Re: [tor-dev] (Draft) Proposal 224: Next-Generation Hidden Services in Tor

2015-05-12 Thread John Brooks
Michael Rogers wrote: > Something like this was suggested last May, and a concern was raised > about a malicious IP repeatedly killing the long-term circuit in order > to cause the HS to rebuild it. If the HS were ever to rebuild the > circuit through a malicious middle node, the adversary would l

Re: [tor-dev] (Draft) Proposal 224: Next-Generation Hidden Services in Tor

2015-05-12 Thread Jeff Burdges
On 12 May 2015, at 10:39, Michael Rogers wrote: > Something like this was suggested last May, and a concern was raised > about a malicious IP repeatedly killing the long-term circuit in order > to cause the HS to rebuild it. If the HS were ever to rebuild the > circuit through a malicious middle

Re: [tor-dev] Notes on Donncha's Summer of Privacy project about scaling hidden services

2015-05-12 Thread Donncha O'Cearbhaill
Hi all, On 12/05/15 15:55, Nick Mathewson wrote: > > 1. Getting the introduction points to the management service > > * Synchonization, and push vs pull. > > I think we've started to get statistics on the average longevity of > a busy introduction point. If the answer is "they change fairly

Re: [tor-dev] (Draft) Proposal 224: Next-Generation Hidden Services in Tor

2015-05-12 Thread Michael Rogers
On 26/04/15 23:14, John Brooks wrote: > It occurred to me that with proposal 224, there’s no longer a clear reason > to use both HSDirs and introduction points. I think we could select the IP > in the same way that we plan to select HSDirs, and bypass needing > descriptors entirely. > > Imagine th

[tor-dev] Notes on Donncha's Summer of Privacy project about scaling hidden services

2015-05-12 Thread Nick Mathewson
Hi! Here are some notes on Donncha O'Cearbhaill's design proposal at https://gist.github.com/DonnchaC/03ad5cd0b8ead0ae9e30 . (David asked me to write these up in time for them to be useful.) You'll probably understand what I'm saying here a lot better if you read the link above. :) In general