[tor-relays] New relay has a problem - Additional info about net config

2022-02-17 Thread Olaf Grimm
namic eth0 valid_lft 2583814sec preferred_lft 2583814sec root@localhost:~# Am 12.02.22 um 20:43 schrieb Olaf Grimm: Hello Tor community! I have some identical new relays, but only one of them has a problem. My intention was an IPv6 problem, so there ist IPV6 diabled at all. F

[tor-relays] New relay has a problem - Re-used IP blocked in consensus?

2022-02-17 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello Tor community! I have some identical new relays, but only one of them has a problem. My intention was an IPv6 problem, so there ist IPV6 diabled at all. Fingerprint: 3F1AE2170CAD31B5694BD9052A2A29E5793BDC1F IP: 107.189.14.123 Ports open: 22, 80, 9001 Test from outside by scanner: ok UFW

Re: [tor-relays] OVHcloud does not allow Tor exit relays on VPS/cloud services

2022-02-01 Thread Olaf Grimm
I've had enough with OVH as well. For a long time they played a good hoster, but somehow it's different now. I am bombarded by "abuse" and "tickets", which unanswered first have no consequences, until suddenly the VPS is in rescue mode. But there is no ticket in the customer panel. If you ask, t

Re: [tor-relays] Tor not starting but log inconclusive

2021-12-14 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello friends, I see this problem for a long time, but only with some VPS providers from Eastern Europe, with others Tor starts without problems. As there is a discussion here if maybe some system components are not ready in time, it could also depend on the virtualizer used. Additionally, a

Re: [tor-relays] General overload -> DNS timeouts

2021-11-17 Thread Olaf Grimm
My big family with the same behavior; in the metrics all relays "yellow" after update of tor software. Olaf Am 17.11.21 um 19:38 schrieb Imre Jonk: On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 06:25:31AM -0500, John Csuti via tor-relays wrote: Hello all, I would have to agree on this it appears that the DNS fail

Re: [tor-relays] ISP

2021-03-31 Thread Olaf Grimm
Yes. I have some there. You get abuse messages. Reply fast or your accout will be blocked. Olaf Am 31.03.2021 03:13 schrieb Андрей Гвоздев: Did anyone run relays on Scaleway? ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.t

Re: [tor-relays] DirPortFrontPage file '.....' not found | Permission denied

2021-03-31 Thread Olaf Grimm
Place the DirPortFrontPage in the same folder like torrc, not /var/... Give the path correctly in the torrc. This is the default in all my relays with Debian and Ubuntu. Olaf Am 30.03.21 um 13:53 schrieb Petrusko: > Hey, > > I'm having a little problem with setting up (my be some rights...) the

Re: [tor-relays] difficulty installing

2021-03-04 Thread Olaf Grimm
I have some relays too. I using Debian 10 and had no problems. After installing the tor package, tor version, keyring and libevent will be updated with the regular apt update procedure. For new relays I activate the testing repositories and use python3-pip for nyx. pip3 install --upgrade pip pi

[tor-relays] Info from my ISP about investigation of tor exits - Update

2021-01-03 Thread Olaf Grimm
Exit-IPs:   Please block these Exits /Relays 89.34.27.149, active 89.34.27.43 , "supended" in panel, but active.   Warning! 89.34.27.48, active 89.34.27.49, active (89.34.27.59 since some days terminated) (89.34.27.37 since some week terminated) ___ tor

[tor-relays] Info from my ISP about investigation of tor exits

2021-01-03 Thread Olaf Grimm
Here is the original of mail (in copy) from my provider Mail copy: "Hello, Unfortunately your traffic type is full of unwanted events not compatible with our company ethic. Since the first date of activity we've received many abuse reports regarding bruteforce, layer7 attacks, hacking and many o

Re: [tor-relays] Well, that escalated quickly

2020-12-16 Thread Olaf Grimm
My good Exits (100...200MBit/s connection) shows similiar behavior. Olaf Am 15.12.20 um 02:39 schrieb enrollado: > Hello all. > > I started an exit relay on Saturday. Last night I took a look at the log and > I saw something like 30 active circuits at the heartbeat and the relay had > passed a

