Re: [tor-dev] [GSoC 2014] Revamp GetTor: Send HTTP links for downloading TBB

2014-06-09 Thread michael
Hello Israel, On Mon., June 09, 2014, Israel Leiva wrote: >I've been discussing with my mentors (Sukhbir and Nima) the option >of sending HTTP links to download TBB via GetTor. The main reason >for this would be that in some censor countries is very difficult >to download a "big file" (>= 10 Mb)

[tor-dev] [GSoC 2014] Revamp GetTor: Send HTTP links for downloading TBB

2014-06-09 Thread Israel Leiva
Hi! I've been discussing with my mentors (Sukhbir and Nima) the option of sending HTTP links to download TBB via GetTor. The main reason for this would be that in some censor countries is very difficult to download a "big file" (>= 10 Mb) over SSL, so HTTP links would be needed. Obviously, the use

Re: [tor-dev] Python ExoneraTor

2014-06-09 Thread Damian Johnson
>> let me make one remark about optimizing Postgres defaults: I wrote quite >> a few database queries in the past, and some of them perform horribly >> (relay search) whereas others perform really well (ExoneraTor). I >> believe that the majority of performance gains can be achieved by >> designin

[tor-dev] Proposal for improving social incentives for relay operators

2014-06-09 Thread Virgil Griffith
For a while I've been seeking to grow the Tor network in both size and goodput. Towards this end, I've explored various avenues such as increasing user-awareness via tor2web. More recently, I've been exploring financial incentives like TorCoin. Not wanting to strictly limit ourselves to financia

Re: [tor-dev] Python ExoneraTor

2014-06-09 Thread grarpamp
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 3:22 AM, Karsten Loesing wrote: > let me make one remark about optimizing Postgres defaults: I wrote quite > a few database queries in the past, and some of them perform horribly > (relay search) whereas others perform really well (ExoneraTor). I > believe that the majority

Re: [tor-dev] Python ExoneraTor

2014-06-09 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 09/06/14 01:26, Damian Johnson wrote: > Oh, and another quick thought - you once mentioned that a descriptor > search service would make ExoneraTor obsolete, and in looking it over > I agree. The search functionality ExoneraTor provides is trivial. The > only reason it requires such a huge datab

Re: [tor-dev] Python ExoneraTor

2014-06-09 Thread Karsten Loesing
On 09/06/14 00:03, Damian Johnson wrote: > Hi Karsten. This is diving into enough detail that we might as well move this > over to tor-dev@. For the list's benefit, Karsten and I are discussing a > Python rewrite of ExoneraTor... > > https://exonerator.torproject.org/ > https://gitweb.torproje