[tor-dev] Tor Relays on Whonix Gateway

[bancfc at openmailbox.org]

On 2016-10-17 03:04, teor wrote:
>> On 7 Oct 2016, at 08:11, bancfc at openmailbox.org wrote:
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>> Should Whonix document/encourage end users to turn clients into relays 
>> on their machines?
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> Probably not:
> * it increases the attack surface,
> * it makes their IP address public,
> * the relays would be of variable quality.
> 
> Why not encourage them to run bridge relays instead, if their 
> connection is
> fast enough?

Good idea. We are waiting for snowflake bridge transport to be ready and 
we plan to enable it by default on Whonix Gateway. Its optimal because 
no port forwarding is needed or changes to firewall settings (because 
VMs connect from behind virtual NATs).

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