Damian Gerow replied to the great Tyler Durden:
Thus spake Tyler Durden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [02/09/05 19:45]:
: How long will it take the Greater Tor Network to notice the existence of
: this little node?
A few days after you register.
: In other words, if I go into a Starbucks with this thing, can my laptop
or
: whatever start acting like a temporary Tor node?
Well, here I meant after registration, etc...in a "regular" IP network it
can take seconds to minutes in order for routing tables (at layer 3) or the
local MAC Address tables (at layer 2) to recognize that you're back on line.
With a Tor node I'm wondering how long it takes for the greater Tor network
to both notice your existence and then trust that you're here to stay...for
a while.
In other words, am I contributing to the greater Tor network if I allow my
USB Tor node to function while I'm sucking down a cappucino or two?
Though, you can just skip all that, walk in to Starbucks, sit down, and
start using your TOR node as your own entry point. No registration, no
wait, no nothing: just sit down and go. I just set a node up a few days
ago, and was surprised at how simple it was to get TOR up and going.
In other words, just for me. That, of course, is great.
As for simplicity, I need that: I know my way around the BLSR protection
switching bytes in an OC-48 4 fiber ring, but I'm a veritable IP dummy (oh,
well I DID design parts of a layer 2 GbE switch, but I'm no routing jock). I
just don't have time to have to fiddle with the OS myself, so this will be
interesting. Think I might get me one of those gizmos and then stick it on
my PDA.
So: Can Tor support VoIP Yet? I could call up bin Laden from a Starbucks!
-TD
