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From:
Christoph Liebender <christoph@liebender.dev>
Subject:
Re: NEW: benchmarks/librespeed-cli
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ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Sun, 24 May 2026 18:12:21 +0200

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On 5/23/26 18:52, Kirill A. Korinsky wrote:
> 
> Few feedbacks:
> 
> 1. Some of their servers' DNS are missconfigured:
> 
> ~ $ host uk1.backend.librespeed.org 1.1.1.1
> Using domain server:
> Name: 1.1.1.1
> Address: 1.1.1.1#53
> Aliases:
> 
> uk1.backend.librespeed.org has address 37.61.238.196
> Host uk1.backend.librespeed.org not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> Host uk1.backend.librespeed.org not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> ~ $ host za1.backend.librespeed.org 1.1.1.1
> Using domain server:
> Name: 1.1.1.1
> Address: 1.1.1.1#53
> Aliases:
> 
> za1.backend.librespeed.org has address 160.119.254.207
> Host za1.backend.librespeed.org not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> Host za1.backend.librespeed.org not found: 2(SERVFAIL)
> ~ $
> 
> 2. It lies about speed at least where I am right now:
> 
> $ librespeed-cli
> Retrieving server list from https://librespeed.org/backend-servers/servers.php
> Selecting the fastest server based on ping
> Selected server: Poznan, Poland (INEA) [speedtest.kamilszczepanski.com]
> Sponsored by: Kamil Szczepa?ski @ https://kamilszczepanski.com
> You're testing from: XXX - Unknown ISP
> Ping: 24.18 ms  Jitter: 4.08 ms
> Download rate:  99.47 Mbps
> Upload rate:    182.29 Mbps
> 
> but here 1Gbps / 50mbps Kabel connection, so, 200 Mbps upload looks
> impossible.

Well, AFAIK librespeed is backed by volunteers. So YMMV.

> 
> Anyway portwise reads good.
> 

Thanks for the feedback. Attached is a new version with pledge/unveil 
calls to add a sandbox. After all, librespeed connects and downloads 
random things from random servers.

I'm willing to take MAINTAINER if imported with patches.