Domain names

relay.oblivious.network

All production relay traffic is routed through the domain relay.oblivious.network.

In Section 6.2.3, the OHTTP RFC suggests that traffic analysis is easier and easier as the portion of traffic shared by a single relay gets smaller. On Oblivious Network, we defend against this kind of analysis by having all relays use the domain name relay.oblivious.network.

This reduces the amount of information given away by each request, since the domain name will not imply any particular backend address. Your specific relay will be located at a particular path, such as relay.oblivious.network/limber-cliff-34. The path portion of the URL, meaning /limber-cliff-34 (and all other HTTP request headers) will be encrypted, and cannot be used to gain information about client requests.