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| author | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2006-03-25 23:23:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> | 2006-03-25 23:23:19 +0000 |
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If you run a fast server, can you run your client elsewhere?
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diff --git a/doc/incentives.txt b/doc/incentives.txt index 088832aaca..5b805549d1 100644 --- a/doc/incentives.txt +++ b/doc/incentives.txt @@ -324,6 +324,20 @@ Alice to have a low reputation, and the only high bandwidth circuit Alice could use would be via the evil node. +3.14. If you run a fast server, can you run your client elsewhere? + + A lot of people want to run a fast server at a colocation facility, + and then reap the rewards using their cablemodem or DSL Tor client. + + If we use anonymous micropayments, where reputation can literally + be transferred, this is trivial. + + If we pick a design where servers accrue reputation and can only + use it themselves, though, the clients can configure the servers as + their entry nodes and "inherit" their reputation. In this approach + we would let servers configure a set of IP addresses or keys that get + "like local" service. + 4. Sample designs. 4.1. Two classes of service for circuits. |