Re: [tor-relays] Some questions about the uptime requirement

On 1/4/22 2:00 PM, David Hu via tor-relays wrote: My question is that I am going to another location for vacation for 3 days and my relay would probably not be up during that time. Does that forfeit my chance to be chosen by clients forever? Thank you! No. When you come back online, clients w

Re: [tor-relays] Relay Control Port

Relays typically don't need a ControlPort or ControlSocket. That said, having one that is only available on localhost (or via the local filesystem with proper permissions) isn't really a problem. If you really don't want that ControlSocket and you're using something similar to Debian, it is getti

Re: [tor-relays] A report on running a bridge on google cloud

On 4/26/21 1:40 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: > So for a little bit over a week now, I have been running a bridge on > Google Cloud and it has charged less then $5. So, while too expensive > for running relays, it seems to be an ok service for running bridges on. Is $0.085/GB (egress) accurate[0]? Mean

Re: [tor-relays] OS Upgrade

On 4/23/21 05:01, kathihil...@gmail.com wrote: >  Ubuntu 20.4 on my Digital Ocean droplet needs to be upgraded. > >  Can the upgrade be done without shutting down the relay. I >  currently have six flags and don't want to loose them. How >  is the upgrade done on a relay that is in operation? Yo

Re: [tor-relays] Relay Control

On 4/15/21 13:19, Kathi wrote: >   What actually controls the tor relay? TORRC or nyx? > >   I realize NYX is a 'monitor'. However nyx allows for >   command line changes; i.e bandwidth/ports etc. > >     thanks The torrc. Then if you connect to the relay's ControlPort/ControlSocket, you can c

Re: [tor-relays] tor relay issue on windows 10

On 4/8/21 17:36, Keifer Bly wrote: > Is there a tor > command to generate the geoip files? Thanks very much.  > No. Assuming you are using the Windows Expert Bundle[0], the GeoIP files are Data/Tor/geoip and Data/Tor/geoip6 in the .zip. Even if you're not using the expert bundle, that's a way t

Re: [tor-relays] tor relay issue on windows 10

On 4/7/21 23:15, Keifer Bly wrote: > Hi all, > > So I am attempting to start a new relay on Windows Server 2019. The > issue is though for an unspecified reason, the tor process just quits > when starting the relay: > > Here is the log file: > > image.png > > And then once  it gets to "now chec

Re: [tor-relays] Server lost Stable flag but has more than 60 days uptime

I can't speak for why it didn't have the Stable flag yesterday, but you don't have it at this moment because you only have ~21 hours of uptime, as stated on that page. Stable flag requirements: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/dir-spec.txt#n2427 By my estimation from reading the spe

Re: [tor-relays] What is the command to view the tor log file on Debian?

Assuming you didn't add any `Log` lines to the torrc and assuming you are using the `default` tor instance, journalctl -eu tor@default -e to jump to the end -u to specify the unit, tor@default Logs end up here by default because /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc has `Log notice syslog

Re: [tor-relays] Guard flag got removed after only 48 hours of downtime.

The Guard flag conditions are https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/dir-spec.txt#n2640 Given you're Fast and Stable, and have a good advertised bandwidth and weight, then I suspect you simply no longer have a Weighted Fractional Uptime that is at least the median for "familiar" relays. T

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay occasionally maxing out CPU usage

To me it sounds like there isn't actually a problem. This is the way Tor works now (now == since consensus diffs were added). It's unfortunate that Tor isn't more multithreaded, so much happens in the same main loop, and client throughput is momentarily impacted, but that's the way it is and there

Re: [tor-relays] Recommended router for 200+ Mb/s relay

Is there evidence that the existing router is a bottleneck? Matt On 4/29/20 11:13, Secure Node wrote: > Hi, > > I'm hosting 150+ Mb/s relay for a while now: > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/333C874B532B3EA7E1A40980B7656FCAE34E08A9 > > > I'm looking for new router for good price

Re: [tor-relays] How do I get the *current* Tor exit node IP address over the control port?

