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Re: [tor-relays] Question on running bridge nodes



On 12 Oct 2014, at 09:32 , tor-relays-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:25:47 +0100
> From: Tor externet co uk <tor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [tor-relays] Question on running bridge nodes
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> Hi,
> 
> I've set up a bridge node in the previous few weeks, but have had to put 
> a bandwidth limit on, as I only have 10TB of traffic per month before my 
> ISP will start throttling me to 100k/sec.
> 
> I wondered whether it was more helpful to the Tor network as a whole to 
> have have a very fast node which hibernated every 12-15 hours, or if I 
> throttled Tor traffic, so that the node was more stable.
> 
> I'll confess that I'm far more au fait with the politics of Tor than I 
> am of the exact ins and outs of how the technology works. Any help would 
> be gratefully received.
> 
> Thanks
> L

For relays, where pathing is quite dynamic, we recommend speed + hibernation over uptime.

But for bridges, users obtain only 3 bridge descriptors at a time, usually via some difficult or dangerous method. We'd want to make sure at least 1 stays up at all times (2 for reliability), which would favour throttling.


teor
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https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5
http://0bin.net/paste/Mu92kPyphK0bqmbA#Zvt3gzMrSCAwDN6GKsUk7Q8G-eG+Y+BLpe7wtmU66Mx



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