Waiting for anonymity: Understanding delays in the tor overlay

Prithula Dhungel; Moritz Steiner; Ivica Rimac; Volker Hilt; Keith W. Ross

doi:10.1109/P2P.2010.5569995

Waiting for anonymity: Understanding delays in the tor overlay

Prithula Dhungel, Moritz Steiner, Ivica Rimac, Volker Hilt, Keith W. Ross

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Abstract

Although Tor is the most widely used overlay for providing anonymity services, its users often experience very high delays. Because much of Tor usage is for Web applications, which are sensitive to latency, it is critical to reduce delays in Tor. To take an important step in this direction, we seek an in-depth understanding of delays in Tor. By taking snapshots of the entire Tor network within a short time window, we are able to study the delay distribution of the entire router population. We also monitor delays introduced by individual Tor routers over extended periods of time. Our results indicate that apart from delays introduced by routers, overlay network latency also plays a significant role in delays in Tor. We have also observed that at any time, there exist huge differences in the delays introduced by different routers. Our results reveal key performance characteristics of Tor system behavior and provide valuable insights for improving the Tor performance

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Proceedings
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/P2P.2010.5569995
State	Published - 2010
Event	2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: Aug 25 2010 → Aug 27 2010

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Name	2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Proceedings

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Other	2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Delft
Period	8/25/10 → 8/27/10

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Computational Theory and Mathematics
Computer Science Applications
Theoretical Computer Science

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Dhungel, P., Steiner, M., Rimac, I., Hilt, V., & Ross, K. W. (2010). Waiting for anonymity: Understanding delays in the tor overlay. In 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Proceedings Article 5569995 (2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1109/P2P.2010.5569995

Waiting for anonymity: Understanding delays in the tor overlay. / Dhungel, Prithula; Steiner, Moritz; Rimac, Ivica et al.
2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Proceedings. 2010. 5569995 (2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Proceedings).

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Dhungel, P, Steiner, M, Rimac, I, Hilt, V & Ross, KW 2010, Waiting for anonymity: Understanding delays in the tor overlay. in 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Proceedings., 5569995, 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010 - Proceedings, 2010 IEEE 10th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Computing, P2P 2010, Delft, Netherlands, 8/25/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/P2P.2010.5569995

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