On 1/27/20 13:28, Mike wrote: > > Perhaps if I should have clarified my global goal: > > I want to be able to receive a new **different** IP address for > different connections which a bash script makes. Suppose (simplified): > Yeah that's a completely different question. No wonder you didn't g

Re: [tor-relays] How do I get the *current* Tor exit node IP address over the control port?

On 1/27/20 05:47, Mike wrote: > Hello, > > How do I get the external IP address of the current Tor exit node (the > one which is in use) without using external services/websites (through > curl or otherwise) but only through the Tor control port functionality > (using bash or python3). > > *I hav

Re: [tor-relays] Can anyone help with this issue?

On 1/6/20 04:41, John Csuti wrote: > $ sudo apt update > Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease > Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease > Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease > Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu x

Re: [tor-relays] New operator

On 11/21/19 09:17, Mario Costa wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I have some newbie questions and I hope this is the right place to ask them. > > I started operating a relay on my VPS for a bit more than a month and > everything seems to be going well. I constantly have about 200 outbound > and 2000 i

Re: [tor-relays] Backup the Fingerprint

On 11/4/19 4:31 AM, Kolja Sagorski wrote: > Hello, can anyone help me to backup the fingerprint on debian10? > https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#UpgradeOrMove ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torpr

Re: [tor-relays] Issues reaching gigabit relay speeds

On 10/30/19 16:30, Mitar wrote: > Hi! > > I have a gigabit connection and I am trying to utilize it as much as > possible as a Tor relay. When I try various speed tests I get on the > machine speeds close to gigabit, but when running Tor, I do not > achieve anything close to it. I even started two

Re: [tor-relays] public open socks port

On 10/23/19 14:48, Toralf Förster wrote: > On 10/22/19 9:33 PM, ylms wrote: >> Hello all, >> I am wondering if there is any reason why one should not open the socks >> port of Tor to the public internet? > > b/c everybody could configure then your Tor eg. with > https://nyx.torproject.org ? > T

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge stats always in multiples of 8

On 9/22/19 9:46 PM, nottryingtobel...@protonmail.com wrote: > I'm just curious as to why, in the bridge stats, all the country codes > show a multiple of 8. Thanks for your time! > It's an extremely basic attempt at hiding exactly how many bridge users there are in a given country while still pro

Re: [tor-relays] Operator straw poll: Reasons why you use Tor LTS versions?

On 9/4/19 22:43, teor wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Here's some other reasons that might affect a few operators: > >> On 5 Sep 2019, at 12:11, Mike Perry wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, we still have something like 2500 relays on either Tor >> 0.2.9-LTS or Tor 0.3.5-LTS. >> >> What are the reasons for this?

Re: [tor-relays] Low-bandwidth relay

On 9/4/19 06:21, John Williams wrote: > I've been running tor on my openwrt-based home router (along the lines of > 'anonabox'), and I configured it as a non-exit relay, because I thought why > not - every little helps, right? I set a very low bandwidth limit, but it was > using most of the con

Re: [tor-relays] Measuring the Accuracy of Tor Relays' Advertised Bandwidths

On 8/6/19 7:05 PM, grarpamp wrote: > On 8/6/19, Roger Dingledine wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 05:31:39PM -0400, Rob Jansen wrote: >>> Today, I started running the speedtest on all relays in the network. > >> There will be another confusing (confounding) factor, which is that the >> ... >>

Re: [tor-relays] Windows Relay Setup

On 7/13/19 18:43, teor wrote: > Hi, > > On July 11, 2019 10:58:07 PM UTC, William Pate wrote: >> I'm interested in hosting a Windows-based relay, if anyone can point me >> to a good tutorial. I've tried the most common ones. > > That's a good question. > > The Tor Relay Guide mainly covers Linu

Re: [tor-relays] Setting Tor Relay to Hibernate After 100Mbits

On 6/3/19 13:20, Keifer Bly wrote: > Hi all, so as of Google Clouds pricing plans on outgoing traffic, I am > attempting to set my relay to hibernate after sending 100 mbits of data > per month. Does this torrc configuration look like it would do that? > > SOCKSPort 0 > > ORPort 65534 > > ExitPo

