[tor-relays] Someone broke the tor-relay speed record?

[Tom van der Woerdt]

Seth schreef op 31/12/14 om 21:09:
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2014 01:13:52 -0800, Justaguy <justaguy at riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> Oh wait?
>> This is only advertised bandwith and not the actual bandwith.
>> maybe the actual bandwith will reach the advertised bandwith some day.
>> This relay is only running for 3 days so..
>
> The advertised Tor bandwidth for the exit node that I control matches up
> well with the bandwidth graph provided by the ISP, so I believe it is
> fairly accurate.
>
> https://globe.torproject.org/#/relay/E1E1059D8C41FC48B823C6F09348EA89C4D4C9D4
>
>
> Seems like it should be impossible however for a relay to jump to
> 149MB/s of advertised bandwidth in less than a week.


The advertised bandwidth number is determined by the OR itself, not the 
directory authorities. It takes a simple change to the code to report 
higher numbers. The same applies to the bandwidth graphs in globe, those 
too come from the relay itself.

Tom

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