[tor-relays] current HSDir flag requirements

[abuse department]

Problem is that Tor is mostly used for web browsing and the amount of graphics and videos is increasing. You do not want to surf with >1 mbit at all and maybe there are two users on this relay so we have >0.5 mbit ….

If a first time user is surfing over Tor with 1 mbit he will uninstall it ...

> On 25. May 2021, at 16:52, Logforme <m7527 at abc.se> wrote:
> 
> On 2021-05-25 12:08:34, "John Csuti" <postmaster at coolcomputers.info <mailto:postmaster at coolcomputers.info>> wrote:
> 
>> I second this. We are in 2021 and a relay is considered fast if it is above 100KB/s...? I don’t think a later dialup service should be considered a fast relay.
> 
> 100KB/s is about 800Kb/s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-rate_units <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-rate_units>). I envy the dial up modems you had :)
> 
> I agree it is not fast, but is it "fast enough" for Tor's purpose? The Fast flag is (was?) also described as "the router is suitable for high-bandwidth circuits".
> If I used Tor for high bandwidth stuff I'd hate to get a relay like that in my circuit. Especially if it also acts as a HSDir provider.
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