[tor-talk] How does Tor REALLY work?

[Paul Syverson]

This is definitely not my area of expertise for Tor (which is why I
didn't say anything earlier), but when you iniitially raised this
thread my kneejerk reaction was to suggest exactly this. Now we
can wait for Roger or Nick to say why it's not the good idea it seems.

-Paul

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 08:38:42PM -0500, casey dunham wrote:
> It seems that the tor Doxygen isn't published anywhere? From this
> http://www.bitchx.com/log/tor-o/tor-o-25-May-2010/tor-o-25-May-2010-00.php
> 
> it looks like it hasn't been kept up to date. Maybe that would be a
> good first step? Getting the doxygen up to date and in  a publicly
> accessible place?
> 
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:27 PM, casey dunham <casey.dunham at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Right, so the methodology used in keeping the code doc updated is important.
> >
> > Also, it wouldn't have to be a tome to start with. I think it would be
> > handy just to describe some of the high level functionality like you
> > just did earlier. So when someone wants to get started with looking at
> > the code they can at least get a high level overview of where things
> > live and how they interact.
> >
> > Keeping in mind that nothing is ever going to replace just rolling up
> > your sleeves and diving in, but at least you wouldn't have to dive in
> > blindfolded. In my experience every code base has a lot of code that
> > while important, most people don't really need to look at or touch to
> > be productive.
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Nick Mathewson <nickm at freehaven.net> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 8:27 AM, casey dunham <casey.dunham at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I've got a bunch of notes from perusing the source code trying to understand it.
> >>>
> >>> It sounds like it would be a great project for someone that is just
> >>> getting into Tor and already knows C (I hope I didn't just volunteer
> >>> myself for the project...)
> >>>
> >>> My question would be, how likely is it that the architecture that you
> >>> just described would be changing anytime soon?
> >>
> >> No guarantees, I'm afraid, but fortunately (?) the rate of change is
> >> limited to how fast people can code. ?Anybody who's interested in
> >> trying to do something like this would either need to resign
> >> themselves to an ongoing process of keeping their work up to date, or
> >> resign themselves to having it become out-of-date as development moves
> >> on.
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