On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:44:35 -0500 Matthew Finkel matthew.finkel@gmail.com allegedly wrote:
How long does it take from the time a node is shut down to the point where no-one will attempt to connect through it?
Mick
Hi Mick,
Technically clients will attempt to use your node until the majority of the directory authorities agree your node is no longer reachable (should not take more than a little over 1 hour, assuming I understand the code correctly) plus 3 hours (a client considers a consensus valid for at most 3 hours), so roughly 4 hours. However, because some clients have incorrectly set clocks, connections will most likely trickle in past this point. I think after 5 hours no valid clients should still try to connect.
Matt
That does indeed help. Thank you.
I guess that what I was seeing was mostly tor client attempts. As for my VPS provider, they still haven't answered my questions as to why they shut down my machine without telling me. I suspect the DDOS excuse was just that, an excuse. I'm probably one of the few users who actually get anywhere near the full bandwidth allocation I pay for. Given that the VPS is cheap (and probably on a box which is oversold) it's entirely possible my usage is stretching the resource, and they don't like that.
Ho Hum. Time to look for another provider.
Cheers
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