Re: [tor-relays] do the 800+ UbuntuCore relays constitute a Sybil attack?

[starlight.2017q4@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Thank you for the reply.

I missed the post when searching the topic--the relays are a bit unusual and I keep tripping over them. . .


On Nov 29, 2017 01:37, "Chad MILLER" <chad at cornsilk.net> wrote:

>To be honest, I reckon these UbuntuCore nodes are almost all mundane
>desktops and server.
>
>I think there are only a few added each day, for a total of about one or
>two thousand that intend to be bridges and relays. Intent doesn't mean they
>have the inbound connectivity to join the consensus, though.
>
>
>
>On Nov 28, 2017 17:18, "Roger Dingledine" <arma at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 08:06:11PM -0500, starlight.2017q4 at binnacle.cx
>> wrote:
>> > The population of these has been climbing for more than a week and
>> no-one has commented, which seems odd.  No contact provided.
>> >
>> > https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/UbuntuCore
>>
>> See this thread:
>> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-August/010046.html
>>
>> So they are not a single unified operator.
>>
>> What fraction of consensus weights are they? I'm under the impression
>> they're running on refrigerators or whatever so most of them have crappy
>> connectivity.
>>
>> --Roger
>>

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