Re: [tor-relays] Guard failing large amount of circuits

[Stephan <tor-relay-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08.09.2013 05:23, I wrote:
> An exit relay that has just been updated to 0.2.4.17-rc produced this
> message
>
> Sep 07 19:59:30.996 [Warning] Your Guard maisterikaarna
> ($C3B7CC79FD4E302AF8956A7B02F0FC7AAB4A6AF8) is failing a very large
> amount of circuits. Most likely this means the Tor network is
> overloaded, but it could also mean an attack against you or
> potentially the guard itself. Success counts are 52/151. Use counts
> are 0/0. 52 circuits completed, 0 were unusable, 0 collapsed, and 1
> timed out. For reference, your timeout cutoff is 142 seconds.

I guess the part about the Tor network being overloaded is/was true, 
because my non-exit relay got a similar message at that time.

Strange thing though: my relay only used about half of it's bandwidth at 
the time.


-Stephan
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