Mozilla launches 12 Tor intermediate nodes using its servers

Back in November last year, the Mozilla leadership promised to provide technical assistance to the Tor project. As part of this assistance, the organization launched 12 high-capacity staging nodes . All of Mozilla's inside traffic points are based on three HP SL170zG6 servers (48 GB RAM, 2Xeon L5640, 21Gbps NIC) and several Juniper EX4200 network switches.

In addition, the company allocated redundant channels (a total of 2 lines of 10 gigabits each) for the new system. According to representatives of the organization, the new project has significantly improved the infrastructure of the Tor network. In this case, the network works separately from the corporate - in case of any problems, its own Mozilla infrastructure will not be affected.


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In the near future, Mozilla is going to make its browser “more friendly” to Tor. At the forefront is the idea of ​​increasing the privacy of the user, his protection from "prying eyes" when working on the Web. Now, the company's specialists are further exploring how Tor works to make Firefox more secure.

It is worth noting that now not only Mozilla shows interest in Tor, but also many other companies that produce software that works with web content and network applications.