[tor-relays] Relay authority

2019-07-04 Thread torjoy
Hi, this is my first post here. I'm running 3 bridges in brazil (maybe one of them becomes a middle-relay), so I want to know what we need here to have some bridge authority for example here in south america. Is too much different from a normal relay? I've already see the "authorithative flags"

Re: [tor-relays] exit operators: overall DNS failure rate above 5% - please check your DNS resolver

2019-07-04 Thread grarpamp
>> On Jun 30, 2019, at 8:32 PM, Matt Westfall wrote: >> >> Just set your exit relay DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 1.1.1.1 I mean dns traffic Screw that MITM. And unless your on box resolver lib runs nscd cache from rc when using remote dns above, busy exits can also save some bandwidth by running local dns

Re: [tor-relays] Call for setting up new obfs4 bridges

2019-07-04 Thread nottryingtobelame
While resetting my bridge, I discovered that setting OR Port to auto causes the port not to survive restarts. After the OR Port was randomized, I opened it on my router firewall. Then I restarted the tor service using "sudo service tor restart", and while watching logs I noticed the OR Port was

Re: [tor-relays] Call for setting up new obfs4 bridges

2019-07-04 Thread nottryingtobelame
Hello, I successfully ran an obfs4 bridge about a year ago that saw moderate traffic. After a few months, the traffic died off until I was consistently seeing 0 clients. I wiped the keys, got a new IP address, and started a new bridge. The 2nd bridge saw 0 clients, over several months. I finall