[tor-bugs] #28588 [Core Tor/sbws]: SBWS 'bw_torflow_scale' does not appear to honor relay MaxAdvertisedBandwidth

Fri Nov 23 10:29:50 UTC 2018

#28588: SBWS 'bw_torflow_scale' does not appear to honor relay
MaxAdvertisedBandwidth
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 Reporter:  starlight      |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium         |      Milestone:  sbws 1.0 (MVP must)
Component:  Core Tor/sbws  |        Version:  sbws: 1.0.0
 Severity:  Normal         |     Resolution:
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Comment (by juga):

 Replying to [comment:5 teor]:
 > We should also remove the comment about MaxAdvertisedBandwidth in the
 sbws scaling section.

 Shouldn't we also use the minimum of all the values in the descriptor
 instead of of the descriptor bandwidth average?.
 I think that could make the linear method look closer to the torflow's
 one.

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