[tor-talk] what is the current flow control and congestion control mechanism of Tor?

Roger Dingledine arma at mit.edu
Mon Oct 22 18:20:57 UTC 2012


On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 06:40:02PM +0200, esolve esolve wrote:
> the paper
> *Tor: The Second*-*Generation Onion
> Router*<http://www.usenix.org/event/sec04/tech/dingledine.html>
> 
> talked about flow control and congestion control of Tor, but it may have
> been out-dated.
> 
> are there any articles or papers detailing the current flow control and
> congestion control mechanisms?

https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/tor-spec.txt

But see also
http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#pets2011-defenestrator

> besides, do anybody has any idea on how is Tor's flow control mechanism
> interact with Firefox's application flow control ?

Hopefully they behave separately.

--Roger



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