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[tor-bugs] Re: #1627 [Tor - Relay]: Set Advertized Bandwidth
#1627: Set Advertized Bandwidth
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Reporter: Henfre | Owner: None yet, but hopeful
Type: enhancement | Status: reopened
Priority: trivial | Milestone: Tor Check Enhancements
Component: Tor - Relay | Version: Tor: 0.2.2.x-final
Resolution: | Keywords: tor, relay, bandwidth
Parent: |
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Comment(by Henfre):
Replying to [comment:4 nickm]:
> Oops; closed the other one before I saw that you closed this one.
>
> Anyway: Servers' self-advertised bandwidth is no longer the main factor
used to decide how much to use them: it's too easy for a malicious server
to lie and claim more bandwidth than it has. Instead, clients now base
their decision on measured bandwidth as estimated by one or more
'bandwidth authorities'. See proposals 160 and 161 for an intro to the
topic.
>
> (Also, it's not the individual connection to any other server that a Tor
process uses to estimate its own bandwidth. Instead, it uses the maximum
aggregate bandwidth that it has ever been able to push out in a given time
period over _all_ connections.)
Ahh, I understand. In any case I have convinced myself that my ISP
throttles encrypted traffic significantly compared to browsing and
download over http. This is what prevents my node from using all of the
seemingly available bandwidth. Thank you for the rapid response.
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