Welcome to the Network Health page! There are several people in the Tor community taking care of the network's health.
Welcome to the Network Health page! Our team, along with many dedicated individuals in the Tor community, is committed to ensuring the well-being of the Tor network, its nodes, and the community of operators. Our objetives are network security, functionality, and reliability for all users, focusing our efforts on five areas, withing these groups.
The five areas that we focus on are:
Security
Security involves protecting the network from malicious activities, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of data transmitted across the network.
This area involves setting standards and actively removing threats from the network.
1. Track community standards about what makes a good relay
* Publish up-to-date expectations for relay operators
* Set best practices for how to set relay families
* Detect and resolve bad relays
* Exitmap, sybil detection, hsdir traps, etc.
This area is focused on identifying and mitigating anomalies that can pose security risks, this area is essential for maintaining a secure operating environment within the Tor network.
2. Anomaly analysis / network health engineer \[with network team\]
* Establish baselines of expected network behavior
* Look for and resolve denial of service issues
* Track connectivity issues between relays
* Look for relays hitting resource limits
Functionality
Functionality ensures the network performs within healthy baselines, allowing access and usability for its users.
This area supports the functionality of the network by ensuring that growth and usage are monitored and optimized for performance, helping to manage the network efficiently based on actual usage patterns.
3. Make sure usage/growth stats are collected and accurate
* Track network performance, relay diversity by various metrics
* Count users \[with network team\]
* Monitor bridge growth and usage \[with censorship team\]
These efforts enhance the functionality of the network by providing necessary support and resources to those operating it, ensuring that it runs smoothly and effectively.
4. Relay advocacy \[with community team\]
* Maintain docs for setting up and running relays and bridges
* Grow a cohesive community of relay operators so they have peers
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* Relaunch a gamification / badge system for lauding good relay progress
* Strengthen relationships with non-profit orgs that run relays
* Help companies that want to offset their tor network load
Reliability
Reliability refers to the network's ability to consistently perform its intended function under normal and stress conditions, maintaining service continuity.
5. Maintain the components of the network
* Maintain directory authority relationships
* Keep [bandwidth authorities working](https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/network-health/bandwidth-authorities/-/wikis/home)(including setting the right balance between speed and location diversity)
* Have enough tor browser default bridges, and keep them running smoothly \[with censorship team\]
* Update the fallbackdirs list
This focus area is critical for reliability as it involves maintaining core network infrastructure, which ensures the network remains operational and robust against various challenges and demands.
### Communication Channels
Just go to #tor-dev, and somebody from the team might either be around or appear later and get back to you.
