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Simple Bandwidth Scanner (called sbws) is a Tor bandwidth scanner that generates bandwidth files to be used by Directory Authorities.

The scanner measures the bandwidth of each relay in the Tor network, except the directory authorities, by creating a two hop circuit (consisting of a helper relay and the relay to measure). It then measures the bandwidth by downloading data from a destination Web Server and stores the measurements.

The generator read the measurements, aggregates, filters and scales them using torflow’s scaling method. Then it generates a bandwidth list file that is read by a directory authority to report relays’ bandwidth in its vote.

WARNING: This software is intended to be run by researchers using a test Tor network, such as chutney or shadow, or by the Tor bandwidth authorities on the public Tor network. Please do not run this software on the public Tor network unless you are one of the Tor bandwidth authorities, to avoid creating unnecessary traffic.

ADVICE: It is recommended to read this documentation at https://tpo.pages.torproject.net/network-health/sbws. At https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/network-health/sbws some links won’t be properly rendered. It can also be read after installing the Debian package sbws-doc in /usr/share/doc/sbws or after building it locally as explained in ./docs/source/documenting.rst.

Installing

See ./INSTALL.rst (in local directory or tpo Gitlab) or INSTALL.html (local build or Read the Docs).

Deploying and running

See ./DEPLOY.rst (in local directory or tpo Gitlab) or DEPLOY.html (local build or Read the Docs).

Changelog

See ./CHANGELOG.rst (in local directory or tpo Gitlab) or CHANGELOG.html (local build or Read the Docs).

Documentation

More extensive documentation can be found in the ./docs directory, and online at https://tpo.pages.torproject.net/network-health/sbws.

License

This work is in the public domain within the United States.

We waive copyright and related rights in the work worldwide through the CC0-1.0 license.

You can find a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along with this software in ./LICENSE.rst

Authors

See ./AUTHORS.rst (in local directory or tpo Gitlab) or AUTHORS.html (local build or Read the Docs).