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Re: [tor-relays] High number of simultaneous connections from a single host



> I was inspecting my node and just saw that it has a very high number of 
> connections.
> 
> It jumped from the normal 6000-7000 to more than 17000 simultaneous 
> connections.
> 
> Looking at the connections with `ss` I see some hosts with over 1000 
> connections while the majority is usually bellow 10.
> 
> Here are some stats with the IP and the associated number of simultaneous 
> connections:
 
Please do not publish IP addresses of potential tor clients/onion services!


> Is it normal for a single host to produce so many connections?

This is a known and ongoing issue, the tor developer worked on
a fix to mitigate the impact of such aggressive clients.

https://twitter.com/nusenu_/status/958486010563874817
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2018-January/014357.html


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