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The Tor Project is switching to Rust

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348 points giuliomagnifico | 2 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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flipped ◴[12 Dec 25 13:45 UTC] No.46244073[source]▶
What's the point of having one relay? You're better off using a reputable VPN like mullvad or ivpn. Tor is the best you're gonna get for low latency anonymous overlay network. It's been studied and refined over the years.
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1. raxxorraxor ◴[12 Dec 25 14:26 UTC] No.46244417[source]▶
It would shifts part of the data route info from your provider toward that particular relay.

But I wouldn't recommend it of course.

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2. flipped ◴[12 Dec 25 14:42 UTC] No.46244593[source]▶
Of course it would hence you should stick with mullvad, a reputable VPN. Tor is not made for single relay paths, you're just wasting it's potential.