[tor-dev] Proposal: Load Balancing with Overhead Parameters

[Tim Wilson-Brown - teor]

> On 15 Jan 2016, at 03:07, Mike Perry <mikeperry at torproject.org> wrote:
> 
> Tim Wilson-Brown - teor:
>>> On 13 Jan 2016, at 00:53, Mike Perry <mikeperry at torproject.org <mailto:mikeperry at torproject.org>> wrote:
>>> 1. Overview
>>> 
>>> For padding overhead due to Proposals 251 and 254, and changes to hidden
>>> service path selection in Proposal 247, it will be useful to be able to
>>> specify a pair of parameters that represents the additional traffic
>>> present on Guard and Middle nodes due to these changes.
>> 
>> I don't know if it's worth noting that proposals 252 and 260 (the Single Onion
>> Services variants) will reduce traffic to guard and middle nodes, as they
>> remove the nodes between the hidden service and client-controlled endpoint
>> (rendezvous point in Rendezvous Single Onion Services, extend point in
>> Single Onion Services).
>> 
>> I think these will just be part of the overhead parameters?
> 
> Probably, though this will require us to have some estimation on the
> amount of network traffic using these services. Will they be broken out
> separately in the extra-info hidden service stats?


Logged as #18082.
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18082 <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18082>

Since Rendezvous Single Onion Services (RSOS) and
Single Onion Services (SOS) have the same path length, I think they can
be combined into a single extra-info statistic, rather than being split into
separate groups.

I don't know what impact separating HS and (R)SOS has on anonymity, but my
gut feeling is that it should be OK as large site operators are keen to adopt
(R)SOS.

Tim

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