Broadband Reports: Tor Network Bogged Down by P2P

[Chris Palmer]

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From: John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:40:18 -0700
Subject: [E-IP] Broadband Reports: Tor Network Bogged Down by P2P

http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/68438

Some time ago our security regulars broke down the logistics behind
Tor, an anonymity tool from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It was
designed for whistle-blowers, political dissidents, researchers, and
others concerned about exchanging information without authoritarian
backlash. Sadly network performance is being jeopardized by
file-traders looking to evade the RIAA.

File traders have been reconfiguring their Bit Torrent clients to take
advantage of the network. Unfortunately the Tor network wasn't
designed with high volume porn transfer in mind, so the activity is
slowing it down to a crawl. The likely result will be the EFF running
against the grain of their mandate, and restricting network use.

...

	John


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