[citation needed] This allows the efficient bundling of an onion routing "reply block" with the original message.
[citation needed] Garlic routing is one of the key factors that distinguishes I2P from Tor and other privacy or encryption networks.
[5] The idea is to provide a resilient and low latency anonymous content sharing network based on garlic routing.
The distinguishing benefit that makes the system different from traditional Tor networks is that it is designed around secure, fast communication.
This is made possible by allowing the garlic cast system to use random walks to find proxies in the overlay network and then use the security-enhanced Information Dispersal Algorithm to deliver content in a secure and fast manner.