Re: [tor-relays] Question: RAM requirement for an exit relay

2020-12-16 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello Amadeus! When you talk about a RasPi, I assume you mean a home location. Please read the recommendations.  Never operate an Exit Relay at home! It will be expensive if the wrong people knock on the door. By the way, for an Exit Relay the bandwidth should already be 10MBit/s or better. Olaf

Re: [tor-relays] Question: RAM requirement for an exit relay

2020-12-15 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello ! Thank you very much for the large amount of replies. I have made a test and after less hours of activity I can confirm the low RAM consumption. There are no problems with 1GB. 'htop' reports 3,1% of RAM usage for 'unbound'. I will now reconfigure my fleet one by one next days. Kind regard

[tor-relays] Question: RAM requirement for an exit relay

2020-12-14 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello! I would like to activate a local DNS resolver with unbound at the exit relays, but I am concerned about the RAM size with 1GB. On an example machine I have 2GB RAM and the exit relay occupies 400MB at 22.9 MiB/s according to the metrics. Does anyone have experience with such values? My sma

[tor-relays] Abuse received for middle node (part of the curent problem)

2020-11-02 Thread Olaf Grimm
I have just received two abuse messages from ISP Scaleway Elements for two of my middle nodes. Until now I thought this was not possible. No problem for me. Only here for your information. Olaf ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.o

Re: [tor-relays] Strange OpenPGP behavior during key import under Debian Buster

2019-11-17 Thread Olaf Grimm
i, 15 Nov 2019 20:43:12 +0100 > Olaf Grimm wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> I repeatedly try to install Tor under Debian Buster and fail again at >> key import. >> With the last system I found the solution by activating the >> "Experimental repos" under

[tor-relays] Strange OpenPGP behavior during key import under Debian Buster

2019-11-16 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello! I repeatedly try to install Tor under Debian Buster and fail again at key import. With the last system I found the solution by activating the "Experimental repos" under Debian. This time it didn't work and I kept looking. Before repair: ... 2019-11-15 21:18:33 (294 KB/s) - ‘A3C4F0F979CAA22

Re: [tor-relays] Install on Tor on fresh Debian 10 failed (gpg key invalid)

2019-10-20 Thread Olaf Grimm
Thank you for the big amount of feedback. I investigated further that in a fresh Debian 10 virtual machine and in a fresh Ubuntu 19.10 virtual machine at home the install procedure from website is working. Curl on Ubuntu was missing. Wget is possible instead. Conclusion: The procedure on website is

Re: [tor-relays] Install on Tor on fresh Debian 10 failed (gpg key invalid)

2019-10-20 Thread Olaf Grimm
olved. I assume it was a bug in the key handling chain. Gpg and libgcrypt are the same version like before. gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.12 libgcrypt 1.8.4 Olaf Am 20.10.19 um 13:25 schrieb Roger Dingledine: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 07:38:10PM +0200, Olaf Grimm wrote: >> I updated my VPS with a

[tor-relays] Install on Tor on fresh Debian 10 failed (gpg key invalid)

2019-10-17 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello! I updated my VPS with a fresh Debian 10 install. According procedure in the documentation 'curl https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | gpg --import' I get the error message '2019-10-17 20:34:32 (1.01 MB/s) - ‘A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC

Re: [tor-relays] tor update question

2019-06-22 Thread Olaf Grimm
On Website: "update to latest upstream release (bz#1679732) How to install sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-EPEL-2019-f8311ec8a2" Not working! The command there is "dnf". A replacement with "yum" get the following error on my system: "[root@75f449 ~]# yum upgrade

Re: [tor-relays] Well, what exactly are you trying to contribute with your efforts?

2019-04-28 Thread Olaf Grimm
Conrad, why did you suddenly go underground and not be reachable anymore? Greypony IT was offline and you were just gone. I was a paying customer and my two servers were suddenly offline. now you come back and promise paradise again. No, i go my own way. Guys like you are not trustworthy. Olaf

Re: [tor-relays] german plans on banning TOR

2019-03-06 Thread Olaf Grimm
Some contradictions in the recommendations of the committee: Take a look on page 6 and 7 (in german, translation of the sentences below). "Zum anderen ist die Zugänglichmachung jedes internetbasierten Angebots, das auf die Begehung jeglicher Straftaten gerichtet ist, gleichermaßen strafwürdig."