Re: [tor-relays] Become a Fallback Directory Mirror

On 5/21/19 10:38, t...@blicky.net wrote: > Hi, > > On 2019-05-21, gus wrote: >> [2] >> https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc >> [3] >> https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist > > Both of these 404 for me. Where can I find the refe

Re: [tor-relays] Leaky-pipe circuit topology

This mailing list is for support and questions about running Tor relays (exit, non-exit, bridge). Please be sure to ask questions in the correct place. #tor on irc.oftc.net might have been a good place. Water can leak from a leaky pipe in many places, meaning not all the water makes it to the end

Re: [tor-relays] How to use a bridge configured with "ORport auto" within Tails?

On 12/20/18 09:25, Toralf Förster wrote: > On 12/20/18 3:13 PM, Matt Traudt wrote: >> "ORPort auto" means let Tor pick. It picks at random (technically, I >> think it lets the kernel pick and the kernel picks at random, but the >> outcome is the same).

Re: [tor-relays] How to use a bridge configured with "ORport auto" within Tails?

On 12/20/18 08:56, Toralf Förster wrote: > The Tails installer asked me for the bridge line (a bridge maintained by > myself), but didn't accepted the ":auto" behind the ip address. > > I do wonder how to proceed? > "ORPort auto" means let Tor pick. It picks at random (technically, I think it l

Re: [tor-relays] Why are my relays flagged?

Because 0.3.4.9 is out. Sometimes the old version will stop being recommend before the new version is available in various repositories, but that doesn't seem to be the case here. I see 0349 for bionic on deb.tpo apt update, apt upgrade, systemctl restart tor Matt On 12/20/18 6:21 AM, Langrehr,

Re: [tor-relays] Fwd: Throughput of each circuit

On 12/4/18 4:48 PM, marziyeh latifi wrote: > > Hello,I have two questions about tor's relay: > 1-How can I calculate the throughput of each circuit in a relay?I mean > that how can I calculate the number of cells that are sent from circuit > queue to the output buffer per second in each relay?

Re: [tor-relays] Configuring relay

On 11/11/18 5:40 PM, DeMarcus Sullivan wrote: > I am running the latest version on Tor 8.0.3 on my Windows desktop. I > would like to run a non-exit relay 24/7 and I'm having trouble finding > the step-by-step process to do so. Before I could just copy amd paste > the torrc configuration text in

Re: [tor-relays] New to Tor Relay, using Rasberry Pi3. Grateful for Help

On 10/26/18 08:38, Judd Briggs wrote: > Good evening, thanks for taking the time to help me. > > I am fairly new to Pi, Linux/Raspbian, and TOR.  But I believe in what > TOR stands for so I wanted to do something with the Pi I had sitting around. > > [... snip ...] > > Appreciate any help.  And b

Re: [tor-relays] freebsd relay doesnt receive any traffic (after 1 month)

On 10/25/18 13:05, dluga...@protonmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > few weeks ago ( more than 4) I have installed Freebsd with Tor relay > service. > System is connected to Tor network since more than one month but I see > only 1-2 connections per day. > I had Tor relay service on my Debian server for man

Re: [tor-relays] Greypony / Conrad Rockenhaus offline?

On October 4, 2018 4:54:54 PM EDT, Nathaniel Suchy wrote: >We wouldn’t have to make these threads if community members like Isaac >didn’t make threads about a lack of response from one team member. > >We could: >A) Inform everyone >B) Inform a few customers and hope we don’t miss any >C) Ignore th

Re: [tor-relays] Cloudflare Onions Beta and Network Stability

The dirauths don't serve onion service descriptors. https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/rend-spec-v2.txt (and -v3) Matt On 08/20/2018 07:38 PM, Nathaniel Suchy wrote: > Except perhaps the directory authorities? > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 7:19 PM, Alec Muffett

Re: [tor-relays] How long before a new relay shows up in Relay Search?

