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\section{Crossroads: Policy issues}
\label{sec:crossroads-policy}
\section{Policy issues}
Many of the issues the Tor project needs to address extend beyond
system design and technology development. In particular, the
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%[XXX Mention correct DNS-RBL implementation. -NM]
\section{Crossroads: Design choices}
\label{sec:crossroads-design}
\section{Design choices}
In addition to social issues, Tor also faces some design challenges that must
be addressed as the network develops.
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\label{subsec:helper-nodes}
It has been thought for some time that the best anonymity protection
comes from running your own node~\cite{or-pet00,tor-design}.
(In fact, in Onion Routing's first design, this was the only option
possible~\cite{or-ih96}.) While the first implementation
comes from running your own node~\cite{tor-design,or-pet00}.
(In fact, this was the only option in the earliest Onion Routing
design~\cite{or-ih96}.) While the first implementation
had a fixed path length of five nodes, first generation
Onion Routing design included random length routes chosen
to simultaneously maximize efficiency and unpredictability in routes.
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%RIAA; less so if threat is to application data or individuals or...
\section{Scaling}
%\label{sec:crossroads-scaling}
%P2P + anonymity issues:
\label{sec:scaling}
Tor is running today with hundreds of nodes and tens of thousands of
users, but it will certainly not scale to millions.
@ -1486,16 +1483,16 @@ this stage if the developers stopped actively working on it. We may get
an unexpected boon from the fact that we're a general-purpose overlay
network: as Tor grows more popular, other groups who need an overlay
network on the Internet are starting to adapt Tor to their needs.
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Second, Tor is only one of many components that preserve privacy online.
To keep identifying information out of application traffic, we must build
more and better protocol-aware proxies that are usable by ordinary people.
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Third, we need to gain a reputation for social good, and learn how to
coexist with the variety of Internet services and their established
authentication mechanisms. We can't just keep escalating the blacklist
standoff forever.
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Fourth, as described in Section~\ref{sec:scaling}, the current Tor
architecture does not scale even to handle current user demand. We must
find designs and incentives to let clients relay traffic too, without