[tor-bugs] #25687 [Core Tor/Tor]: over-report of observed / self-measure bandwidth on fast hardware -- important to torflow / peerflow

Wed Apr 4 22:04:53 UTC 2018

#25687: over-report of observed / self-measure bandwidth  on fast hardware --
important to torflow / peerflow
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 Reporter:  starlight     |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.6.10
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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Comment (by starlight):

 thank you for the update, bwscanner I presume?

 I won't spend time quantifying this issue with 0.3.3, at least for now,
 though I did come up with a plan.  If peerflow happens then measurement
 quality is a concern; could spend some time on the aforementioned
 analysis.

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