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List:       tor-dev
Subject:    Re: [tor-dev] Allowing NAT for relay/exit nodes - Bootstrap file size
From:       Ximin Luo <infinity0 () torproject ! org>
Date:       2014-01-20 20:45:56
Message-ID: 52DD8B04.5090707 () torproject ! org
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This would be a nice-to-have, but not a priority for Tor. OTOH, that functionality is \
more vital for i2p, who are exploring the idea of integrating into Tor's PT system:

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10629

Also, right now, no PT servers can actually traverse NAT. In the future, we plan to \
add WebRTC capability to flashproxy, which will include NAT traversal:

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5578

If you want to see it done faster, feel free to help us/them out, or find someone \
where I can apply for funding for it.

X

On 20/01/14 19:24, Juan Berner wrote:
> Yes, but the point of flash proxies, is to use them as bridges, what I
> meant is to allow OR's behind NAT to be relays or even exit nodes.
> 
> 
> 2014/1/20 David Fifield <david@bamsoftware.com>
> 
> > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 05:00:38PM -0200, Juan Berner wrote:
> > > 1) Allow NAT clients to be TOR relay nodes (even maybe exit nodes) ,
> > this would
> > > be done using a queue system, possibly in a hidden service but not
> > necessary,
> > > where nat relay nodes can query what tor clients want to connect to them
> > and
> > > initiate the connection. This would allow more nodes in the TOR network.
> > 
> > This is how flash proxy works. Clients register themselves as needing a
> > connection, and then proxies connect to the clients. (The problem is
> > that many *clients* are also behind NAT, and then it doesn't work so
> > well.)
> > 
> > You can run a flash proxy just by going to a web page like
> > http://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/, and there is also code to run a
> > proxy in the background without a browser:
> > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/7944.
> > 
> > David Fifield
> > 

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