31.08.2013 18:32, Pascal:
http://torstatus.blutmagie.de indicates that only 21.4% of Tor nodes are exit nodes. Are we wasting this precious resource by running non-exit traffic through these nodes?
Hi,
whenever or not these numbers are accurate or not, yes exit nodes transport all Tor related traffic.
They transport client traffic into the network (if they are guards) and back to the client, relay it to exits (where traffic exits) and exit-traffic to and from the destination.
The question is whenever or not it beneficial to change the role of nodes to achieve better ... what... performance... anonymity.
For example I thought myself if exits should be guards, because if I ran two exits which both got the guard flag and I don't set family on them there is some probability that traffic enters at one point (my exit no.1) and exits to my other exit.
Well Tor people are well educated and have more experience in that field.
Exits only transporting exit-traffic seems to be beneficial for performance, but to what expense on the anonymity side of things?
Best, Sebastian G.