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Re: [tor-bugs] #8494 [Core Tor/Tor]: Does MaxAdvertisedBandwidth do anything useful and if not, can we deprecate it?

#8494: Does MaxAdvertisedBandwidth do anything useful and if not, can we deprecate
it?
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 Reporter:  alphawolf                            |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Low                                  |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.2.4.11-alpha
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  consensus, bandwidth,                |  Actual Points:
  MaxAdvertisedBandwidth tor-relay tor-dirauth   |
  needs-insight                                  |
Parent ID:                                       |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by Sebastian):

 This option is used on the bwauth measurement relays and dirauths, which
 have huge bandwidthrates but low advertised bandwidth. They get measured
 well, but only according to their self-selected bw tier which is enough to
 keep their utilization low.

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