[tor-relays] IP and SWIP for a Tor exit node

starlight.2015q3 at binnacle.cx starlight.2015q3 at binnacle.cx
Sun Sep 27 04:23:51 UTC 2015


>I have bought some credit on Aruba. . .

Looked at Aruba offerings, check this out

https://serverdedicati.aruba.it/server-dedicati/basic-1-3.aspx

For 15 euros/month you can have a dedicated
dual-core 1.6GHz with 100MBPS unmetered
traffic.  This will make a rather nice
exit node for the cost and will run
better than a typical VPS where one
has no control over system load.  Even
with the low clock-speed, network processing
latency will be very good.

Probably is an Atom or maybe a Celeron
CPU and the it will probably run at close
to 100%--not a problem.  If one
'tor' instance does not use more than
30-40% of the 100MBPS due to limited
CPU, fire up a second relay.  Up to two
relays can run on a single IP address.

But if one 'tor' instance runs at 50-60% of
bandwidth or better it would make sense
to stick with just the one.

Non-exit relays typically load at
25-35%; is the intentional design
of the bandwidth allocation system.
However due to the relative shortage of
them, exits run more like 80% of
useable bandwidth as determined by the
BWauths.



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