[tor-relays] Bridge relay: conversing with the message log

2012-09-20 Thread eliaz
I run a bridge relay on vista x64 through my ISP's router-modem firewall. I need some help in understanding a few lines in the message log. Replacing the name of machine on my LAN by and the IP addresses by and (= the bridge's address), the lines are: Sep 20 07:33:43.872 [Info] resolve_my_add

Re: [tor-relays] Min. Bandwidth for Bridge Relay?

2012-09-20 Thread cmeclax
On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 15:21:37 freef...@mail.md wrote: > Hi! > > I have around 50-60 KB/s of bandwidth that I'd like to use for running > a bridge relay. > > Is this a sufficient amount of bandwidth? I ask because it doesn't > seem like very much compared to the amounts that others don

Re: [tor-relays] Min. Bandwidth for Bridge Relay?

2012-09-20 Thread Jon
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 8:11 AM, cmeclax wrote: > > > How often does your IP address change? A bridge's address should change > every > few weeks so that censors making lists of bridge addresses can't keep up > with > it. My address changes once every few years (the last time was because > someone

Re: [tor-relays] Min. Bandwidth for Bridge Relay?

2012-09-20 Thread Andreas Krey
On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:28:46 +, Jon wrote: > Why not run an exit relay from home? I have done it for 4 yrs, Depending on your jurisdiction and what people happen to do via your exit this may earn you a police search of your home and confiscation of all computers there. If you don't mind that r

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge relay: conversing with the message log

2012-09-20 Thread Stephen Mollett
Hi Eli, On Thursday, 20 September 2012, 13:25, eliaz wrote: >... > Sep 20 07:33:43.872 [Info] resolve_my_address(): Guessed local hostname > '' resolves to a private IP address (). > Trying something else. > Sep 20 07:33:43.872 [Info] resolve_my_address(): Interface IP address > '' is a private