Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-02 Thread cmeclax-sazri
On Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:21:14 Steve Snyder wrote: > Tor does need exit nodes. The graphs on Tor statistics page show that only > a quarter of Tor nodes are running as exits. That said, if this is on a > residential internet connection you might not want to be an exit node. A > few web

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-02 Thread Sebastian G.
Hi, it was not recommended to run an exit on an connection that's used for private traffic. It could be your IP that gets caught downloading copyrighted material. (Might not apply in your case) Should you still consider it, please read: https://blog.torproject.org/running-exit-node > Now, what a

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-02 Thread Goulven Guillard
Le 02/02/2012 16:21, Steve Snyder a écrit : Tor does need exit nodes. The graphs on Tor statistics page show that only a quarter of Tor nodes are running as exits. That said, if this is on a residential internet connection you might not want to be an exit node. A few web sites blacklist the

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-02 Thread Steve Snyder
On Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:41am, "Goulven Guillard" said: > Thanks for all the replies. I'll give it a try as a middle node for a > start (as soon as my ISP fixes my intempestive deconnection issue…). > > Is an exit node is more CPU(/RAM ?) consuming than a middle one ? Yes. At minimum

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-02 Thread Goulven Guillard
Thanks for all the replies. I'll give it a try as a middle node for a start (as soon as my ISP fixes my intempestive deconnection issue…). Is an exit node is more CPU(/RAM ?) consuming than a middle one ? Assuming it is the case, as it seems that Tor does need more exit nodes, what would be b

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-01 Thread grarpamp
> With this set-up I see the Tor process consuming 2% of CPU, > about 60MB of RAM (RSS) used > 100 - 200 connections active at any given time. Seconded. It's not much. And irrespective of hardware, seconded also on using current OS, build libs and Tor. Some OS require setting kernel sysctl to enab

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-01 Thread Javier Bassi
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Goulven Guillard wrote: > My ISP currently provides me with ~ 800 kbps in upload.  I could probably > give half or more to tor but I believe indeed RAM & CPU will be the limiting > factor (that's why I didn't mention it in my first email).  I have ~ 15 Mbps > in dow

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-01 Thread Steve Snyder
I'm not familiar with the Sheevaplug, but I have some experience with low-end hardware. I run a middle node on a Pentium-M 1.8GHz ("Dothan", circa 2004) with 1GB of DDR1 RAM on a CentOS 5.x/i686 box. I have Tor v0.2.2.x configured for Bandwidth=150KB, BurstBandwidth=300KB. That 150KB is one-t

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-01 Thread Goulven Guillard
Le 01/02/2012 19:15, Aurel W. a écrit : how much Bandwidth would you use for tor? Anyway, RAM could be the limitting factor here. My ISP currently provides me with ~ 800 kbps in upload. I could probably give half or more to tor but I believe indeed RAM & CPU will be the limiting factor (that

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay system & uptime requirements

2012-02-01 Thread Aurel W.
Hi, how much Bandwidth would you use for tor? Anyway, RAM could be the limitting factor here. aurel On 1 February 2012 17:45, Goulven Guillard wrote: > Hi all, > > I am considering setting up a tor relay.  However my configuration is not > powerful and I failed to find precise informations abou