meek-azure funding has run out
The grant I was using to pay for meek-azure ran out at the end of 2016. It was for $10,000 and it paid for meek-azure and meek-google (until the latter was shut down) throughout 2016. I can support it personally for maybe one more month but after that I'll have to shut it down.
From these graphs you can see that meek continues to be very popular, with both backing bridges constant pushing against the rate limits we imposed to control costs. I had hoped that by now we would find a way to pay for sustained deployment, but it hasn't happened. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/F4AD82B2032EDEF6C02C5A529C42CFAFE51656... https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/AA033EEB61601B2B7312D89B62AAA23DC3ED8A... If someone wants to take over the service and raise funds I'm happy to let you. I've been able to manage keeping on top of monthly invoices and all that, but it's not my strong suit.
I don't have any problem with continuing to run the bridge that the CDN forwards to, as that is much less expensive than the CDN, like $20/month rather than $600/month.
Hey David. How much money do we need for 2017? Shari
On Jan 9, 2017, at 2:59 PM, David Fifield <david@bamsoftware.com> wrote:
The grant I was using to pay for meek-azure ran out at the end of 2016. It was for $10,000 and it paid for meek-azure and meek-google (until the latter was shut down) throughout 2016. I can support it personally for maybe one more month but after that I'll have to shut it down.
From these graphs you can see that meek continues to be very popular, with both backing bridges constant pushing against the rate limits we imposed to control costs. I had hoped that by now we would find a way to pay for sustained deployment, but it hasn't happened. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/F4AD82B2032EDEF6C02C5A529C42CFAFE51656... https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/AA033EEB61601B2B7312D89B62AAA23DC3ED8A... If someone wants to take over the service and raise funds I'm happy to let you. I've been able to manage keeping on top of monthly invoices and all that, but it's not my strong suit.
I don't have any problem with continuing to run the bridge that the CDN forwards to, as that is much less expensive than the CDN, like $20/month rather than $600/month. _______________________________________________ tor-project mailing list tor-project@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-project
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 03:06:17PM -0800, Shari Steele wrote:
Hey David. How much money do we need for 2017?
The total for meek-azure November 2015 to November 2016 was $6290.69, or about $525 a month on average. I believe it could go 2× or higher if we relaxed rate limits. meek-amazon is higher, $13756.30 or $1150/month over the same time period.
On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 20:08:03 -0800 David Fifield <david@bamsoftware.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 03:06:17PM -0800, Shari Steele wrote:
Hey David. How much money do we need for 2017?
The total for meek-azure November 2015 to November 2016 was $6290.69, or about $525 a month on average. I believe it could go 2× or higher if we relaxed rate limits. meek-amazon is higher, $13756.30 or $1150/month over the same time period.
Has there been any progress on finding alternative funding for this? dcf's comments on trac indicate "no", which would be unfortunate. -- Yawning Angel
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 02:59:55PM -0800, David Fifield wrote:
The grant I was using to pay for meek-azure ran out at the end of 2016. It was for $10,000 and it paid for meek-azure and meek-google (until the latter was shut down) throughout 2016. I can support it personally for maybe one more month but after that I'll have to shut it down.
I shut down the meek-azure CDN endpoints this morning, so meek-azure is going to stop working until the 6.5.1 release, which updates to Cymru's bridge.
David Fifield:
I shut down the meek-azure CDN endpoints this morning, so meek-azure is going to stop working until the 6.5.1 release, which updates to Cymru's bridge.
Hey David, I just wanted to take the opportunity and thank you for your continues support to censored users. This is an important work that sometimes goes under appreciated simply because it's not tangible for most people active in the community. As someone who's experienced the struggle and on behalf of those who do every day in this modern day, I take my hat off to you. Same goes to all other Pluggable Transport developers. Thank you! -- Nima 0X58C4B928A3E218F6 | @mrphs "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" --Evelyn Beatrice Hall
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Well said, Nima, and I agree! I tip my yarmulke to you, David! :) Be well, Rabbi Rob. - -- Rabbi Rob Thomas Team Cymru "It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree." - Leo McKern -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJYvII6AAoJEEPoYWL6hfKNWlIP/330Nb5hXZ4wgrI3svUxo9Vh c/w0Gtk7YK3Bgp0R2fvmStlGNTtsHNOjUhacX0sjtN97k8bObI7bQtIe8o+1Cuay Ahqa1Y4Q65/rMuRnf5+5u/kIQVCSOO7iyOEDOq2QjIXxIvw1Up1btiQRmZVEmAzd 5cROfBKvWe31Cv+qiW82PDdbEnYQbsGUtYIg7Qw7hfqcLZsSToMWAAKc+tV8IGWJ hfGzwnl7Nua4NFVaPNmYfEpG/EEsH5WgP91OJe26jVLRMhtUZ4Zsf8bOwfsEJV+p Fodn9gjKgz4zAWo+fhCLk6WOM+y097xtqG45Ul441cjq88VVe0h5n4dXSd3Bwy4F 6OVMlKi5TLs3O3ybC5tv4EB5/CEiZ9Zhr4ZYJhlSEhaQY7/El+CVhqxb8IlkEC7u PaEqrEDC8ytId1uiCgaABzduC5KtMsJmUCh3D0H5kjD9nl8czaP06S7f+GnfvGKY rKi+KCzqM8mTkOKiY99+AjqOOpIR/8K4BMIXeipABa04VxeVZgWfGv3i5ZtcGHth oKkFLPUwLydPcmNrDj3ydT04OTGKwlH2vwFCPztYeFH4316XGzUmueT+HANclhPy 5v4HiZGQAhCrYK1Av/4y8/TywtC+mN0Ww/axH/8n8qfj4zR1/pDKfgqnUU3OmmDA 92dIja16xm6ot5OWq/Tl =dpHT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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