On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:32:13PM -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 11:36:27PM -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote: > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/9695DFC35FFEB861329B9F1AB04C46397020CE31 > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/F2044413DAC2E02E3D6BCF4735A19BCA1DE97281 > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/BD6A829255CB08E66FBE7D3748363586E46B3810 > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/74A910646BCEEFBCD2E874FC1DC997430F968145 > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7EA6EAD6FD83083C538F44038BBFA077587DD755 > > all show a big increase in sent bytes starting at the end of July. > > > > It isn't growth in Tor users, since those have stayed relatively flat > > in the last two weeks. > > > > And the new rate seems to be the new normal -- it's showing no signs of > > going back to the old rate. > > > > I would assume it's outgoing directory stuff, since that's most of what > > dir auths do. > > > > Any guesses? > > Well, whatever it was, it settled out -- back to normal -- once August > ended. > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/9695DFC35FFEB861329B9F1AB04C46397020CE31
The start and end of the doubling of dirauth bandwidth coincide with a temporary doubling or tripling of reported users from the Netherlands: https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/metrics-country.html?start=2017-07-01&end=2017-09-30&country=nl There is a somewhat similar pattern in the Seychelles, Lithuania, and Romania, all of which had unexplained increases at the same time as the Netherlands. https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/metrics-team/2017-August/000428.html https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/metrics-country.html?start=2017-07-01&end=2017-09-30&country=sc https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/metrics-country.html?start=2017-07-01&end=2017-09-30&country=lt https://people.torproject.org/~dcf/metrics-country.html?start=2017-07-01&end=2017-09-30&country=ro _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list tor-dev@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
