Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-29 Thread Toralf Förster
On 11/28/2014 11:40 PM, I wrote: > How many instances could this run? > > > Intel E3-1240 Dedicated Server Special > > Server Location: Buffalo USA > Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 3.40 GHz > HDD: 500GB 7200RPM > RAM: 16GB DDR3 > Bandwidth: 10TB Monthly Traffic > IP: /29 > Port Speed: 1Gbit f

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-29 Thread Libertas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 That hardware is serious overkill for 10 TB/month, as others have mentioned. That sale price is a great deal, though, and the really high CPU clock rate will make the latency really low assuming the network connection is fast. It might be a good mov

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-29 Thread Toralf Förster
On 11/28/2014 11:50 PM, Tom van der Woerdt wrote: > 10TB/month is 30Mbit/s. You will have reached those 10TBs long before > coming close to maxing out a single CPU core. I'd estimate that a single > E3-1240 CPU core can deliver between 150Mbit/s and 250Mbit/s. > > The specs on that server are fine

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-28 Thread Tom van der Woerdt
10TB/month is 30Mbit/s. You will have reached those 10TBs long before coming close to maxing out a single CPU core. I'd estimate that a single E3-1240 CPU core can deliver between 150Mbit/s and 250Mbit/s. The specs on that server are fine, it's just not a lot of bandwidth. Tom I schreef op 2

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-28 Thread I
How many instances could this run? Intel E3-1240 Dedicated Server Special Server Location: Buffalo USA Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 3.40 GHz HDD: 500GB 7200RPM RAM: 16GB DDR3 Bandwidth: 10TB Monthly Traffic IP: /29 Port Speed: 1Gbit Price: $119/Month Sale Price: $59/month Robert

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-27 Thread Steve Snyder
On Thursday, November 27, 2014 8:39pm, "Libertas" said: [snip] > If anyone knows of a good way of finding high-bandwidth budget > dedicated servers (a search term or a list of providers, for example), > please share. I expected there to be more of a market for this kind of > thing than I've found.

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-27 Thread Niklas Kielblock
They don't seem to be offering a lot of servers right now... https://clients.rokabear.com/cart.php?gid=3 niklas On 28/11/2014 02:56, ja...@icetor.is wrote: Someone may wish to look into Rokubear, I remember them being mentioned as Tor Exit friendly a few years back. -Jason On 11/28/2014 01:54

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-27 Thread Niklas Kielblock
On 28/11/2014 02:54, Syrup-tan wrote: Turns out the colocation costs $672/year for the network, and another $780/year for power, so I don’t think Voxility is very feasible for an exit node without bargaining with them. This isn't all that expensive for colo; it's just not on the bargain end e

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-27 Thread jason
sorry was https://www.rokabear.com/ not roku -Jason On 11/28/2014 01:56 AM, ja...@icetor.is wrote: > Someone may wish to look into Rokubear, I remember them being mentioned > as Tor Exit friendly a few years back. > -Jason > > On 11/28/2014 01:54 AM, Syrup-tan wrote: >> Turns out the colocation c

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-27 Thread jason
Someone may wish to look into Rokubear, I remember them being mentioned as Tor Exit friendly a few years back. -Jason On 11/28/2014 01:54 AM, Syrup-tan wrote: > Turns out the colocation costs $672/year for the network, and another > $780/year for power, so I don’t think Voxility is very feasible f

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-27 Thread Syrup-tan
Turns out the colocation costs $672/year for the network, and another $780/year for power, so I don’t think Voxility is very feasible for an exit node without bargaining with them. > If anyone knows of a good way of finding high-bandwidth budget > dedicated servers (a search term or a list of pr

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-27 Thread Libertas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/25/2014 02:29 PM, Syrup-tan wrote: > > The colocation isn’t cheap to say the least, and it only gives > 5TB/month unless we want to pay more per month; > This may the largest logistical problem I've encountered when looking for dedicated ser

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-25 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti - lists
On 11/22/14 1:08 AM, SiNA Rabbani wrote: > Dear Relay Operators, > > I noticed there are very few US based exit nodes in the network. And more and > more > people are jumping on the same set of AS numbers in Europe. For who want to taste unusual place Tor Exit: https://www.exoticvps.com/ Send

