[tor-relays] Very high CPU Load and low Traffic since Sunday

[John Ricketts]

reduction++;

> On Aug 19, 2019, at 21:45, niftybunny <abuse-contact at to-surf-and-protect.net> wrote:
> 
> Same here +1
> 
>> On 15. Aug 2019, at 16:43, Tim Niemeyer <tim at tn-x.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Signed PGP part
>> Hello
>> 
>> I've noticed a reduction in tor traffic about 50% since Sunday. The cpu
>> load stayed almost same. The amount of TCP Sessions increased from ~34k
>> to ~65k. Also the abuse rated about network scans got increased since
>> Sunday.
>> 
>> Does anyone knows what's there going on?
>> 
>> My guess is that since Sunday anyone uses Tor for extended network
>> scans, which results in a very high packet rate.
>> 
>> Personally I've no problem with some network scans, but this is a bit
>> annoying and I asked myself if this is still a scan or more a DOS.
>> 
>> https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/family:719FD0FA327F3CCBCDA0D4EA74C15EA110338942
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
> 
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