> On 8 Sep 2017, at 09:47, Duncan <dguthrie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > r1610091651: >> Hi >> >> I've a question regarding the rate setting in torrc and tor honoring it. >> I've set up a tor relay with following rate settings: >> RelayBandwidthRate 2048 KBytes >> RelayBandwidthBurst 2048 KBytes >> >> But using arm, I'm seeing that tor is not honoring these settings, with >> bursts frequently exceeding the value. >> The average rate control seems to be working fine though. >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> What am I missing? >> >> I'm running 0.3.0.10 on Linux. >> >> Thanks >> > > You should firstly keep in mind that these settings apply to traffic > both up and down - i.e. you'll get 2048 kilobytes/second up and 2048 > kilobytes/second down. Also, these settings apply to *Relayed* traffic only. If your tor is acting as a client, it will happily exceed these limits. As well as SOCKSPort traffic, client traffic also includes directory document downloads, and any other traffic that originates at your relay. If you want to limit all traffic, use: BandwidthBurst 2048 KBytes T -- Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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