[tor-commits] [support-portal/master] Push 3 answers to misc.txt

[colin at torproject.org]

commit 4c4189ffe0eb14654f196410158cf0917b5ac02f
Author: Colin Childs <colin at torproject.org>
Date:   Tue May 30 22:26:38 2017 -0500

    Push 3 answers to misc.txt
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 plain/misc.txt | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plain/misc.txt b/plain/misc.txt
index 38e35c3..26e0bf2 100644
--- a/plain/misc.txt
+++ b/plain/misc.txt
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ Q. How do I report something wrong on the website?
 A.
 
 Q. I'm having a problem updating/using Vidalia.
-A.
+A. Vidalia is no longer maintained or supported. A large portion of the features Vidalia offered have now been integrated into the Tor Browser itself. 
 
 Q. Why can't I use Vidalia anymore?
-A.
+A. Vidalia is no longer maintained or supported. A large portion of the features Vidalia offered have now been integrated into the Tor Browser itself. 
 
 Q. What is a .onion?
 A. 
@@ -76,5 +76,7 @@ Q. Do any VoIP applications work with Tor?
 A.
 
 Q. Can I change the number of hops Tor uses?
-A.
+A. Right now the path length is hard-coded at 3 plus the number of nodes in your path that are sensitive. That is, in normal cases it's 3, but for example if you're accessing an onion service or a ".exit" address it could be 4.
+
+We don't want to encourage people to use paths longer than this as it increases load on the network without (as far as we can tell) providing any more security. Also, using paths longer than 3 could harm anonymity, first because it makes "denial of security"[http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#ccs07-doa] attacks easier, and second because it could act as an identifier if only a small number of users have the same path length as you.