privoxy test request

Dustin Eward plasma at tampabay.rr.com
Mon Sep 19 23:46:12 UTC 2005


patrick.stabler at web.de wrote:

>Hi Giorgos!
>
>Sometimes TOR is very slow for me too.
>But as Dustin already mentioned; most of the time it is much faster than a dial-up connection.
>And sometimes it can be, depending on the circuit, really fast. :)
>
>
>Did you know that you are able to choose your prefered exit-node with the following command:
>
>http://theurlyouwant.xyz.thenodeyouwant.exit
>
>For example:
>http://google.com.gammator.exit/
>(You want to browse google.com, your prefer gammator as your exit-node)
>
>
>Just pick some nodes from http://serifos.eecs.harvard.edu:8000/cgi-bin/exit.pl
>and try if you're able to get some better results.
>
>
>
>yours,
>Patrick
>
>or-talk at freehaven.net schrieb am 19.09.05 19:48:54:
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>>Giorgos Pallas wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hello all...
>>>
>>>From the beginning of running a tor server and up to now, I notice 
>>>that the speed of browsing the internet using tor is next to 
>>>unbearable. I would like to ask anyone of you out there who are 
>>>running a server with a privoxy proxy, if you can open your privoxy 
>>>for me (I'll provide you with my IP), for a couple of hours, in order 
>>>to test the possibility that my slow speed is due to *my* server, and 
>>>not tor in general.
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>Giorgos
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>I frequently get unbearably slow circuits with Tor.  With donated 
>>bandwidth, it's the nature of the beast.  With broadband, we get 
>>spoiled.  It's still faster than most dial-up.
>>    
>>
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I'm lazy, and have not read much documentation, but maybe there is a way 
to avoid internal nodes of a specific advertised bandwidth?  Why would a 
node be able to advertise its bandwidth, if one cannot use this 
information in a useful manner?  I know that it is used internally to 
pick circuits, maybe there is a way (or a way could be made in the next 
version) to allow a CLIENT to specify 
"DoNotUseNodesWithAdvertisedBandwidthOfLessThan N" in torrc?  Might help 
out people who are less concerned with volume of available circuits, and 
want a little more speed.  But, may be detrimental to the balance of the 
network in it's infant stage....  Maybe somebody smarter than me can 
fill in these blanks?

That has got to be the coolest variable name of all time....  ;-P



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