[tor-project] Decommissioning siv.sunet.se

[juga]

teor:
>>
>> On 27 Nov 2018, at 07:21, Tom Ritter <tom at ritter.vg> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 at 04:15, teor <teor at riseup.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear bandwidth authority operators,
>>>
>>>> On 20 Nov 2018, at 23:37, Linus Nordberg <linus at sunet.se> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> However, judging from its web server logs, several systems on the
>>>> internet are pulling bwauth files form siv. If you are running one of
>>>> these systems, please let me know how badly you need to continue doing
>>>> this and for how long.
>>>
>>> If you can, please use different servers for your bandwidth files.
>>>
>>> If multiple operators are using the same server, then it becomes a single
>>> point of failure for the bandwidth measurement system.
>>>
>>> Similarly, try not to use servers that depend on torproject.org, because
>>> then the tor project DNS becomes a single point of failure.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your hard work!
>>
>> So what's the best choice here? I don't think I have the capacity
>> (neither speed or bandwidth cap) to self-host this on ritter.vg. I can
>> use https://www.seul.org/ like moria. Or I can use fastly. Or
>> something else?
> 
> If no-one can run a server, 

Maybe because very few people knows that these type of servers exist and
are needed.
What if we request for volunteers in the next meeting?.

> I think your best option is to use fastly and
> seul.org. (Torflow can download from multiple servers.)
> 
> Here's my analysis:
> 
> seul.org:
> + doesn't depend on torproject.org DNS
> ? shared with moria1, might cause bias or bandwidth issues
> - shared with moria1, reducing redundancy
> 
> Fastly:
> + built-in redundancy
> ? does it depend on torproject.org DNS?
> ? CDN servers near exits might cause bias
> 
> Both:
> + built-in redundancy
> + doesn't depend on torproject.org DNS
> ? some potential bias, but not as much as a single server
> 
> T
> 
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