[tor-bugs] #20688 [Webpages/Website]: OpenBSD missing from systems that 'work best' with relays

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#20688: OpenBSD missing from systems that 'work best' with relays
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 Reporter:  mulander          |          Owner:  cypherpunks
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium            |      Milestone:  WebsiteV3
Component:  Webpages/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  website-content   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                    |         Points:
 Reviewer:                    |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gman999):

 Replying to [comment:7 cypherpunks]:
 > I might be able to dig out some notes where -stable had no update for 14
 days past the release (not speaking about packages) in the past.

 I'm unclear on your meaning here. What do you mean by "14 days past the
 release"? Do you mean the net/tor port wasn't updated after the version of
 Tor was deprecated?

 > Can you say anything about the performance issues that have been
 observed in the past?

 That is another issue, but I think the statement "We should not recommend
 OpenBSD" is utterly wrong, whichever "cypherpunks" that was.

 OpenBSD is justifiably stingy with its resources for the sake of security.
 It's likely the first OS to disable Intel hyper-threading.

 The default number of open files on an OpenBSD system for the daemon class
 is 1024, which won't provide great performance for Tor as-is.  We
 recommend bumping that number.

 https://wiki.torbsd.org/doku.php?id=en:etc_login.conf_recommendations_for_openbsd

 Based on the current hardware we have access to, while running only one
 instance of Tor, you can hit 10M/s without much effort.

 The stats on places like https://torstatus.blutmagie.de/ show others
 moving more.

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