On Wed, 2014-01-15 at 20:26 -0600, Brooks Boyd wrote: > My goal here is not necessarily to hide P2P nodes - we still > need lots of clearnet P2P nodes for the forseeable future no > matter what. Rather we're just using hidden services as a way > to get authentication and encryption. Actually the 6-hop > hidden service circuits are overkill for this application, a > 3-hop circuit would work just as well for most nodes that > aren't Tor-exclusive. > > > ... > communication to Tor doesn't change that. I agree the six-hop circuits > would be overkill for that; I wonder if the network slowdown you get
BTW, I believe that the number of hops can be reduced below 3 on both sides (client/server). For Orchid, this will require a change to CircuitPathChooser. For other Tor implementations, it might require using the control port to custom-build a circuit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
