log on as a tor server just to check your email<br>
for 5 minutes.<br><br>Let the end user decide what they want their software to do.<br><br>On a more positive note, congrats on bringing up a new system :)<br><br>- -- <br>Steve Morley<br><a href="http://silivrenion.com">http://silivrenion.com</a><br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 10:19:54PM +0100, Michael Schmidt wrote:<br>> Steven, i suggest to make it hardcoded default and a Must, that each user,<br>
> using this browser, is as well running an tor **exit** node,<br>> tit for tat. like emule partials: upload is a MUST.<br><br></div>I don't think this is likely in the near future. One of the important<br>target classes of users is people who are at risk of persecution by<br>
their government and want to keep a low profile. Many of these users<br>are also not fully computer literate and there may not be fully<br>translated Tor documentation in their language.<br><br>The goals of the bundle include being easy to set up and to leave<br>
limited traces (both are still being worked on). In this scenario, to<br>broadcast the fact that someone is using Tor is in my opinion an<br>unacceptable risk. There would need to be some way to protect these<br>users before mandatory server operation is the standard.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>Steven.<br><br>--<br>w: <a href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/" target="_blank">http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/</a><br></div></div></blockquote></div>