Re: [tor-relays] unbound bogs down strangely, degrading exit relay

2016-03-18 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Gave up switched to 'named' and now it's working fine. Entered BUG: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18580 Be advised, anyone running a fast exit with 'unbound' should switch to using 'named'. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.

Re: [tor-relays] Running 5000 relays...

2016-03-18 Thread Greg
Brian, That's all quite interesting. Thanks for sharing. I hope this work goes well. It would help move Tor forward toward the cloud-based software model that's becoming more and more popular. Greg On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Brian 'redbeard' Harrington wrote: > Greg, > > Thank *you* for th

[tor-relays] unbound bogs down strangely, degrading exit relay

2016-03-18 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Hit a repeat of an earlier incident: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-January/008621.html message from tor daemon is Resolved [scrubbed] which was already resolved; ignoring About 5400 of these messages over 37 hours, during which the relay dropped down to 30% of usual

Re: [tor-relays] fast exits running 'unbound' should switch to 'named'

2016-03-18 Thread Michael McConville
Dhalgren Tor wrote: > Bug #18580: exit relay fails with 'unbound' DNS resolver when lots of > requests time-out > > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18580 I wouldn't go that far. I've been running with Unbound for ~1.5 years now (AFAIK) without issue. I've also been told that the c

Re: [tor-relays] fast exits running 'unbound' should switch to 'named'

2016-03-18 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Nothing wrong with 'unbound'. Problem is bug in Tor daemon interaction with 'unbound' that brings exit effectively offline when GoDaddy blocks requests from it. This can happen to any fast exit anytime. GoDaddy has been blocking high-volume DNS requesters since 2011, and recent activity by some

[tor-relays] fast exits running 'unbound' should switch to 'named'

2016-03-18 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Bug #18580: exit relay fails with 'unbound' DNS resolver when lots of requests time-out https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18580 ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinf