[tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread esolve esolve
I want to use Tor browser bundle to set up a Tor exit node in vidalia, I click "set up relay" -> sharing then there are some options, I checked "Relay traffic for the Tor network(exit relay)" and then click "ok" however, it doesn't work, and the exit relay option is automatically unchecked, while

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 29.11.2012 11:24, esolve esolve wrote: > I checked "Relay traffic for the Tor network(exit relay)" and then click > "ok" > however, it doesn't work, and the exit relay option is automatically > unchecked, while the option "relay traffic inside the tor network > (non-exit relay)" is checked Ex

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread esolve esolve
but why the option "Relay traffic for the Tor network(exit relay)" is unchecked? and how to make the node just act as an exit node(make it not relay traffic to other tor nodes)? 2012/11/29 Moritz Bartl > On 29.11.2012 11:24, esolve esolve wrote: > > I checked "Relay traffic for the Tor network(

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 29.11.2012 11:39, esolve esolve wrote: > but why the option "Relay traffic for the Tor network(exit relay)" is > unchecked? Have you checked some boxes under "Exit Policies" too? > and how to make the node just act as an exit node(make it not relay > traffic to other tor nodes)? You can't.

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread esolve esolve
2012/11/29 Moritz Bartl > On 29.11.2012 11:39, esolve esolve wrote: > > but why the option "Relay traffic for the Tor network(exit relay)" is > > unchecked? > > Have you checked some boxes under "Exit Policies" too? > ah, it is OK now, thanks! > > > and how to make the node just act as an exi

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Andreas Krey
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:50:13 +, esolve esolve wrote: ... > You mean I can't make it only function as an exit node using TBB? > or it is no way to make it function only as an exit node except that I > modify the source codes? Path selection is done on the originating tor node; if you announce y

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 29.11.2012 11:50, esolve esolve wrote: > > and how to make the node just act as an exit node(make it not relay > > traffic to other tor nodes)? > You can't. > You mean I can't make it only function as an exit node using TBB? > or it is no way to make it function only as an exit node

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Julian Yon
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:50:13 +0100 esolve esolve wrote: > You mean I can't make it only function as an exit node using TBB? > or it is no way to make it function only as an exit node except that I > modify the source codes? Why would you want to? If you're trying to maximise the traffic that you

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Julian Yon
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:57:09 +0100 Andreas Krey wrote: > Path selection is done on the originating tor node; if you announce > yourself as an exit node you implicitly also announce yourself as a > potential entry/middle node. You'd have to change everybody else's > source to be exit-only. Well,

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Andreas Krey
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:16:35 +, Julian Yon wrote: ... > Well, no. You could add some code to drop any connections you don't > like (i.e. those you can't snoop). Yes, but that would make you stand out detectably, wouldn't it? Andreas -- "Totally trivial. Famous last words." From: Linus Torva

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Julian Yon
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:51:38 +0100 Andreas Krey wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:16:35 +, Julian Yon wrote: > ... > > Well, no. You could add some code to drop any connections you don't > > like (i.e. those you can't snoop). > > Yes, but that would make you stand out detectably, wouldn't it?

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread kupo
I believe the original question was as simple as "how do I act as a relay while acting as an exit node" the user was confused because when he had selected exit, it unchecked the relay checkbox. On 11/29/2012 11:59 AM, Julian Yon wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:51:38 +0100 Andreas Krey wrote:

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread Julian Yon
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:29:11 + k...@damnfbi.tk wrote: > I believe the original question was as simple as "how do I act as a > relay while acting as an exit node" > the user was confused because when he had selected exit, it unchecked > the relay checkbox. If you believe that, then you didn'

Re: [tor-relays] TOR relay and their flags

2012-11-29 Thread andron
>> BridgeRelay 1 >> >> so, its pure relay. RD> It's a bridge, not a public relay: RD> https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge >> Run arm and got: >> "flags: none" RD> So it isn't listed in the consensus, and thus arm doesn't think it RD> has any flags. Thanks for an answer! Simple

Re: [tor-relays] TOR relay and their flags

2012-11-29 Thread Julian Yon
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:17:20 +0100 andron wrote: > > >> BridgeRelay 1 > >> > >> so, its pure relay. > > RD> It's a bridge, not a public relay: > RD> https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge > > Simple question: how to be listed in the consensus? BridgeRelay 0 (or comment it out, as

Re: [tor-relays] setting up a Tor exit node

2012-11-29 Thread kupo
On 11/29/2012 01:46 PM, Julian Yon wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:29:11 + k...@damnfbi.tk wrote: I believe the original question was as simple as "how do I act as a relay while acting as an exit node" the user was confused because when he had selected exit, it unchecked the relay checkbox.

Re: [tor-relays] Deploy relays using hidden exit IP's?

2012-11-29 Thread grarpamp
It would just seem really frustrating for users who want to participate in account based sites (and really, what sites aren't) to find themselves kneejerk blocked at the network level. Tor is slow, there's really no claim to be made that Tor is capable of literally DoSing a site. Only one for cran

Re: [tor-relays] Deploy relays using hidden exit IP's?

2012-11-29 Thread grarpamp
Also related, has anyone tried operating an exit behind a VPN/NAT/proxy service? As opposed to having secondary interfaces/routes on the local machine. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailma

Re: [tor-relays] How to get client locale statistics without arm?

2012-11-29 Thread tor-admin
On Wednesday, 28. November 2012, 14:47:05 Damian Johnson wrote: > Have you tried tweaking the query rate options in your armrc? > > https://gitweb.torproject.org/arm.git/blob/HEAD:/armrc.sample No I have not yet tried this. > > > Switching to the connection panel lets arm often freeze. Is the

[tor-relays] Bandwidth and server leads [was: Tor raid]

2012-11-29 Thread grarpamp
> From: elijah wright > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:38:51 -0600 > Cc: na...@nanog.org > Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. > We had a guy (aka potential customer) inquire the other day about hosting a > Tor exit on our infrastructure the other day; he disappeared fairly >

Re: [tor-relays] How to get client locale statistics without arm?

2012-11-29 Thread Damian Johnson
> Doing netstat queries means that I get 8+ ip addresses on my server. > Each of these addresses I would have to check against the list of relays to > sort out connections to other relays and only do GETINFO ip-to-country to > the remaining IPs. This sounds complicated and error-prone. Not rea

[tor-relays] Prepared for [Raided for running a Tor exit node]?

2012-11-29 Thread grarpamp
>> Running an exit node from home DSL or Cable is bad idea. One must look >> for a Tor friendly ISP and have balls made of steel! ... ISP[/hoster] and[/or] have ... > However, I do not believe it is that way in > the United States What 'way'? Running an exit node at home, or elsewhere, would s