Load Balancing

[Alexander W. Janssen]

On 9/21/07, Arrakis <arrakistor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys, quick question.
>
> If I have Tor process running, and request a url that has 10 images to
> load from the same domain, do all the requests go through the same
> circuit, or does the tor process split up the requests across all the
> circuits?

Interesting question. From what I understood a new circuit is created
for every TCP-connection. If your browser grabs, for instance, 6
images at the same time (6 loading instances == connections), Tor
should open 6 different circuits.

However, considering your question... It doesn't sound too efficient
to me... The slides say "If the user wants to access a different site,
Alice's Tor client selects a different path."
I'm curious how strict I should read that...

Site vs. TCP-connections?

Alex.

> Regards,
> Steve
>


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