[tor-dev] KIST somewhat implemented

[Rob Jansen]

Thanks for getting this started, Nick! I’ve added some comments and changes to the trac ticket #12890.

All the best,
Rob

> On Dec 20, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> So, Rob came up with this clever way to use help from an OS kernel to
> improve Tor's performance:
> 
> http://www.robgjansen.com/publications/kist-sec2014.pdf
> 
> I've got a sketchy implementation together now.
> 
> See my comments on the end of ticket 12890.  I have a branch which I
> believe implements something like the KIST algorithm for Linux as I
> discussed with Rob.  I made a list of not-yet-implemented issues.
> 
> Rob, could you please let me know which of the issues I listed need to
> be fixed before this is reasonably testable?
> 
> cheers,
> -- 
> Nick