From egypcio at gmail.com  Sat Nov 10 09:35:23 2018
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Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 14:35:23 +0000
Subject: [Tor-BSD] simple bandwidth scanner: sbws
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Am Mo., 29. Okt. 2018 um 06:34 Uhr schrieb teor <teor at riseup.net>:

>
> > On 22 Oct 2018, at 10:39, George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Signed PGP part
> >
> >
> > Conrad Rockenhaus:
> >> Are there any hot spot areas in the world where this tool especially
> could
> >> be in place? Like Asia Pacific region or that sort of thing?
> >>
> >
> > The current bw scanners are concentrated in North American and the EU.
> >
> > If you scroll down https://consensus-health.torproject.org/, you'll see
> > the current list of bw scanners.
> >
> > Again, it's not a general role in the Tor network anyone can take on.
> > We relay on a handful of well-known individuals.
>
> The bandwidth scanners are used for load-balancing, to ensure tor clients
> have
> decent, reliable performance. The system needs some tuning, that will be
> easier
> with a more modern codebase like sbws.
>
> Moving scanners to other regions is one of the things on our list after
> sbws 1.0.
> It carries significant network performance risks if it's not done well.
>
> T
>

I just updated the FreeBSD port this week, so we have 1.0.1 now.

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