On 8/17/18 10:53, han...@riseup.net wrote: > Hello, > > I've recently set up a new relay: Tor 0.3.3.7 (git-035a35178c92da94) on > a FreeBSD-11.2 machine. The Tor server's identity key fingerprint is: > > 'Chiron420 9C7BB4BCB58AC876D83B67277A0CF3BC73F4FDF6' > > A search for this relay on the metr

Re: [tor-relays] dir port on non exit

On 8/2/18 15:02, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 08:53:44PM +0200, TorGate wrote: >> Hi again, >> is the dir port on a nonexit node a god ide ? > > Having a separate DirPort open matters less and less these days. > > In the past it used to be the signal for clients about whether

Re: [tor-relays] Updating relay using killall -hup command

On 7/18/18 14:58, Keifer Bly wrote: > Hello, > > > So recently I upgraded from tor 0.3.3.8 to tor 0.3.3.9, and used the > killall -HUP command to restart the relay. However this did nothing,  > the relay consensus says I am still running tor 0.3.3.8 days later. Is > there a way I can cause the up

Re: [tor-relays] Question regarding ethical torrent blocking

On 07/15/2018 01:21 PM, Conrad Rockenhaus wrote: > Hello, > >> Tor is designed in such a way that you can separately decide whether or >> not you want to contribute to the network, and also whether or not you >> are willing to deal with abuse notices. This is configured via exit >> policies. >

Re: [tor-relays] More about single-hop exits (was: tor-relays Digest, Vol 89, Issue 49)

On 6/26/18 10:52, dave levi wrote: > first, Thank you all for you answers and help. > let me make it a bit harder. now, im running a relay which is Guard and > Exit relays. > i have defined in my relay(the server that's running the relay in /torrc > file) to be "AllowSingleHopExits 1" > and set in

Re: [tor-relays] Is Tor-network protected from using one hop?

On 6/26/18 10:29, Nagaev Boris wrote: > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 5:27 PM, Matt Traudt wrote: >> On 6/26/18 10:16, dave levi wrote: >>> I'm testing few things in Tor and I noticed that if im changing(from the >>> source code) the number of hop's(nodes) to be

Re: [tor-relays] Is Tor-network protected from using one hop?

On 6/26/18 10:16, dave levi wrote: > I'm testing few things in Tor and I noticed that if im changing(from the > source code) the number of hop's(nodes) to be more then 3 hop's it > work's fine(slowly,  but still working) and if im sting only 2 hop's its > still works great. but, when i'm setting on

Re: [tor-relays] FYI: Subpoena Received

On 06/08/2018 01:42 AM, "IPfail (Tor Admin)" wrote: > FYI, I received a subpoena from a US based court to produce information > about individual(s) who were using one of our exit nodes at a specific > date/time.  In the nearly 3 months that these exits have been in > operation, this is the first

Re: [tor-relays] Unable to confirm my ORPort is reachable

On 5/24/18 10:53, Yash Kumar wrote: > Hi all, >  I have set up a tor relay on my Ubuntu machine by following the > instructions given in the link > . To > > [...] > > Can anyone please help me with this issue? > I am not able to figure o

Re: [tor-relays] dew questions about Tor-relay

On 5/3/18 09:37, dave` dave wrote: > what is SocksPort, Controlsocket and Exitpolicy and Exitpolicy reject ip > address or :*: is in my "torrc" file. >   Please check the Tor manual[0] and let us know if you have further questions. [0]: https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en > can i

Re: [tor-relays] create Tor-Guard and Tor-Middle

On 04/29/2018 01:09 PM, dave` dave wrote: > Thank you for your answers. > when i said that i want to use them i did not mean that i want to use > them together, just said that i want to use my own specific middle, and > the rest(circuit) the tor browser will build. > is there any way to do that?

Re: [tor-relays] create Tor-Guard and Tor-Middle

On 04/29/2018 11:27 AM, dave` dave wrote: > i want to build my own Guard-Relay and Middle-Relay and use them. > i already have Tor-Bridge and Exit-Relay and i want to add the Guard and > Middle, but i don't know how.  > When you decide to run a relay/bridge to help the Tor network, you have thr

Re: [tor-relays] What's the timeline for a Tor relay to start routing a large amount of traffic?

