Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

2021-12-29 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
Hi Gary, thanks! > As an aside... Presently, are you using a single, public address with many > ports or many, public addresses with a single port for your Tor deployments? > Have you ever considered putting all those Tor instances behind a single, > public address:port (fingerprint) to creat

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

2021-12-29 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 21:39:27 +0100 (CET) abuse--- via tor-relays wrote: > why would that be needed? Linux has a pretty good thread scheduler imo and > will shuffle loads around as needed. To improve cache locality, as in modern CPUs L1/L2/L3 cache is partitioned into various schemes per core or

[tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] More of my bridges got blocked

2021-12-29 Thread Space Oddity via tor-relays
Hello Tor people, just me chipping in about recent event. Today, I discovered that somewhere around Dec, 22, all three of my recently launched bridges have been censored on at least one network (MegaFon Moscow AS25159). Metrics show a drastic traffic drop in the range of Dec, 21-23 for all three b

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] More of my bridges got blocked

2021-12-29 Thread Toralf Förster
On 12/29/21 15:37, Space Oddity via tor-relays wrote: Also, I can not rule out that some step in my distribution chain was compromised -- I gave out these bridges privately to a few friends. IMO you should not mix private brtdges with those where you delegate the to distribute the connection i

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] More of my bridges got blocked

2021-12-29 Thread Toralf Förster
On 12/29/21 18:45, Toralf Förster wrote: Said that you should set "PublishServerDescriptor 0" at bridges where you distribute the connection info yourself. Or maybe set it to BridgeDistribution none to have bridge stats at metrics.org. -- Toralf OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenP

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] More of my bridges got blocked

2021-12-29 Thread gus
Hi, Thanks for running bridges! On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 02:37:48PM +, Space Oddity via tor-relays wrote: > Hello Tor people, just me chipping in about recent event. > > Today, I discovered that somewhere around Dec, 22, all three of my recently > launched bridges have been censored on at lea

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] More of my bridges got blocked

2021-12-29 Thread Space Oddity via tor-relays
It wasn't a problem for us :) but thanks for the tip. Also, can confirm Beeline (AS16345) blocks them too. Seems like the blocking is mostly deployed in mobile carriers atm -- makes sense to me. Haven't tested with much except these two though. December 29, 2021 8:53 PM, "Toralf Förster" wrote:

Re: [tor-relays] Relay operators meetup @ rC3

2021-12-29 Thread ronqtorrelays
Hi! I couldn't make the meeting (I retire at the end of January, and should at long last have time to devote to things Tor). Thanks for posting the notes. It prompted me to review the draft "expectations for relay operators" document. It looks very good, though I do have a quibble. The line "Tr

Re: [tor-relays] Relay operators meetup @ rC3

2021-12-29 Thread Georg Koppen
ronqtorrel...@risley.net: Hi! I couldn't make the meeting (I retire at the end of January, and should at long last have time to devote to things Tor). Thanks for posting the notes. It prompted me to review the draft "expectations for relay operators" document. It looks very good, though I do