For $65/year I'll be able to do 380MB/s (1000TB/month)? Sign me up!
Matt Speak Freely soc...@sponsor-privacy.com: > On 2015-04-17 13:36, nusenu wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> Thanks for your effort. >> >> - From a "customer" perspective I'm missing some crucial information on >> your website: >> - - what bandwidth (mbps or TB per month) does this relay add to the >> network? (I understand that it is hard to estimate but if the data >> plan allows only lets say 1TB per month you should make that clear) >> - - am I adding an exit or non-exit relay? >> >> >> More experienced "customers" might want to know: >> - - What characteristics has the relay? how much memory? >> - - Where are you going to run the sponsored relay? >> AS? Country? hosting provider? >> from your first relay: AS393406, US, Digital Ocean >> - - What OS are you going to use? (apparently Linux) >> - - Can I select location/OS/bw/.. ? >> - - Do you provide bw monitoring and traffic stats? (i.e. munin and >> vnstat >> ) >> - - Can I choose to run 2 instances per server? (which results in more >> traffic) >> >> I understand that you might want to keep this website simple since you >> target non-technical persons but providing that information wouldn't >> hurt. It doesn't have to be on the main page. >> >> >> I hope you also consider the following points: >> >> - - proper automatic MyFamily configuration on all your relays >> - - keep your relays up to date >> - - network and platform diversity (this becomes more relevant once you >> run a substantial part of the tor network) >> - run relays in non-top x countries/ASes/... by consensus weight >> https://compass.torproject.org >> - run non-Linux relays >> https://metrics.torproject.org/platforms.html >> >> >> Do you "pre-run" relays and rename them as soon as they are "ordered" >> to reduce the bootstrap phase? >> >> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVMWClAAoJEFv7XvVCELh0aa0P/A/8PpBHnF6o1i0x/cXJHOj7 >> UrWwZARNBpeIWrov2vs/3TsDEABEQiEe6/c4UIKrzYvJbAssEH6AyoWcfARCv+uo >> zwU9HXdty7VZZDIqOTLBi7YZ+1ri1EEW8/ZhUOwk/aETgOVSrQE3BDbzmVZaqWbp >> 94cReiR9lbRH2CJGPP0Eo5WzLImTN/Qo70kmUZ8bJRYK1VyWhZ27+c5bI8cKu8/Y >> OxoTZRr7MkKH1egPE6+c8lo1vruysHjN9ZWHWmGkZeREQw7ZYk4WaoCD6fq0awFX >> TK+I2T/ePgHUegR8jdPB2n60F2KYjC47ATPO7cXyO+Lgo6foqppNFti8V1a9pJja >> SKuP5Cgy98lgHheGMwphu33k5yjWg3B8Nkv0tgDQh/dprYaQGLqGLRxGpqCXrl3l >> nMLbHungWsIZtdrLb+hmxJIpUFcBrnAZmSuHa0W2sV5uatup2ndOAxjPOZ4iLwRg >> 8wYUBQP4Z5MtQI8ECTZkd4FTj9jOMbg7768zqaLeNK/HOxbrCViY5cjmhIckhcit >> iiTrWYWtksk2X4/tbh+OenUeyBLiSbB/6aYADylVR08fEoFPh3cGT5e8eHUaO1sp >> tBUvpPo1Hq39gd5K+BElO9AKl/q++RuL5QpPWVwYDdyguyymvsd4lFx3o4kEm+me >> j8GCv9tpkKSDnj3jcxFE >> =zA/v >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Appreciate the feedback. As you noted the primary target was someone who > might not know really what bandwidth is, how much memory, etc but I can > see your point where some potential customers might like to have that > information. If nothing else it might help validate the $65 cost. I'll > try to answer some of those questions here and think about how the info > could be integrated into the site itself. > > - Bandwidth: the instances being used come with 1000TB per month. This > has been set as the cap in the torrc file so each instance can in theory > use all 1000TB before it stops passing traffic. > > - The instances are currently being setup with DigitalOcean which does > not allow exit relays so only non-exit relays are being created. > > - Each relay is SSD based (20gigs), comes with 1 "cpu" (these are > virtual instances) and 512mb of RAM > > - Currently all instances are provisioned in the United States but the > plans are to use every DC that DigitalOcean has available which means > with a minor change to the code instances could also be deployed in the > Netherlands, Germany, England and Singapore. Eventually the goal is to > bring in other providers outside of DigitalOcean to expand the possible > footprint. > > - You are correct, the OS is Linux :) > > - We do not provide any stats at this time. Something that has been > discussed though was a possible page that showed all relays customers > had sponsored with some bandwidth stats next to them. It would be more > of a novelty than anything, nothing for real system type monitoring. > > - As far as running two relays on one instance, that is not an option > right now. The way it works is there is an image I created that is a > basic Linux image with the Tor client installed. When someone sponsors a > relay through the site an API call is made to spin up a new instance > based on this image. During the API call some cloud-init data is passed > to a small script on the image which handles setting up the torrc file > with the correct relay name and contact notes. At that point a new > fingerprint is generated and the Tor client is restarted. Since these > are SSD based the time from payment to running is typically about a > minute assuming everything behind the scenes at DigitalOcean is happy. > It would certainly be possible to run two relays on a single instance > but would introduce a bit more complexity that I'll need to look into. > > - In all honesty, the MyFamily option is something that I didn't think > would really apply to this as the goal is to never actually login to > these boxes. I do see though how that could make people feel uneasy > since technically SponsorPrivacy will be the "owners" of all of these. I > will bump that to the top of the TODO list so we can start dynamically > updating that setting as new instances are provisioned. Consider that > the first bug :) -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