On 4/27/18 14:34, Nathaniel Suchy (Lunorian) wrote: > I started to run a few Tor Exit Relays (My exit policy only allows ports > 80 and 443 only to minimize the amount of abuse) a few days ago. > Currently Tor Metrics shows the relays are only advertising 700Kb/s > despite the fact the minimum port

Re: [tor-relays] control who can connect me

On 4/25/18 10:55, dave` dave wrote: > im using VMware Ubuntu 16.04 using SSH. > im running Exit-Relay and i want to control who can connect to my > Exit-Relay, is there a way to do that- though the Exit-Relay settings, > or the SSH settings? > and there will be an even better way: if i can say who

Re: [tor-relays] Advertised bandwidth

On 4/23/18 11:57, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > In /etc/tor/torrc, I have: > > ahiker!507 ~# fgrep -i bandwidth /etc/tor/torrc | grep -v '^#' > RelayBandwidthRate 64 MBytes > RelayBandwidthBurst 512 MBytes > > But metrics.torproject.org says: > > Details for: ahiker > Configuration > > Nickname >

Re: [tor-relays] Trouble with relay stability

On 4/16/18 13:32, Keifer Bly wrote: > Hello, due to a recent power outage at where I run my > relay  > http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/router_detail.php?FP=db1af6477bb276b6ea5e72132684096eee779d30 > > Torland at, it could possibly have lost its stable flag (not sure yet). > The outage is lasting abo

Re: [tor-relays] Outdated relay versions are they secure to use?

On 4/3/18 10:49, Gary wrote: > Hello. > > Go to https://check.torproject.org > "...for more info about this > relay...relay search" link > > If I receive a message saying this relay uses an outdated version does > that mean that my traffic is any less secure?  > > Does Tor take potentially insec

Re: [tor-relays] My relay lost concensus

On 3/23/18 12:55, victor...@riseup.net wrote: > El 23/03/18 a las 12:34, Matt Traudt escribió: >> >> Does your relay do both IPv4 and IPv6? Did your IPv4/6 address change? >> > > Thanks. I haven't realised there is a problem with its IPv6 address, > even if

Re: [tor-relays] My relay lost concensus

On 3/23/18 12:31, victor...@riseup.net wrote: > Hi, > > After a power cut a couple of weeks ago, my tor relay is not longer part > of the consensus: > B33BFA9AA0005730C1C0E8F7E6F53CF3C5716BD6 > > Current tor process has been running since 2018-03-14. How much time is > it needed to come back? >

Re: [tor-relays] DoS statistics from EA4366BCDCA6167B8CFF70E41D8CD1EE9968E445

On 3/15/18 23:38, Toralf Förster wrote: > On 03/15/2018 10:02 PM, robink wrote: >> Mar 15 19:03:52.000 [warn] eventdns: All nameservers have failed >> Mar 15 19:03:52.000 [notice] eventdns: Nameserver 8.8.4.4:53 is back up >> Mar 15 19:04:01.000 [warn] eventdns: All nameservers have failed >> Mar 1

Re: [tor-relays] Experimental DoS mitigation is in tor master

On 3/11/18 10:15, Toralf Förster wrote: > On 03/11/2018 09:44 AM, nusenu wrote: >> 33% of guard capacity and 37% of consensus weight is running on tor versions >> with DoS mitigation features. >> > But there was no abrupt change around that time where the # user users droped > down - so there'S n

Re: [tor-relays] Unmeasured Flag

On 2/28/18 10:15, Matthew Glennon wrote: > So if I'm understanding this correctly, we're still having problems with > a bw testing nodes and that is why my relay has the unmetered flag? Right. The bandwidth measuring system is still spinning back up. No one is considered measured. Things will be

Re: [tor-relays] torproject.org outages? (was Re: Tor Relay Setup)

