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Bronze, did you even read his requirements? It's not that easy to find a dedicated 10-20 Mbit/s LEB.
Not to rip your post or something.
I am interested in this too
Minimum requirement: 10mbps unmetered | 128mb ram | 1gb hdd | tun/ppp for VPN
He could just look for 5tb bandwidth plans, no big deal
I could potentially hook a 10Mbits unmetered plan up, throw me a PM if you're interested in a West-Coast Location.
Really people. 10mbits = 3tb tops.
Just ask for a 3tb plan?
Guess the difference is you'd have to control the bandwidth yourself, which some people don't want to do.
1) 10-20 Mbit is basically nothing
2) http://www.lowendbox.com/?s=unmetered&searchsubmit=Find
3) №1 means that even on the more shadier providers that claim "100 Mbit unmetered" you can VERY likely do your 10-20 Mbit and not even be noticed.
The reason that i wrote truly unmetered was, that some provider counts outging AND ingoing trafic against your qouta.
I don't have the time to read the TOS - if it even is mentioned in the TOS.
/Johnny
A great majority of LEB providers with a traffic limit do count both ways.
The few providing free bandwidth in one of the directions, advertise that explicitly.
That's... not the best attitude to have when choosing a provider.
@rm_ said "That's... not the best attitude to have when choosing a provider."
I know and I am sorry - but it is only for a very small project.
A TOR relay use the same amount of data in both directions.
So basically, I should be asking for a VPS with 7-14 TB bandwidth - 10 Mbit in both directions is 6.6 TB and 20 Mbit 13.2 TB.
If that can't be done for 7 bucks, I am willing to pay a bit more.
/Johnny
Anyone who is trying to run a serious relay on a shared platform that is not in your own name is a dumbass, just go help torservers, DFRI or EDRi as they will make much better use of your money and contribute more to the growth and health of Tor.
10-20 Mbits is not a serious relay, @blergh_.
I pushed much more on VPSes, and to an extent still do.
Although cheap dedis (hint, hint!!!) are indeed much better for that.
@rm_
I would say that a 20Mbit relay is serious indeed, this all depends on who is running them, how, when and where.
You can support something like DFRI with 1Mbps for a full year for 45$
@blergh_
Thank you for your insigth..
I run a few tor relays and entry guards in Europe. The fastes is a 100 mbit dedicated unmetered relay.
I just wanted to have a few US relays too.
/johnny
@Netsat
No problem. Have you looked at torservers? from my experiences (via dfri and others) i have learned that trying to run anything like this on hardware you do not own, or are in total control of, is naive and dangerous.
Irrelevant.
From your posts you don't seem to draw a distinction between an Exit node and a Relay-only node. Relays are zero danger. The only way they are a bit troublesome, is that Tor tends to use quite a bit of CPU and b/w (though you can precisely control how much), and "lesser" hosts may not like that.
Thanks for all the inputs so far.
If you know a provider - perhaps youself? I Will be greatful.
/Johnny
To an extent, I agree with you in terms of immediate measurable impact.
However if everyone had the same idea there'd be a striking lack of network diversity within Tor. I read somewhere a while back that there's a significant chance of exiting through one of the CCC's servers, which emphasises the point.
Tor needs more relays and exits, not just bandwidth.
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@ElliotJ: "However if everyone had the same idea there'd be a striking lack of network diversity within Tor."
Well said. While organizations like Torservers/Noisebridge/CCC are doing the Lord's work converting donated money into donated bandwith, it weakens the network's resilience to have the bulk of the bandwidth provided by just a few entities.
And on the same topic:
@Netsat: "I run a few tor relays and entry guards in Europe. The fastest is a 100 mbit dedicated unmetered relay. I just wanted to have a few US relays too."
The U.S. & Western Europe (esp. Germany) are way over-represented in diversity of node locations. Geographical/political diversity is important too.
@rm_
Highly relevant, i would say. Not all relays or exist's are good. I would personally much rather help with funding an organization that is used to running relays & exits than doing it in my own, shared environment. Organizations like these have their own ip-space, resources, AS, abuse-handling and whatnot. This is something that many people tend to forget, which decreases the general health of Tor.
@swsnyder
Not all eggs are in one basket in these organizations, but you do have a point indeed.