On 12 Oct 2014, at 19:30 , Tor externet co uk <tor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2014-10-12 02:04, teor wrote: >> 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> >>> To: tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [tor-relays] Question on running bridge nodes >>> Message-ID: <49c1abc0aa88e1bf8425fdc8e482402d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >>> 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 > Thanks, that's what I thought, but wasn't sure. > > I'll play around for the next few days to see how fast I can get it without triggering hibernation. > > L A little hibernation isn't that bad - going down for half an hour every few days isn't as much of an issue for reliability as 18 hours every day. (Fixed mixed top- and bottom-posting.) teor pgp 0xABFED1AC hkp://pgp.mit.edu/ https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5 http://0bin.net/paste/Mu92kPyphK0bqmbA#Zvt3gzMrSCAwDN6GKsUk7Q8G-eG+Y+BLpe7wtmU66Mx
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