Scott Bennett wrote: > On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 22:19:54 +0100 "Michael Schmidt" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> top-posted: >> Steven, i suggest to make it hardcoded default and a Must, that each user, >> using this browser, is as well running an tor **exit** node, >> tit for tat. like emule partials: upload is a MUST. >> That would help a lot to have more tor-exit nodes. >> Thanks. >> > That seems a tad impractical for a portable tor bundle, don't you > think? If you take your computer to your friendly neighborhood coffee > shop, I doubt that you will find them so friendly as to be willing to > reconfigure their wireless router to let you run tor in server mode at > all, much less as an exit server. > And who would determine the exit policy? The exit policy would > probably have to be hardcoded as well. > Where were you thinking that these changes would be made? In the > tor source tree? Or would a modified tor be packaged into the bundle? > Perhaps with a different version/release number? > >
While it may be impractical because of NAT, I certainly don't think it's impractical to become a Tor server. It's a few lines in the torrc and you're off. However, without the ability to punch a hole in your upstream NAT ( With UPNP or something else), I don't think it's very /useful/ for the Tor network. Though it's certainly possible without changes to the Tor source. The bundle ships with Vidalia, so in theory, it's just a check box away if the user didn't wish to be a server. Still, it seems impractical unless there's some way to actually *reach* the Tor server. Regards, Jacob