1. Bandwidth authority session, September 2018¶
1.1. Desired attendees¶
dirauths
net-team
test-net
metrics-team
1.2. Status¶
past meeting goal: Requirements (Mar 2018)
something that makes measurements: paths, file size, destination, etc independent and configurable
easy to understand, maintain and run:
proper python package, minimal requirements
docs: extensive docs
system package: Debian, OpenBSD Makefile
DONE! :-)
1.3. briefly, how sbws works¶
net
2 hops
prioritization entry
web server
aggregation
scaling
Details: Simple bandwidth scanner (sbws)
1.4. Bandwidth values in Tor¶
1.5. Torflow aggregation¶
Torflow measurements aggregation and scaling
Mostly depends on descriptor observed-bandwidth, ie relays self-reported
bandwidth.
1.6. How to measure improvements¶
1.7. Infrastructure¶
where scanners should be? - 1 in Germany and 1 in USA cause it is where most of the bandwidth is? - possible providers: better coop, no big companies? (TODO: example providers)
who should run them? - volunteers
how they should be funded? - torservers and similar
where the web servers should be? - 1 in CDN: how to get that in Torproject fastly?
should they be in the same locations as the scanners?
how secure needs the machine to be?
do they need to be a dedicated server?
is it important the physical access of the server?
1.8. Others¶
documentation
work organization
Notes; [BwAuthMex]