Name: Anonymous 2014-04-19 12:38
some thoughts on centralized versus distributed
with a centralized service, users connect to the common server(s) and trust the server(s) to not publish the participation of the users
this is like sites as this, there ips are recorded by the site administrator, but not made public
also the entry nodes of tor are aware of the machines connecting to them. but unless they are malicious, they do not publish this information
such services are easy to block since the ip addresses of the server, or entry nodes are known. so it's as simple as adding a list of ips to block, are mark as suspect.
then in the p2p model. everyone connects to everyone. To find out the ip addresses of those involved you just join the party. no participation is private.
but there is no small list of ip addresses to block anymore. new hosts appear constantly with new users. you can discover an ip was hosting a service later, but cannot prevent the host from providing the service for a time before detection. And then another host can provide it soon after than.
bit torrent was designed to balance loads in a network where each peer can connect to one another. this doesn't work well with tor as each client goes through the tor network. Many client connections may end up going through the same tor nodes, defeating the purpose of the load balancing.
there should be a solution that is more efficient. Can there be a private web without obscurity of participation?
with a centralized service, users connect to the common server(s) and trust the server(s) to not publish the participation of the users
this is like sites as this, there ips are recorded by the site administrator, but not made public
also the entry nodes of tor are aware of the machines connecting to them. but unless they are malicious, they do not publish this information
such services are easy to block since the ip addresses of the server, or entry nodes are known. so it's as simple as adding a list of ips to block, are mark as suspect.
then in the p2p model. everyone connects to everyone. To find out the ip addresses of those involved you just join the party. no participation is private.
but there is no small list of ip addresses to block anymore. new hosts appear constantly with new users. you can discover an ip was hosting a service later, but cannot prevent the host from providing the service for a time before detection. And then another host can provide it soon after than.
bit torrent was designed to balance loads in a network where each peer can connect to one another. this doesn't work well with tor as each client goes through the tor network. Many client connections may end up going through the same tor nodes, defeating the purpose of the load balancing.
there should be a solution that is more efficient. Can there be a private web without obscurity of participation?