[tor-commits] [sbws/master] Add warning: who should run sbws

juga at torproject.org juga at torproject.org
Tue Sep 25 09:48:10 UTC 2018


commit eba04c39bc7bce3cf46d940ef348c1595ae6a603
Author: juga0 <juga at riseup.net>
Date:   Sat Sep 8 14:20:38 2018 +0000

    Add warning: who should run sbws
---
 README.md | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6febd3a..1d42bee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 `simple-bw-scanner` (also called `sbws`) is a Tor bandwidth scanner that
 produces bandwidth measurements files to be used by Directory Authorities.
 
-It doesn't get simpler than this, folks.
-
 The scanner builds two hop circuits consisting of the relay being measured and
-a fast exit. Over these circuits it measures RTT and download performance.
+a fast exit. Over these circuits it measures RTT and bandwidth.
+
+**WARNING**: This software is *only* intended to be run by Tor directory
+authorities or researches using a test Tor network, chutney or shadow.
+Please, do not run this software otherwise, since the measurements would not be
+used by Tor and would only create more traffic in the Tor network.
 
 See INSTALL for install instructions. See DEPLOY for deploy instructions. See
 LICENSE for license information. See CONTRIBUTING for coding standards and





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