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So if I wanted to modfiy a client proxy (assume this is modifed to allow 1 hop) to do one hop, will the other<BR>
relays (not modified) in my private network reject the connection?<BR><BR>> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:34:08 -0400<BR>> From: arma@mit.edu<BR>> To: or-talk@freehaven.net<BR>> Subject: Re: tor path length<BR>> <BR>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 05:17:14PM -0700, skaoth skaoth wrote:<BR>> > I've setup a private Tor network to do some testing on. I'm trying <BR>> > to find out how to change the default path length to a client specified <BR>> > value. I'm interested in both values less and greater than the default.<BR>> [...]<BR>> > Is this hardcoded into the executable? Will I have to modify the source<BR>> > to allow this?<BR>> <BR>> It's hard-coded. Part of the intuition for that is described here:<BR>> <BR>> https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#VariablePathLength<BR>> <BR>> You can change it in the code -- look at the desired_path_len element.<BR>> <BR>> We periodically hear from users who think Tor is great but it's too slow,<BR>> and they don't want that stupid anonymity stuff anyway, and if they<BR>> could just use it as a set of single-hop proxies they'd be happy.<BR>> <BR>> Note that most Tor relays won't let you do one-hop paths, and that's a<BR>> security feature for the relay: to quote from the above FAQ entry,<BR>> "Currently there is no reason to suspect that investigating a single<BR>> relay will yield user-destination pairs, but if many people are using<BR>> only a single hop, we make it more likely that attackers will seize or<BR>> break into relays in hopes of tracing users."<BR>> <BR>> Hope that helps,<BR>> --Roger<BR>> <BR><BR><br /><hr />Back to work after baby– <a href='http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/articleNW.aspx?cp-documentid=5797498&ocid=T067MSN40A0701A' target='_new'>how do you know when you’re ready?</a></body>
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