Some simple changes to the tor architecture I believe may greatly improve it (errata)

[Ringo Kamens]

While this seems good for lots of circumstances, you have to realise that
this does stop people from using sites that use IP address authentication or
require you to re-login every time you change your IP. Perhaps this could be
an option provided in a checkbox?

On 5/15/06, glymr <glymr_darkmoon at ml1.net> wrote:
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> I forgot one extra idea - that of generating a number of different
> circuits to be used at any one time (generation could be spaced say 5
> minute intervals by the client, circuits more than 4 or maybe 5
> generations back could be expunged in a fifo type arrangement) that,
> whenever possible will select a random route to establish any new
> connection from one of the number of circuits that are built. The
> purpose of this specifically is to address the reduction of timing
> attacks that are possible against a website - if the client sets up say
> 3-6 different circuits to retrieve the various different components of a
> web page, each circuit will have a different time signature (due to the
> viscisitudes of the network) and will make it harder to definitively
> establish the origin. (and of course every node being both client and
> server further obscures this)
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