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The Tor Project
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b112ecbc
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b112ecbc
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15 years ago
by
Steven Murdoch
Committed by
Roger Dingledine
14 years ago
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Change "server" to "relay", so as to match existing terminology
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This proposal describes how Tor clients could determine when they
have sufficient bandwidth capacity and are sufficiently reliable to
become either bridges
are
Tor
server
s. When they meet this
become either bridges
or
Tor
relay
s. When they meet this
criteria, they will automatically promote themselves, based on user
preferences. The proposal also defines the new controller messages
and options which will control this process.
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particularly the case for bridges, because these are gradually
being blocked, and thus no longer of use to people within some
countries. By automatically promoting Tor clients to bridges, and
perhaps also to full public
server
s, this proposal aims to solve
perhaps also to full public
relay
s, this proposal aims to solve
these problems.
Only Tor clients which are sufficiently useful should be promoted,
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- auto (A): Currently a client, but will consider promotion
- bridge (B): Currently a bridge, and will stay as such
- auto-bridge (AB): Currently a bridge, but will consider promotion
-
server
(
S
): Currently a public
server
, and will stay as such
-
relay
(
R
): Currently a public
relay
, and will stay as such
The state can be fully controlled from the configuration file or
controller, but the normal state transitions are as follows:
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Auto -> auto-bridge: Tor has detected that it is sufficiently
reliable to be a *bridge*
Auto -> bridge: Tor has detected that it is sufficiently reliable
to be a *
server
*, but the user has chosen to remain a *bridge*
Auto ->
server
: Tor has detected that it is sufficiently reliable
to be *
server
*, and will skip being a *bridge*
Auto-bridge ->
server
: Tor has detected that it is sufficiently
reliable to be a *
server
*
to be a *
relay
*, but the user has chosen to remain a *bridge*
Auto ->
relay
: Tor has detected that it is sufficiently reliable
to be *
relay
*, and will skip being a *bridge*
Auto-bridge ->
relay
: Tor has detected that it is sufficiently
reliable to be a *
relay
*
Note that this model does not support demotion. If this is
desirable, there should be some memory as to whether the previous
state was
server
, bridge, or auto-bridge. Otherwise the user may be
prompted to become a
server
, although he has opted to only be a
state was
relay
, bridge, or auto-bridge. Otherwise the user may be
prompted to become a
relay
, although he has opted to only be a
bridge.
3.x User interaction policy
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Finally, Tor could by default not make any transition, and the user
would need to opt in by stating the maximum level (bridge or
server
) to which the node may automatically promote itself.
relay
) to which the node may automatically promote itself.
3.x New options
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