On Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:27:28 -0700 (PDT) Phil <philtickle...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I'd give it a 15 minute mile high >> eyeball if I >> had the 'before the jump' cache files or >> a 'getinfo desc/all-recent' from back then. >> I just don't have that dataset. >> >> > It means everyone is busy working on other things. >> >> Yep, it's just an on the radar thing. >> >> > more stats about the effect of other major media >> > stories about Tor, Slashdot effect, etc. >> >> I think the Tor project may indeed have some long term >> data such as a simple relay count in RRD. Just thought >> I saw some graphs once. >> >> There's probably a roadmap somewhere that gives an >> idea of when Tor would be felt ready for more general >> mass consumption/advertisment. >> >> > This whole Iran thing is a great way for a number of >> > adversaries to slip in undetected. >> >> In bulk, in short order, yes, perhaps. Though if I >> were a serious adversary I would probably advise >> against something as we've just seen. I suggested >> doing the analysis because often the first rollout >> of anything is botched in some fashion. And there's >> limited time to catch it, then learning occurs and >> the future ones appear normal. >> >> And of course, as a secondary check, the non-black Tor >> break canary has yet to be seen in the public courts. > >Is it possible this alleged jump in the numbers of relays is partly driven by >the tbreg/Taobao thing? Perhaps this same technique is being used more widely >than is realized with relay nodes on zombied machines having names other than >25tbreg. Just a thought.
I don't think so. Right now there are 1972 relays listed in the consensus, but only one with a nickname of tbreg. The jump is still on the order of 400-600 relays. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************