[tor-relays] Unwarranted discrimination of relays with dynamic IP

Andreas Krey a.krey at gmx.de
Thu Dec 22 09:32:29 UTC 2016


On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:25:11 +0000, Rana wrote:
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> I realize there could be pros and contras. Among the contras there could be (for example) many small relays overloading the dirauths. I would like to hear more about the contras.

A Pi running at its line speed isn't exactly a small relay.

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> Additional info about my experiment: I have just fired up an additional relay on Pi Zero. That's a fucking $9 Tor relay, including flash card and case.  Looks like an oversized USB stick and plugs directly into a USB port of a computer. No need even for power supply.

Why wouldn't you run the relay directly on the connection/powering
computer? Also, is the external USB network interface included in
the pricing calculation?

- Andreas

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800


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