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

2021-05-04 Thread Keifer Bly
For the last 3 days its been 50 cents, whereas usually vps are $20 per month at least. I am wondering whats the minimal amount of traffic a bridge should push to be useful? I am thinking of limiting the tor bridge traffic per month. Thanks. --Keifer On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 2:12 PM Matt Traudt wro

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

2021-05-03 Thread Matt Traudt
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] A report on running a bridge on google cloud

2021-05-03 Thread abuse department
yeah hosting in Germany is much better. With the new laws in place the BND is happy to deliver all Tor traffic from Frankfurt to the NSA. > On 29. Apr 2021, at 16:25, li...@for-privacy.net wrote: > > I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks a US cloud is the worst case for a > Tor relay. Most li

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

2021-04-30 Thread lists
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks a US cloud is the worst case for a Tor relay. Most likely daily VM snapshots directly to NSA. ;-) ¹William mentioned the interesting WEDOS DC1 data center to him beforehand. ²There are only 8 relays so far. ¹https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-rela

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

2021-04-28 Thread abuse department
if you want to run a bridge, Ionos is your new best friend, shitty VPS für 1 Euro a month. It is shit but runs a bridge perfectly. > On 26. Apr 2021, at 19:40, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Hi List, > > So for a little bit over a week now, I have been running a bridge on Google > Cloud and it has cha

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

2021-04-27 Thread Keifer Bly
Hi List, 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.  I think we need as much diversity as possible so having nodes running on as m