Allow Tor relays to configure bandwidth limits around peak usage
The bandwidth limits specific by a Tor config and available via control port are very limited and coarse.
It would be useful to support dynamic limits, additional consensus flags, and control port capabilities to support dynamic bandwidth limits that adjust to peak load patterns to maximize off peak use of idle bandwith while be able to efficiently handle changing router capacities at a finer than consensus level granularity.
Preliminary or stop-gap efforts have included control port scripting to alter HSdir, Dir, Exit policy, egress shaping, and other techniques to achieve poor or moderate control over bandwidth usage beyond config max rates.
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