[tor-bugs] #4249 [Vidalia]: Vidalia sets RelayBandwidthBurst to 2*RelayBandwidthRate (was: Tor not respecting bandwidth limit)
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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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Changes (by rransom):
* status: needs_information => assigned
* owner: => chiiph
* component: Tor Client => Vidalia
Comment:
Replying to [comment:9 funkstar]:
> Thanks, it reveals this:
> RelayBandwidthBurst 131072
> RelayBandwidthRate 65536
> which probably explains it. I'll drop it to about 55000 and 65000
respectively.
RelayBandwidthBurst should always be greater than or equal to
RelayBandwidthRate.
> On a side note, is this correct for http & https websites?
> ExitPolicy accept *:80,accept *:443,reject *:*
Yes.
> I assume there's no way to separate HTTP downloads from browsing.
There are ways to distinguish the two activities, but Tor exit policies
will never be able to support them.
Do we want to change the behaviour of Vidalia's settings GUI here (always
setting RelayBandwidthBurst to 2*(value of RelayBandwidthRate))?
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4249#comment:10>
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