On 2/24/18 17:25, tor wrote: >> Relay search appears to be down right now. > > It seems the website (https://www.torproject.org) and package repos (ex: > deb.torproject.org) are currently down as well. > > Anyone working on it? > ​​ Tor Project infra. is being DDoSed right now. What little that

Re: [tor-relays] DoS stats from exits running 0.3.3.2-alpha

On 2/16/18 12:23, nusenu wrote: > I was wondering if these unfriendly tor clients are using tor's default > path selection or something else. > > If they do tor exit relays would have much smaller values in their DoS stats, > right? > > Would any tor exit operator (listed bellow) running 0.3.3.2

Re: [tor-relays] New Relay

On 2/16/18 08:11, Gary wrote: > Hello. > > I recently set up a new relay, jaffacakemonster2, I would be grateful if > someone could answer some questions for me. > > 1. The bandwidth on Atlas is listed as "0". Is this a wait a few > days/new relay issue or a configuration issue. I was surprised t

Re: [tor-relays] git branch to run from?

On 12/19/17 08:21, Andreas Krey wrote: > Hi everybody, > > what is the proper git branch to build and run a relay from? > > So far I was on release-0.2.9 and just switched to release-0.3.2, > but it seems that on either what I pick up there isn't actually > a recommended version. > > - Andreas

Re: [tor-relays] my IP got blocked

On 11/14/17 07:38, Patrice wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > I`ve got an issue with my local IP address. I am running a relay about 1 > year and since 3 or 4 weeks I can`t reach some websites like: ebay or ikea. > > All I get is this message: > > * > * > > *Access Denied* > You don`t have permissi

Re: [tor-relays] New on relays and Tor

On 11/12/2017 10:37 AM, Alfredo Bollati wrote: > Hi all I just started investigating and getting involved with Tor > project. I have configured my router to port forwarding on one of its > ports. Is there a way or some steps to follow in order to confirm that > my bandwidth is being used by the r

[tor-relays] Fwd: Your TOR [sic] node

I just got this guy's spam too. It doesn't look like anything anyone said to him last month[0] stuck. His intentions are now very suspicious to me too. I will definitely not be pointing anything at his servers. Matt [0]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2017-August/012735.html

Re: [tor-relays] ORSN DNS servers vs OpenNic

On 8/4/17 10:11, Chuck McAndrew wrote: > What are the best DNS servers to use for Privacy? I have been using > OpenNic Project servers which don't do logging, but recently found out > about the Open Root Server Network (ORSN) and have been considering > using them as well. Does anyone have any th

Re: [tor-relays] Traffic Confimration Attacks/ Bad Relays

On 7/21/17 12:56, Matt Traudt wrote: > [This sender failed our fraud detection checks and may not be who they appear > to be. Learn about spoofing at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSpoofing] > > On 7/21/17 12:12, 0dayshoppingsp...@tutanota.com wrote: >> Hello >> >

Re: [tor-relays] Traffic Confimration Attacks/ Bad Relays

On 7/21/17 12:12, 0dayshoppingsp...@tutanota.com wrote: > Hello > > A few users have detected suspicious activity around certain Relays in > the network. There could be Time Confirmation Attacks happening > currently on the Live Tor Network. > > If any Tor dev see this, Please Start Checking Th

Re: [tor-relays] Tor version on Debian Wheezy (oldstable)

On 5/17/17 11:04, Cristian Consonni wrote: Hi, On 16/05/2017 01:52, Roger Dingledine wrote: For those of you who are not on tor-announce... now would be a good time to remember to subscribe to tor-announce. :) I run a couple of relays with Debian 7 Wheezy, which is the old stable version.

Re: [tor-relays] Changing exit to bridge

On 3/14/17 13:32, Volker Mink wrote: Hey Folks. I am going to change my Exit to a Bridge or whatever. When im browsing the Web i receive tons auf capchas and my KODI mediacenter is unable to update itself. I have my private IP fromm y Internet connection listet on some blacklists. Thats ba

Re: [tor-relays] what to expect with baby exitnodes?

On 1/3/17 05:34, stinkyon...@sigaint.org wrote: well the subject sums it up really I couldn't find a solid explanation. I believe it was ARMA that explained the life cycle of a relay, so I'm curious does this apply for exit nodes? thanks for the clarification The lifecycle for exits is diffe

Re: [tor-relays] How can we trust the guards?

On 01/01/2017 04:54 PM, Rana wrote: > The adversary will simply set up new nodes Which can be called a Sybil attack. > That’s $1million a year to control most of the Tor nodes., You call this > "costly"? This amount is a joke, a trifle, petty cash for any US or Russian > government agency. F

Re: [tor-relays] Flags?

On 12/19/16 07:52, balbea16 wrote: Hi There, I assume, that this has been discussed here already pretty often. However, it seems to be, that the "stable flag" is only assigned to relays with a static, or at least long lasting, IP address. It also seems to be, that the stable flag is mandator

Re: [tor-relays] Anonymous email (was: Is there a reason for all exit nodes being public?)

On 12/7/16 08:41, Rana wrote: Protonmail is exactly the same thing, if you want to register a free account you need to provide your phone number. You can register "anonymously" in ProtonMail only for paid account, and even if you are willing to pay for anonymity, you need to pay in bitcoin w

Re: [tor-relays] Unwarranted discrimination of relays with dynamic IP

The dollar sign is optional. Find ExcludeNodes option description at: https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en > A list of identity fingerprints, country codes, and address patterns of nodes to avoid when building a circuit. Country codes are 2-letter ISO3166 codes, and must be wrapped

Re: [tor-relays] Unwarranted discrimination of relays with dynamic IP

Rana I don't think there's more anyone can do here. I think people here have done a good job explaining _why_ you see what you see. If you would like to see something change, it would be a good idea to go to https://trac.torproject.org, create an account (or use the cypherpunks one), and open a t

Re: [tor-relays] Unwarranted discrimination of relays with dynamic IP

On 12/04/2016 10:39 AM, Rana wrote: >> For as little as $10.00 US there are VPS' with static ip's.. > > Attn: Kurt Besig > > Well I kind o' like my Raspberry Pi that cost me $40 including box and power > supply and SD card and door to door delivery, with far more horsepower and > memory than

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay balks with "router_pick_published_address(): Success: chose address x.x.x.x"

This doesn't help you solve your problem, but it's relevant. I run Tor network simulations and see this all the time. I haven't taken the time to look into it, and always have assumed it's just a minor misconfiguration in the simulator or something that only exists _because_ it's a simulation. An

Re: [tor-relays] Middle relay

ExitRelay 0 and/or ExitPolicy reject *:* to prevent being an exit. I don't know that you can prevent yourself from getting the Guard flag and being a guard. https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian.html.en Matt On 9/16/16 10:22, Jim El

Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, 3 questions on torcc file

Daniel Boone I missed your SOCKS question. If you do not intend to directly use this Tor instance to access the Tor network, you should leave the SocksPort as it was. By default Tor only listens on localhost:9050 (as the documentation indicates). Therefore, even if you *do* intend to use this Tor

Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, 3 questions on torcc file

Daniel Boone The answers to your questions depend on what you want to do. > Log options If you leave them all commented, by default you'll get 'Log notice file /var/log/tor/log'. This is probably what you want unless you're debugging some issue. > ControlPort 9051 I'm **pretty sure** this is j

Re: [tor-relays] Cheapest HW to get 20Mbit?

On 08/28/2016 04:26 PM, Petrusko wrote: > >> Up to two per IP. > Hu? it's sad for people having several CPU... :s > It does help a little to prevent attackers from spinning up a lot of relays. With this limit, they must have n/2 IPs at their disposal. For example, this paper[1] shows an attac

Re: [tor-relays] Cheapest HW to get 20Mbit?

On 08/28/2016 04:18 PM, Petrusko wrote: > Hey, > Tor process is only mono-cpu, so if you have RPi v2 or v3, the full quad > core will not be used 100% by 1 Tor process. Tor is mostly 1 process, but it does now do crypto on a separate thread. > On this list I've already read it's possible to lau