[tor-bugs] #3453 [Torouter]: Torouter desires and features
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#3453: Torouter desires and features
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Reporter: ioerror | Owner: ioerror
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Torouter | Version: Tor: unspecified
Keywords: torouter tor-fw-helper upnp natpmp debian | Parent:
Points: | Actualpoints:
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Changes (by ficus):
* cc: ficus@… (added)
Comment:
I updated the wiki page to the following; any comments?
== Goals ==
In general: demonstrate, document, and streamline mechanisms for
individuals
with always-on internet connections to participate in and support both the
Tor
onion routing network and Tor Project initiatives.
Specifically:
1. Provide an accessible mechanism for friendly non-expert "general
internet users" to opt-in and participate in the Tor network as a bridge
with minimal effort.
2. Provide an accessible mechanism to *informed and committed* individuals
to opt-in and and participate as a middle relay or an exit relay.
3. Provide a generic mechanism for publishing HTTP content via a Tor
hidden service.
4. Provide a platform from which to potentially run OONI (Open Observatory
of Network Interference) node software.
Additionally, implement a transparently Tor-ifying always-on network
gateway to
experimentally provide (limited) onion routing benefits to downstream
devices.
This last goal is controversial, and the serious scenarios where this
would be
useful seem very limited (devices
must highly trust the gateway, the local network could be malicious and/or
monitored, etc). Some speculative use cases:
- Creating demonstration/outreach networks
- Accessing hidden services with no concern for client-end anonymity
- Publicly sharing wireless internet access with less chance of being
accountable for the actions of guests (perhaps not legally advisable)
- For a single operator in control of the entire local network, and
having
properly "anonymized" all downstream software to not leak identifying
information, could have usability improvements for mobile devices which
would not need to re-initialize connectivity to the onion network.
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