[tor-relays] My Relay has slowed significantly.

[Konstantinos Asimakis]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Roman Mamedov <rm at romanrm.ru> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> It looks like your node got the "Guard" status - google around for what
> that
> means, or wait for someone to explain. When that happens, your traffic
> drops
> significantly, and it can take weeks or months till it recovers to initial
> levels, if it ever will at all.
>
Why would traffic fall after becoming a guard node? Aren't guard nodes
selected as middle nodes too?

>
> Personally I don't agree with the theory behind "Guards", and it is highly
> annoying that there is no way to prevent nodes from becoming Guard.
>
What don't you agree with? With the fact that Tor sticks to a set of three
nodes for the first hop of each circuit, or with the way the guard flag is
awarded to nodes?
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