Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread je suis
> Not sure how fast you will ramp up during the night though (if at all), e.g. > if the bandwidth authorities measure your relay during the day and get a > very > low number. For me, now it takes one-two hours to reach its full potential, but in the beginning it might take a week or more (given th

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread f55jwk4f
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 09:00:48AM -0700, Zalezny Niezalezny wrote: > ok , if I will replace configuration file with the new settings, do I need > to reload or restart my tor node ? > I do not want to loose my active connections. How to do it properly ? Tor has a control port that can be used to c

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Sun, 11 Jun 2017 09:00:48 -0700 Zalezny Niezalezny wrote: > I thought about it, the best solution for me will be to change Bandwith > settings during working hours using crontab. > > I will prepare two separate configuration files with different Bandwidth > settings and using it, two times pe

Re: [tor-relays] Another relay is using the same name as mine.

2017-06-11 Thread s7r
Alan wrote: > I just need some advice. I'm running 3 relays, one is called Andromeda. > Today I find out there is another relay called Andromeda. > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/Andromeda > mine is running from ip 144.217.161.119 > > Is it a problem with relays using the same name? > Sho

Re: [tor-relays] Another relay is using the same name as mine.

2017-06-11 Thread Sebastian Hahn
Hi Alan, > On 11. Jun 2017, at 21:22, Alan wrote: > I just need some advice. I'm running 3 relays, one is called Andromeda. > Today I find out there is another relay called Andromeda. > > https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/Andromeda > mine is running from ip 144.217.161.119 > > Is it a proble

[tor-relays] Another relay is using the same name as mine.

2017-06-11 Thread Alan
I just need some advice. I'm running 3 relays, one is called Andromeda. Today I find out there is another relay called Andromeda. https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/Andromeda mine is running from ip 144.217.161.119 Is it a problem with relays using the same name? Should I contact them and infor

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread je suis
Hello > How to properly configure such a relay which is working only for a few > hours per day ? If it matters, I, for one, start tor in the morning with the laptop, and it lasts all day, until evening. In average, that's about 12~14 hours/day, give or take, during which I share (a relay) with 2.

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread Zalezny Niezalezny
Hi, thanks for Your reply. I thought about it, the best solution for me will be to change Bandwith settings during working hours using crontab. I will prepare two separate configuration files with different Bandwidth settings and using it, two times per day cronjob will increase/decrease bandwit

Re: [tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread Paul M Furley
Hi Zalezny, On 11/06/17 15:29, Zalezny Niezalezny wrote: > Hi, > > I have 100mbit Up/Down connection at home. Most of the day, my > connection is not use. Mostly between 22:00-17:00. > > I would like to share my Internet connection for Tor. If I will setup > some crontabs to start/stop my tor re

[tor-relays] sharing tor relay at night or working hours ? make sense ?

2017-06-11 Thread Zalezny Niezalezny
Hi, I have 100mbit Up/Down connection at home. Most of the day, my connection is not use. Mostly between 22:00-17:00. I would like to share my Internet connection for Tor. If I will setup some crontabs to start/stop my tor relay between that hours, will it work ? Does it make sense ? Will TOR net

Re: [tor-relays] torservers.net: some exits became guards? (deanonymization risk)

2017-06-11 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 11.06.2017 00:38, Gareth Llewellyn wrote: > Will your provider allow BGP announcements of other IP space? Yes. In fact, we're discussing abuse issues with our current source of IP space, not the datacenter, where we in theory could get 10GE of free bandwidth. > Depending on how many exits we'r