Broadband Reports: Tor Network Bogged Down by P2P

[Dustin Eward]

dvorak wrote:

>On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 05:53:13AM -0400, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
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>>On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, jed c wrote:
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>>Well, tor allows you to block exit traffic.  Is there also a way to block 
>>*transit* traffic?
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>>-Dan
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>As other's have responded, no not directly however a middle node knows which
>data belongs together so it could start throtteling after a certain amount of
>data has passed through a circuit. I don't know in how far this would impact
>'normal' usage (ssh/irc/webserving) since they also use a circuit for a while,
>however the circuit rotation that tor does automagically might mitigate this to
>and extend.
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>Is there anyone who happens to have data on hoch much data goes through circuit
>in it's lifetime (assuming webserving, and normal rotation schedule etc)?
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>gtx,
>   dvorak
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I think this idea is the most suitable route to follow on the matter.