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-25 Thread Syrup-tan
> On Nov 22, 2014, at 4:21 PM, s7r wrote: > > Depending on your budget, Voxility has a datacenter in the US. > Unfortunately they provide only enterprise class servers with prices > directly proportional to the class. Maybe we can manage to pool $ in > order to create a bigger node with this prov

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-24 Thread s7r
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/24/2014 7:32 PM, Mirimir wrote: > On 11/24/2014 03:06 AM, s7r wrote: >> If the only limit is consumed monthly traffic, and not the >> bandwidth your relays consumes daily (e.g. you use your VPS only >> for Tor) it is not recommended to use Rel

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-24 Thread Mirimir
On 11/24/2014 03:06 AM, s7r wrote: > If the only limit is consumed monthly traffic, and not the bandwidth > your relays consumes daily (e.g. you use your VPS only for Tor) it is > not recommended to use RelayBandwidthRate. Better use AccountingMax, > and your relay will work at full speed until it

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-24 Thread s7r
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If the only limit is consumed monthly traffic, and not the bandwidth your relays consumes daily (e.g. you use your VPS only for Tor) it is not recommended to use RelayBandwidthRate. Better use AccountingMax, and your relay will work at full speed unti

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread Mirimir
On 11/23/2014 11:05 AM, s7r wrote: > That is, because in almost all cases, providers allow unmetered > incoming traffic to your server but keep count and accounting on > outgoing traffic from your server, which is why the torrc setting acts > the way it does. That would be great! I'll confirm with

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread usprey
http://blog.censurfridns.dk/en Pretty sure this is no fon. On 24 November 2014 at 02:18, Seth wrote: > On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:53:03 -0800, ZEROF wrote: > > I'm not using opendns. OpenNic and OpenDNS are not same thing. >> > > I'm aware of the distinction. > > What I was trying to point out fo

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread Seth
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 16:53:03 -0800, ZEROF wrote: I'm not using opendns. OpenNic and OpenDNS are not same thing. I'm aware of the distinction. What I was trying to point out for the benefit of people just getting started with dnscrypt-proxy, is that by default it uses OpenDNS servers. At

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread ZEROF
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 I'm not using opendns. OpenNic and OpenDNS are not same thing. On 23 November 2014 at 23:59, Seth wrote: On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:13:17 -0800, ZEROF wrote: I saw some info just yesterday, but it's not in actual server configuration. Can you provid

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:13:17 -0800, ZEROF wrote: I saw some info just yesterday, but it's not in actual server configuration. Can you provide some good resource for setting dnscrypt-proxy? And no logging DNS's is good to protect end users A caveat: You should probably avoid using the default

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 21:48:21 -0800, Chuck Peters wrote: I'm not a fan of OpenNIC because they were, and probably still are, running open resolvers. That means the servers are wide open to be used for reflection attacks, cache poisening and likely numerous other attacks. And they didn't suppor

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:54:09 -0800, teor wrote: There are 7/12 months that have 31 days, where your 33GB per day will result in a (potential) 23GB overuse. (And that's not including non-tor traffic like OS updates.) Why not use 32GB x 31 days = 992GB, or 31GB x 31 days = 961GB ? That see

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:13:17 -0800, ZEROF wrote: I saw some info just yesterday, but it's not in actual server configuration. Can you provide some good resource for setting dnscrypt-proxy? And no logging DNS's is good to protect end users. That was a long night bleary night but IIRC I used t

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread s7r
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 That is, because in almost all cases, providers allow unmetered incoming traffic to your server but keep count and accounting on outgoing traffic from your server, which is why the torrc setting acts the way it does. On 11/23/2014 7:58 PM, Seth wrote

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-23 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:42:15 -0800, Mirimir wrote: How much throughput do you get with your VPS, 1000 GB/mo or 2000 GB/mo? The 1000 GB/mo applies to whichever value is greater, input or output. So far the Tor node is pushing less than 1.5GB per day. Takes a while for traffic to ramp up ap

