[tor-bugs] #24499 [Core Tor/Torflow]: Bandwidth determination is flawed

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#24499: Bandwidth determination is flawed
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 Reporter:  Hassprediger      |          Owner:  tom
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium            |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Torflow  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-bwauth        |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                    |         Points:
 Reviewer:                    |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 Replying to [comment:6 starlight]:
 > The relay does not have the "Fast" flag at present.  Bandwidth
 Authorities will not even attempt to measure relays without Fast

 Bandwidth authorities attempt to measure all Running relays. But clients
 won't use a relay for most purposes unless it has the Fast flag.

 > so putting a 'torsocks wget' (or "curl --socks5-hostname
 127.0.0.1:9150') of some decent size file in the crontab may go a long way
 here.

 This works because it changes the bandwidth partition on bandwidth
 authorities, so if the relay can carry more traffic, they will find out
 faster.

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