[tor-bugs] #5487 [Analysis]: Write an updated version of the Tor Design paper

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#5487: Write an updated version of the Tor Design paper
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 Reporter:  karsten   |          Owner:  sjmurdoch                  
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 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:  Sponsor F: November 1, 2012
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 This is Paul. (To answer Karsten, no I don't have a Trac account. I will
 if I
 must, but I figure it's just one more thing to keep track of and learn how
 to
 use properly. I get virtually all the Trac updates in my mail and seem to
 remain
 aware of the relevant ones. I find getting accounts and learning proper
 committing/participating in new-to-me idioms a significant distraction
 from work,
 but will do it if my not having one becomes an even larger inconvenience
 to others.)

 Mike's suggestion is a good one, but also possibly a huge one. I can't see
 something
 of publishable length that sets out the differences in design as things
 now are vs.
 2003/4 plus future plans. At the time of the Tor design paper, we could
 just barely
 cram all of that in a single paper. I think we know enough and have enough
 stuff
 on the current and future plates that we should decide if we want to do
 the current
 design description and motivation or something more like the design
 challenges paper
 that was never published except as an NRL CHACS report. Even doing just
 one of those
 threatens to be unwieldy large unless it's all at a very high level.

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