[tor-relays] Estimation of bridge traffic / Bridge or relay needed?

Roger Dingledine arma at mit.edu
Mon Apr 2 07:36:05 UTC 2018


On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 03:32:00AM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
> > https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge
> >
> > "If you have lots of bandwidth, you should definitely run a normal relay.
> > If you're willing to be an exit, you should definitely run a normal
> > relay, since we need more exits. If you can't be an exit and only have a
> > little bit of bandwidth, be a bridge. Thanks for volunteering!"
> 
> The 'normal's above are ambiguous and conflicting.
> Replace them with 'non-exit' and 'exit'.

Ah, actually no, replace them with "relay" and "relay".

In that text, "normal relay" is as opposed to "bridge relay".

The FAQ text sure needs some updating.

--Roger



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