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread Mirimir
On 11/22/2014 06:58 PM, Seth wrote: > I should have also mentioned in my previous post I put the following in > /etc/tor/torrc > > # Bandwidth and data caps > AccountingStart day 19:45 # calculate once a day at 7:45pm > AccountingMax 33 GBytes # 33GB X 30 days = 10GB shy of 1000GB/mo. > RelayBa

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread Chuck Peters
Seth said: > On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:46:18 -0800, ZEROF wrote: > > >I use servernames without logging from this this list > >http://wiki.opennicproject.org/Tier2 (France). > Great resource of logless DNS servers, I'm a big fan of OpenNIC. I'm not a fan of OpenNIC because they were, and probably s

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread teor
> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:58:37 -0800 > From: Seth > ... > > I should have also mentioned in my previous post I put the following in > /etc/tor/torrc > > # Bandwidth and data caps > AccountingStart day 19:45 # calculate once a day at 7:45pm > AccountingMax 33 GBytes # 33GB X 30 days = 10GB

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread ZEROF
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Seth, I saw some info just yesterday, but it's not in actual server configuration. Can you provide some good resource for setting dnscrypt-proxy? And no logging DNS's is good to protect end users. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: OpenPG

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:46:18 -0800, ZEROF wrote: I use servernames without logging from this this list http://wiki.opennicproject.org/Tier2 (France). Great resource of logless DNS servers, I'm a big fan of OpenNIC. Have you bothered to encrypt DNS traffic by setting up dnscrypt-proxy or th

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread ZEROF
If you are looking for good solution, I'm testing right now http://roundabove.com, running one exit node with exit rules provided from https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy. Tor's uptime is 11 days 12:00 hours, with 194 circuits open. I've sent 182.16 GB and received

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:05:53 -0800, s7r wrote: I am concerned if they will sustain Tor exits on the long term. If the Tor relay will consume more bandwidth they might start shouting about it since more virtual machines share a network port, and they will want to maximize how many VMs they can a

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 17:29:35 -0800, Mirimir wrote: Do you mind if I steal/paraphrase your letter? That's why I put it up, so others can use it. Knock yourself out. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread Mirimir
On 11/22/2014 05:56 PM, Seth wrote: > On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:35:18 -0800, I wrote: > >> So USA can be fast and cheap but beware when they agree Tor is >> acceptable because there are poor trade practices laws to get refunds >> and rights. > > FWIW I spun up a Tor exit node on VULTR. I pro-active

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread s7r
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Just checked them now, that is great if they will allow you to run Tor exit nodes on such cheap virtual machines. 5$ for 1000GB is a good deal for US traffic, and bitcoin accepted is an important pro. But I am concerned if they will sustain Tor exits o

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread Seth
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:35:18 -0800, I wrote: So USA can be fast and cheap but beware when they agree Tor is acceptable because there are poor trade practices laws to get refunds and rights. FWIW I spun up a Tor exit node on VULTR. I pro-actively informed them I was doing so by creating a

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread I
I would happily chip in to a node like that. One thing, though, about USA is their fickleness when shown a legal letter. I increased VPSs to more than ten paid a year in advance with GreenValueHost because they were so helpful they even reinstalled Tor and sorted some Linux problems for me. Then

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread s7r
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I also share the thought that more US exit power is welcomed in the Tor network. However, the fact that there is more exit power in the EU compared to the US has nothing to do with the legal implications of running a Tor exit, it's as simple as bandwi

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-22 Thread Steve Snyder
On 11/21/2014 07:08 PM, SiNA Rabbani wrote: Dear Relay Operators, I noticed there are very few US based exit nodes in the network. And more and more people are jumping on the same set of AS numbers in Europe. [snip] If anyone is interested in running fast Tor Exit nodes at Rethem Hosting. Fee

Re: [tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

2014-11-21 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi SiNA, On 11/22/2014 01:08 AM, SiNA Rabbani wrote: > Dear Relay Operators, > > I noticed there are very few US based exit nodes in the network. And more and > more > people are jumping on the same set of AS numbers in Europe. [...] Thank you, SiNA. A reminder to relay operators: Diversity is