Reducing relays = reducing anonymity ? Tortunnel.

[Jim]

Sebastian Hahn wrote:
> Hi Niklas,
> 
> On May 19, 2010, at 6:06 PM, Attac Heidenheim wrote:
>> Is tortunnel evil since it maybe hacks Tor-cirucits to reduce the  
>> number
>> of relays ?
> 
> Yes, unfortunately quite a few people use it.
> It hurts the network by endangering exit node operators, and
> by completely ignoring any of the load balancing that happens
> in normal Tor.

Just wondering if anybody from the Tor Project has contacted the author 
to express the concerns with tortunnel.  Particularly about it being 
detrimental to the Tor network.

Jim
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