Re: [tor-relays] BadExit why?

2019-02-12 Thread Olaf Grimm
Thank you for the answer. I try to get a new IP from the Trabia support. Olaf Am 12.02.19 um 21:51 schrieb David Goulet: > On 12 Feb (21:35:29), Olaf Grimm wrote: >>  inet 178.175.148.15 > Thanks Olaf! > > That IP was flagged as rewritting bitcoin addresses on Jan 21st, 20

[tor-relays] BadExit why?

2019-02-12 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello ! I provisioning a new exit since two hours. It is a totally new relay in a VM. My other relays at the same provider are ok. Why I see "BadExit" in Nyx??? Now my first bad experience with my 11 relays... fingerprint: CCDC4A28392C7448A34E98DF872213BC16DB27CD Nickname Hydra10 At all exits I

Re: [tor-relays] Monitoring a Tor-Relay - Telegraf / InfluxDB / Grafana ?

2018-12-08 Thread Olaf Grimm
For a tor relay that is not neccessary. After I thought about this in the past I decided it so after local watching. Now I use "htop" and "bwm-ng", "nload" and "nyx" via SSH on the remote server. You can use the website "uptime monitor" if you want to get a mail after server crash or other network

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

2018-10-02 Thread Olaf Grimm
a lot of things to deal with on > the business side of things. He’s the only one who can restore XOA and > various DC Locations. I’ve asked him to follow up on your emails. > > Cordially, > Nathaniel Suchy > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 4:41 PM Olaf Grimm wrote: > >> Yes

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

2018-10-02 Thread Olaf Grimm
Yes, since some days. I cancel my accounts and looking forward to other provider. greyponyit.com and XOA-Portal are offline. Two weeks ago my server in the USA gone offline, two day ago my server in Europe too. No reaction after two e-mails... Bye, Conrad! Olaf Am 02.10.2018 um 22:12 schrieb Dmi

Re: [tor-relays] New exit node

2018-09-16 Thread Olaf Grimm
Singapore. > While this would probably add to geographic diversity, > I am unsure if it's a good idea to run more relays > in those AS. > > On the other hand, I run several OVH-Relays at different > geographi locations. > > Best regards, > Matthias > > On 09/16/20

Re: [tor-relays] New exit node

2018-09-16 Thread Olaf Grimm
Roman, ignore this people. Do you have an intention for a relay in APAC? I looking for a provider in Asia with unlimited bandwith / traffic. I've found nothing, Or other recommendations? Maximum of 15$ is desired. Or South America. or Africa. Outside of Tor-overloaded areas. Want to reach my goal

Re: [tor-relays] A vote for the amateur relay operator

2018-09-10 Thread Olaf Grimm
I am in a similiar situation. This time I editing an abuse reply to Trabia Networks. Exit operator must live with that. Less weeks ago I ordered two server in Conrads farm. Perhaps my (or your) server is the bad one and Conrad must pay for it. Thank you Conrad! If you need help, then call for it.

[tor-relays] Suspension of service (ISP Scaleway / tor exit)

2018-09-04 Thread Olaf Grimm
Dear readers, some days ago I change my relay to an exit relay with a very strict policy. Today came the suspension message into my regular mail account. After login into the Scaleway account I saw that the time between the abuse log message and the deactivation of my exit relay were 6 hours only.

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

2018-05-24 Thread Olaf Grimm
Perhaps you can have the following problem if you use Linux: On some Linux system the iptable firewall block incoming connections by default. If I remember correctly, CentOS is a candidate for this behavior. After a general reset and configuring open ports I had success with my relay. An easy way

[tor-relays] Problem with MyFamily config (doesn't work correctly)

2018-05-13 Thread Olaf Grimm
Dear Tor controllers, For some time now I have relays in different locations and with different systems. All relays have the same torrc, except nickname. The following list shows the excerpt from metrics.torproject.org. Hydra1 (5) Hydra2 (5) Hydra5 (6) Hydra3 (2) Hydra4 (5) Hydra (5) Some time

[tor-relays] Info about Provider Scaleway and cheap "ARM server"

2018-05-01 Thread Olaf Grimm
Dear readers, I tried to use different operating systems and hardware architectures for my Tor relays for diversity. So I came to the Parisian provider Scaleways, which has a cheap offer for ARM servers for € 2.99 per month. Debian was available with architecture "armhf / armv7l". I knew that, bu

[tor-relays] Estimation of bridge traffic / Bridge or relay needed?

