Quoting telekobold (2023-07-05 17:56:35) > I'm operating two Tor bridges. When calling bridges.torproject.org, for one > of > the bridges (set up in March, 2023), there are three outputs: > - obfs4: functional > - a bandwidth ratio > - a "last tested" entry. > But for my second bridge (set up at the beginning of June 2023), > bridges.torproject.org does not output a bandwidth ratio. > > What does this missing bandwidth ratio output mean, since everything else > seems to be normal?
The bandwidth ratio is measured by onbasca[0]. Is a ratio of how fast is your bridge compared to the rest of bridges, 1 means average (for some definition of average), lower than 1 means is slower than others, higher than 1 means is faster than others. rdsys uses that ratio to decide if some of the bridges should not be distributed. This is a recent setup (some months) and we are still testing it. It looks like some bridges are failing to be tested by onbasca, we need to investigate why[1]. rdsys will do distribute bridges without a bandwidth ratio, so your bridge without it should be distributed normally as long as is functional. [0] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/network-health/onbasca/ [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/network-health/onbasca/-/issues/157 > I am honestly not quite sure to what extent the fingerprint of the bridge is > information worth protecting, or whether only the port and IP address need to > be protected. You should keep the fingerprint private, as it can be used to retrieve the port and IP of the bridge. But is ok to publish the hashed fingerprint. > By the way, I also don't understand why my two bridges don't have a higher > advertised bandwidth - currently, it's 4.87MiB/s for one and 1.43MiB/s for > the > other relay. I never got the fast flag for either bridge yet, in contrast to > my two "normal" relays. On both servers, at least 1.6GiB/s is available, and > a > monthly data throughput of several terabytes. Bridges can not get a 'fast' flag, those flags are only for relays. The flag comes from the bandwidth authority, but we don't run one for bridges. > And, as a last issue, I didn't specify a distribution mechanism for my > bridge, > in the hope that the most suitable mechanism will be selected automatically. > Initially, for one of my bridges (the one for which bridges.torproject.org > outputs a bandwidth ratio) the bridge was assigned distribution mechanism > "Moat". But suddenly, "None" is displayed under distribution mechanisms at > metrics.torproject.org, which means that apparently the bridge is no longer > distributed. What could be the reason that the distribution mechanism > suddenly > changed? I don't know, as long as your bridge is functional it should have a distribution mechanism assigned. Do you mind sharing with me the hashed fingerprint of the bridge to look at it? (it can be in private) -- meskio | https://meskio.net/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My contact info: https://meskio.net/crypto.txt -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Nos vamos a Croatan. _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays