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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am fairly new to Tor and have been running a relay for a couple of weeks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have configured a RelayBandwithRate of only 100 KB and so only see a few active connections at any one time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recently I have been noticing, in netstat output, a high level of established but idle TCP connections to other tor-hosts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Out of 96 ESTABLISHED connections there are 90 with Recv-Q & Send-Q of 0.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is this part of the rolling connection set of this host or something else?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Eg:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#netstat -e <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Active Internet connections (w/o servers)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State User Inode <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>...<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:55528 digi00299.digicube:9001 ESTABLISHED tor 449100 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:56308 tor01.spacedump.ne:9001 ESTABLISHED tor 440912 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:57934 torsrvo.snydernet:https ESTABLISHED tor 443309 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:9001 tor18.anonymizer.:57588 TIME_WAIT root 0 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:46943 tor.parad0x.org:https ESTABLISHED tor 449313 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:9001 vodka.projekt16.b:51520 ESTABLISHED tor 449337 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:9001 gamma.rueckgr.at:39215 ESTABLISHED tor 449218 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:44622 dannenberg.ccc.de:https ESTABLISHED tor 431598 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:39656 torsrvn.snydernet:https ESTABLISHED tor 446435 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:9001 76.72.169.90:40606 TIME_WAIT root 0 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 93 my.ip:9001 torproxy10.teamcy:58154 ESTABLISHED tor 449452 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 0 my.ip:60081 v-603-kalfa-23-10:https ESTABLISHED tor 448047 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>tcp 0 1846 my.ip:35776 tor5.anonymizer.c:https ESTABLISHED tor 440943 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gus<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>