2018-04-01 Thread Olaf Grimm
How can I check bridge traffic if it only occurs temporarily? That would also mean that there are enough bridges. I use the Tor browser with the bridge feature for me. I have relays 2x Ubuntu, 1x CentOS and 1x LFS running. Three are working at full capacity. Now I intend to establish a FreeBSD sys

[tor-relays] Relay failed logins

2018-02-24 Thread Olaf Grimm
Dear guys, I am now on my server with SSH and get the message during login: ... Last failed login: Sat Feb 24 14:22:47 EST 2018 from 5.188.10.179 on ssh:notty There were 1343 failed login attempts since the last successful login. ... This simple relay (no exit) is online since less days. Loc

[tor-relays] Question about circuit/path live time

2017-05-31 Thread Olaf Grimm
Dear readers ! For my relays I looking for a torrc parameter to reduce the circuit live time from default of 10 minutes to about 5 minutes. My intension: I dont' know is the point of time to switch the path between relays synchronized. An overlap (or different switching time) will reduce the pat

Re: [tor-relays] Problem with arm

2017-03-21 Thread Olaf Grimm
Hello, your experience with ARM I have it on my different systems too. A new version of this tool is in active development. Some minutes ago I was on one of my servers an used ARM. After some seconds the tool had a freeze. It is not possible to use it over a longer time. In the past I had probl

Re: [tor-relays] What kind of hardware do I need for my relay

2017-03-21 Thread Olaf Grimm
Ok, N3050 cpu count was my mistake. It are 2 cores. It is a hand-size mini pc (ZOTAC 323 nano). It act as a middle node. Now checked: The cpu load is ~15% with 1184 connected relays! (home connection with 10MBit/s; actual modem usage: 5MBit/s upload average, 8MBit/s peak. Downstream equal upstrea

Re: [tor-relays] What kind of hardware do I need for my relay

2017-03-20 Thread Olaf Grimm
More is better. Here my values at home: Intel N3050 4x 1.6 GHz in an internal firewall with external Tor application. Internet connection download 50 MBit/s, Upload 10 MBit/s. Internal LAN performance: 90 MBit/s My own downloads are near 50 MBit/s (less time, most time 20...30MBit/s); Uploads n

Re: [tor-relays] Normal to lose stable/guard flags on relay reboot?

2017-02-05 Thread Olaf Grimm
I have heart about it in this mailing list, but my servers hold the flag after a reboot. This is my experience only. Olaf On 05.02.2017 23:12, Jivan Amara wrote: > Hi all, I recently rebooted a server hosting a relay (XOXXOX). Traffic > plummeted to zero for five days and the relay lost all it

Re: [tor-relays] The Onion Box v3.2: Web Interface for your Tor relay

2017-01-31 Thread Olaf Grimm
yes, you're right: The documentation definitely needs an update. > > Thank you for operating The Onion Box! > Best regards, > > Ralph > > *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 31. Januar 2017 um 19:06 Uhr > *Von:* "Olaf Grimm" > *An:* tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > *

Re: [tor-relays] The Onion Box v3.2: Web Interface for your Tor relay

2017-01-31 Thread Olaf Grimm
Please make an example of the tor config for the Onion Box access (config remarks found in README.md on github) "set the |HashedControlPassword| option in Tor's config file and define a password to access the ControlPort." What I must write line by line? I don't understand how can I define a pass

Re: [tor-relays] Middle relay still an useful contribution?

2017-01-17 Thread Olaf Grimm
I thinking about a bridge too. But which port is not censored in China? I have read an article about the firewall of China. They doing DPI and filtering all encrypted traffic. Obfsproxy should be a good choice. A short test give me some experience for tor connections, but more traffic inside as out

Re: [tor-relays] exitnodes blocking services

2017-01-16 Thread Olaf Grimm
An exit node at home is funny. Last year I've got visitors from law enforcement early in the morning. Now I have some new "friends" from the police department. Be warned! They take a look on bad movies and assume you are the one... Now I have my servers outside and at home a middle node only. O