all traffic through a VPN on top of tor, done!

[John Case]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009, Andrea Ratto wrote:

> The only problem I am facing is the lack of speed. Can something be done
> about it? I was thinking to reduce the circuit lenght, but it seems
> there is no option for that. Any suggestion is welcome.


Can one use a node listing like this:

http://torstatus.kgprog.com/index.php?SR=Bandwidth&SO=Desc

and then alter ones config to only connect, and build circuits with, nodes 
with greater than X bandwidth ?

Looks like there is 50+ nodes with greater than 1 MBps bandwidth ...

I suppose it's reasonable to assume that malevolent/compromised/government 
nodes will be higher in the bandwidth chart ?  So perhaps the top 50 nodes 
represents far less "anonymity" than a randomly chosen 50 nodes ?  Hard to 
say.

Another option would be to build your own co-located network of 10 (or so 
?) nodes, and use them as a pool to build at least two out of three hops 
with ?  That way you're getting high speed, but you "trust" the overall 
circuit because you know that at least 2/3 of your circuit is not 
malevolant.

I asked this question a month or so ago and did not see any answers - if 
one _did_ build a small (10 or so nodes) network of tor relays and used 
them as 1/3 or 2/3 of all circuits built ... perhaps allowing 80% of their 
bandwidth to be used by Tor proper, and (secretly) saving 20% for 
themselves ... is that a medium, low, or laughable amount of "anonymity" ?

If it's laughable, what's a good number ? 20 ? 100 ?


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