TOS flags

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This is interesting. What TOS code are you using? 92? Also, perhaps 
there are some other network tweaks we could implement. To make it easy, 
perhaps there could be  a way to have Tor or a tor init script tweak the 
stack vars, then return them to the defaults (if user desires) when the 
tor process shuts down. I know a lot about TCP/IP optimization, so I can 
help with this if there's interest.
~A

Glymr Darkmoon wrote:
> i have been experimenting with TOS mangling with iptables, and setting
> the packets for port 9050 and 9030 to be set as 'minimize delay', and it
> does indeed seem to improve latency with tor.
>
> it made me think that it would make sense to set this flag by default in
> tor. low latency, is the goal of tor, high throughput is not. therefore,
> for systems that have tcp/ip stacks which read TOS flags, which is to
> say, most modern systems now, will prioritise tor traffic at the top of
> the scheduler's list, thus eliminating one of the biggest problems with
> tor.
>
> Glymr
>