TMT: A new Tunable Mechanism of Tor based on the path length

Tor is one of the most widely used low-latency anonymous communication systems currently. However, a fact that users have different requirements on anonymity and performance could not be required in Tor impacts its usability, performance and anonymity. In the paper, we firstly provide a new Tunable Mechanism of Tor (TMT) based on the path length. We analyze the anonymity influence of the path length by theoretical derivation. Then, through experiment evaluation, the result of the performance influence of the path length is shown. From the results above, TMT is flexible and easily deployed which could fulfill different demands of various users and become practical complement to Tor, thus enhancing the usability, diversity and security of Tor.