[tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Markus Koch
As I told you guys ITLDC.com kicked 3 of my exit servers last month. Just got 3 new ones, hosted by DigitalOcean, Hostwinds and soon virtualniserverlite. If things go wrong (and with my luck they will) how many and which ports do I have to forward to be useful as a exit node? eg: I get lots of ab

Re: [tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
I don't have any exit relays, but my understanding is that you should use torrc, and only torrc, to define which outgoing ports you want to be reachable. Do not block or otherwise interfere with anything which you allow in torrc, because that may get you the BadExit flag when discovered. A Reduce

Re: [tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Markus Koch
Yes, but how many ports do I have to open to be "useful"? In an extreme case: Would it help just to forward port 80 and 433? 2016-05-22 15:51 GMT+02:00 Random Tor Node Operator : > I don't have any exit relays, but my understanding is that you should > use torrc, and only torrc, to define which

Re: [tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Tristan
You can close port 22 by adding it to your exit policy. The syntax would be something like ExitPolicy reject *:22 You should put this towards the top of the exit policy rules so it isn't overridden by other rules. On May 22, 2016 8:34 AM, "Markus Koch" wrote: As I told you guys ITLDC.com kicked

Re: [tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
On 05/22/2016 04:00 PM, Markus Koch wrote: > Yes, but how many ports do I have to open to be "useful"? In an > extreme case: Would it help just to forward port 80 and 433? I think the most spartanic Exit Policy is at the bottom of [1]: ExitPolicy accept *:53# DNS ExitPolicy accept *:80

Re: [tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Markus Koch
2016-05-22 16:30 GMT+02:00 Random Tor Node Operator : > On 05/22/2016 04:00 PM, Markus Koch wrote: >> Yes, but how many ports do I have to open to be "useful"? In an >> extreme case: Would it help just to forward port 80 and 433? > > I think the most spartanic Exit Policy is at the bottom of [1]: >

Re: [tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Felix Eckhofer
Hey. Am 22.05.2016 16:00, schrieb Markus Koch: Yes, but how many ports do I have to open to be "useful"? In an extreme case: Would it help just to forward port 80 and 433? It would still be useful and receive the "Exit" flag: "Exit" -- A router is called an 'Exit' iff it allows exits to at

Re: [tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Markus Koch
Port 6667 ... long time no see thank you for the information! markus 2016-05-22 16:10 GMT+02:00 Felix Eckhofer : > Hey. > > Am 22.05.2016 16:00, schrieb Markus Koch: >> >> Yes, but how many ports do I have to open to be "useful"? In an >> extreme case: Would it help just to forward port 80 and 4

Re: [tor-relays] New month, new TOR exit servers, need ELI5 pls

2016-05-22 Thread Tim Wilson-Brown - teor
> On 22 May 2016, at 11:30, Random Tor Node Operator > wrote: > > On 05/22/2016 04:00 PM, Markus Koch wrote: >> Yes, but how many ports do I have to open to be "useful"? In an >> extreme case: Would it help just to forward port 80 and 433? > > I think the most spartanic Exit Policy is at the b