On 7/11/14, Helder Ribeiro <hel...@discor.de> wrote: > tl;dr: how about a virtual global flat LAN that maps static IPs to > onion addresses?
> Exhibit 1: Ricochet IM (https://ricochet.im) uses onion addresses > (each client runs a hidden service) as a sort of *static anonymous IP > address* and, because it's static, it's the user's identity too, in a > p2p/serverless chat app. It's dead simple, works like a charm behind > the firewall at work, and protects metadata, which no other chat > app/protocol I know does. > > Exhibit 2: OnionShare (https://onionshare.org/) does the same for file > sharing, and it's actually a much *easier* user experience to send > large files this way than any other. Why? "Static anomyous IP" (onion > address) and NAT traversal because all hidden services work by making > *outgoing* connections to Tor relays and don't need any open ports. Sounds good. Excessive popularity/ usage, without measures to 'encourage' or otherwise to automatically facilitate expansion of the network may well lead to network degradation. Skype super-nodes or whatever they are (were?) called, are automatically created on nodes where Skype detected sufficient bandwidth and no blocking firewall, AIUI. UPnP comes to mind. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
