Broadband Reports: Tor Network Bogged Down by P2P

[Martin Balvers]

Also, as a middleman node, you don't know what kind of data is being 
transmitted because everything is encrypted.

Ben Wilhelm wrote:

>
> No, because as a midpoint node, you have no way of knowing where the 
> data is coming from or going to - besides "the computer that just 
> connected to you" and "the computer that you're about to connect to".
>
> -Ben
>
> Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote:
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>> On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, jed c wrote:
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>> Well, tor allows you to block exit traffic.  Is there also a way to 
>> block *transit* traffic?
>>
>> -Dan
>