What bandwidth shaping options are available to Tor relays?
There are two options you can add to your torrc file: • BandwidthRate is the maximum long-term bandwidth allowed (bytes per second). For example, you might want to choose “BandwidthRate 2 MB” for 2 megabytes per second (a fast connection), or “BandwidthRate 50 KB” for 50 kilobytes per second (a medium-speed cable connection). The minimum BandwidthRate is 20 kilobytes per second. • BandwidthgBurst? is a pool of bytes used to fulfill requests during short periods of traffic above BandwidthRate but still keeps the average over a long period to BandwidthRate. A low Rate but a high Burst enforces a long-term average while still allowing more traffic during peak times if the average hasn’t been reached lately. For example, if you choose “BandwidthBurst 50 KB” and also use that for your BandwidthRate, then you will never use more than 50 kilobytes per second; but if you choose a higher BandwidthBurst (like 1 MB), it will allow more bytes through until the pool is empty. If you have an asymmet
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