On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 06:18:51AM -0500, Scott Bennett wrote: > On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:31:34 +0200 Hans Schnehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 04:46:14AM -0500, Scott Bennett wrote: > >> On: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:01:34 +0200 Gitano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> >Scott Bennett wrote: > >> > > >> >>> This entry doesn't work on my server (Picolo) even though the flag > >> >>> 'Directory (v2)' is set. > >> >> > >> >> Why do you believe it doesn't work? > >> > > >> >My server is not listed as a HSDir server. > >> > > >> >> There is, however, the requirement that your > >> >> server be up for at least 24 hours before the authorities will list a > >> >> new > >> >> HSDir server with the HSDir flag set in the consensus and status > >> >> documents. > >> >> If it hasn't been that long yet, please give it enough time. > >> > > >> >Ok - so a server, getting a new IP every 24 hours (ADSL), will never > >> >become a HSDir server? > >> > > >
[...snip...] > >So the idea of running a HSDir server is probably limited to those with more > >permanent > >IPs, unless the 24 hour waiting period for HSDir servers to become active is > >changed to > >something shorter. > > Oh, well. However, I do notice that German HSDir servers outnumber > those of all other countries at present, so *somebody* there is getting > better service. They do either run a rented server or pay a rather expensive price for that. For a private person who wishes to run a Tor-node with higher bandwidth and undisrupted connectivity I assume it to be best to rent a server somewhere. Prices have become quite moderate by now. Last not least this would contribute more bandwidth, nodes and anonymity, and that's what it's all about, isn't it? > >0.5c > > > That must be before adjusting for inflation, right? ;-) In this > country, the U.S. Mint has not produced 0.5c coins since the mid-19th > century or perhaps earlier. Now 1.0c coins are not worth picking up off > the ground, though if you good get 5 or 10 kg of them, you could sell > them for the copper, because the face value has dropped significantly > below the metal value. Reading about precious metals coinage is like > reading something from Anderson's fairy tales nowadays. Numismatic evaluation.... but back to topic ;)