[tor-talk] [tor-relays] [Question] Onion router's bandwidth

[Karsten Loesing]

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On 1/23/14 7:51 AM, hyoseok Lee wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am junior student in Sungkyunkwan University,South Korea
> 
> I am studying Tor for my paper
> 
> In my research, onion router has to report its bandwidth by sending
> descriptor to authority directory.
> 
> and then authority directory verifies onion router's bandwidth
> 
> 
> 
> [Question 1]
> 
> I hope to know the way how authority directory verifies bandwidth which
> came from onion router.
> 
> I was told that authority directory had bandwidth verifying tool called
> bandwidth scanner.
> 
> How can I get source code of bandwidth scanner ?

https://gitweb.torproject.org/torflow.git/tree/HEAD:/NetworkScanners/BwAuthority

Or use Git to clone the repository:

  git clone https://git.torproject.org/torflow.git

> [Question 2]
> 
> I made my own onion router, I configured my onion router's bandwidth 100kB/s
> 
> But, In updated cached-microdesc-consensus file, My onion router's
> bandwidth was estimated at 20kB/s and there is "unmeasured=1"
> 
> It means my onion router's bandwidth had not been estimated.
> 
> what is difference between measured router and unmeasured router ?

https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/dir-spec.txt#l1647

All the best,
Karsten


> Thank you for reading my question