[tor-relays] Bandwidth usage and relay anonymity

Raistlin Majere raistlin at majere.net
Tue Oct 8 22:46:32 UTC 2013


Let me try another way of asking that first question .. how much
bandwidth is required for the relay to be useful?

R.M.


On 10/08/2013 05:10 PM, Nick wrote:
> Hi Raistlin,
> 
>> How much bandwidth on average does a Tor gateway eat up in a 
>> month?
> 
> You can set the maximum amount of bandwidth you'd like it to use in
> the config file.
> 
>> And will that Tor gateway still remain anonymous even if I run 
>> other 'Public' services on the same server?
> 
> The tor relay isn't anonymous - its IP address will be widely 
> shared. It's used to keep tor users anonymous. Unless you're 
> referring to hidden services, in which case the answer is 'yes', I
>  think, as long as you're careful not to leak anything between the
>  hidden service and the public ones.
> 
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