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The Tor Project is switching to Rust

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348 points giuliomagnifico | 5 comments | 12 Dec 25 12:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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shevy-java ◴[12 Dec 25 13:02 UTC] No.46243731[source]▶
Hmmmm.

My biggest gripe with the Tor project is that it is so slow.

I don't think merely moving to Rust makes Tor faster either. And I am also not entirely convinced that Rust is really better than C.

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rpigab ◴[12 Dec 25 13:17 UTC] No.46243847[source]▶
I had that problem too, very slow on network requests, just change the setting "num_relays_proxied" from 3 to 1 to make it blazingly fast.
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1. kaoD ◴[12 Dec 25 13:21 UTC] No.46243865[source]▶
If this is sarcastic you should probably add /s or someone might actually follow your "advice".
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3. fragmede ◴[12 Dec 25 15:02 UTC] No.46244760[source]▶
Or people should not be idiots and think for themselves just a smidge, and not use /s.
4. rpigab ◴[12 Dec 25 15:58 UTC] No.46245336[source]▶
They should be fine since I made up the setting name, and even though I am not familiar with Tor client's configuration, I don't believe this is possible without altering its source code.

Also, using this kind of software without understanding how its works even just a little doesn't protect much of your privacy.

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5. adastra22 ◴[12 Dec 25 16:06 UTC] No.46245424[source]▶
Yeah I was confused! Pretty sure this is not configurable.