exit node only server

Paul Syverson syverson at itd.nrl.navy.mil
Sat Mar 5 14:53:01 UTC 2005


On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 07:12:14PM -0500, Nick Mathewson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 05:49:37PM -0500, Geoffrey Goodell wrote:
> > You provide a rant, I provide a screed:
> > 
> > > At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I second (or third?)
> > > this idea.  There are a number of impelling reasons for changing the
> > > Tor architecture to a tit-for-tat construction:
> > 
> > You are confused.
> 
> Everybody is confused.  If you *aren't* confused about how to create
> incentive structures for volunteer-operated anonymity networks, you
> should let us know what the answer is.  :)
> 
[snip]

> >
> > I dare you to say this in an objective manner.
> 
> Well, you could look at section 5 of our "Challenges" paper at
> http://tor.freehaven.net/cvs/doc/design-paper/challenges.pdf .  It's
> not been published yet, and there's as much speculation as anything
> else, but hey, it could be a start.
> 

It might also be helpful to look at "On the Economics of Anonymity"
Or perhaps it will just leave you more confused. Anyway see the
tor.freehaven.net/anonbib/ or www.syverson.org for download.  It
explains (some of) the issues that have arisen in this discussion in
terms of anonymity incentives rather than just performance incentives.

aloha,
Paul



More information about the tor-talk mailing list