[tor-bugs] #4249 [Vidalia]: Vidalia sets RelayBandwidthBurst to 2*RelayBandwidthRate

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#4249: Vidalia sets RelayBandwidthBurst to 2*RelayBandwidthRate
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 Reporter:  funkstar  |          Owner:  chiiph            
     Type:  defect    |         Status:  assigned          
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:                    
Component:  Vidalia   |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.5-alpha
 Keywords:            |         Parent:                    
   Points:            |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by chiiph):

 I think that if you use the presets then there a high probability that you
 aren't exactly sure what you are setting, and talking about "bursts" might
 make people more confused. So I think it's reasonable to make use *2 for
 the burst.

 OTOH, if you are using custom, Vidalia doesn't manipulate the numbers you
 specify in the text edits other than doing a *1024 to specify bytes
 instead of kilobytes when passing them to Tor. So if this is the case,
 this might be a bug in Tor (unless I'm missing something here).

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