[tor-dev] Attention Otters

2013-10-13 Thread Arlo Breault
Not sure the following is entirely clear or complete, but I tried to capture the concerns from the meeting and the ensuing discussion. Hope it helps. Arlo Attentive Otter Plan Goal Add instant-messaging to the Tor browser bundle in order to provide a secure commun

Re: [tor-dev] Hidden Service Scaling

2013-10-13 Thread Lars Luthman
If the goal is to prevent introduction points from guessing the number of instances because of multiple instances using the same introduction points, shouldn't this scheme work? 1. On deployment, all instances of a hidden service have a copy of a secret bitstring (maybe the private key for the hid

Re: [tor-dev] Hidden Service Scaling

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher Baines
On 09/10/13 18:05, Matthew Finkel wrote: These two changes combined should help with the two goals. Reliability is improved by having multiple OP's providing the service, and having all of these accessible from the introduction points. Scalability is also improved, as you are no

Re: [tor-dev] Hidden Service Scaling

2013-10-13 Thread Christopher Baines
On 10/10/13 23:28, Paul Syverson wrote: > On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 03:02:47PM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote: >> On 09/10/13 11:41, Paul Syverson wrote: >> These two changes combined should help with the two goals. Reliability >> is improved by having multiple OP's providing the service, an