Tor Network Bogged Down by P2P?
Thanks to Mike over on techdirt.com for pointing out this story.
A brief snippet over on BroadbandReports.com reports that:
Some time ago our security regulars broke down Tor, an anonymity tool from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, designed for whistle-blowers, political dissidents, researchers, and others concerned about exchanging information without authoritarian backlash. Sadly its intended purpose is being jeopardized by file-traders who've been hopping on the network.
File traders have been reconfiguring their Bit Torrent clients to take advantage of the network. Unfortunately the Tor network wasn't designed with high volume porn transfer in mind, so the activity is slowing it down to a crawl. The likely result will be the EFF being forced to restrict network use.
posted by Fergie @ 10/13/2005 08:52:00 AM
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