Robert Ransom <rransom.8774@xxxxxxxxx> wrote on 16.02.2011: > You're right -- low-bandwidth relays are nearly useless. For security > reasons, Tor clients must choose the relays in their circuits at > random. Tor attempts to load-balance circuits across the published > relays by weighting the probability with which clients choose each > relay, but this load-balancing approach cannot make good use of > low-bandwidth relays. > > If you want to contribute your bandwidth on a slow (50 kB/s or less) > connection to Tor, consider running a bridge to help users bypass > Internet censorship instead of running a published relay. > > > Robert Ransom > Thanks for this explanation. I will convert my DSL connected relay into a bridge. If I look at torstatus there are hundreds of low bandwidth relays. Why does Tor not automatically runs as a bridge if the connections is too slow? Regards, Klaus
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