question about router depth

[Rob]

I was actually looking to lower the router count to make things faster.   
But it sounds like the default setting are set at 3 routers.  So thanks  
for all the answers.

Rob

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:21:34 -0500, Ringo Kamens <2600denver at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> You can do more than 3 routers but I think you have to recompile the
> source. In addition, no extra anonymity is provided (except for
> crossing country lines which can create legal problems for oppression
> forces). It also puts a much larger drain on your connection and the
> tor network. Have you thought about routing tor through some public
> socks proxies?
> Ringo
>
> On 1/28/07, Robert Hogan <robert at roberthogan.net> wrote:
>> On Sunday 28 January 2007 18:28, Rob wrote:
>> > I was listening to the security now podcast on twit about tor and I  
>> think
>> > they got it all wrong.  They made it sound like you could go through  
>> as
>> > many routers as you configure it to do.  I will send them an email.
>> > Thanks for the replies.
>> >
>> > Rob
>> >
>> > On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:28:28 -0500, Dan Collins <en.wp.st47 at gmail.com>
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> > > 3. You are always going through 3 other routers, and there is no  
>> way to
>> > > change that.
>> > >
>>
>> Unless I've misunderstood the question, you *can* create circuits with  
>> more
>> than 3 routers. You can also use them. I just created a 4 router circuit
>> with
>> tork and fetched the rss feed from www.kde.org with it.
>>
>> So your information is correct.
>>
>> That said, there is no benefit to using more than 3 routers. And a  
>> stream
>> with
>> anything less than 3 is not very anonymous.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
>



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