[tor-relays] Tor on FreeBSD: Failed to find node for hop 0 of our path. Discarding this circuit.

2017-07-13 Thread neel
rs as well as personal machines I own do not have this issue. Do you know what could be causing this? -Neel Chauhan ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] PSA: Run a Tor node, lose access to Chinese IPs

2017-07-23 Thread neel
ct.org/#details/A20840A16CB658024B0D3A0E3F19A9C0E34C843F): neel@megora:~ % telnet 2345.com 80 Trying 42.62.30.180... telnet: connect to address 42.62.30.180: Operation timed out telnet: Unable to connect to remote host neel@megora:~ % Verizon FiOS 50/50 in Brooklyn, NY, Tor midd

Re: [tor-relays] new exit relay 4AEBDC4710D2C34FE02AB2A660B62B2A9EE97C5C

2018-09-05 Thread neel
e willing to compile everything. Thank You, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Australian relays

2018-09-16 Thread neel
ort: If you want to make the Tor network more resilient however, non NA/EU locations are important. If you just want a higher bandwidth number, it's hard to beat Europe. Thank You, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-10-01 Thread neel
useful as domain fronting but not stop spammers from using Gmail to send spam to mailing list subscribers. I also get spam from FreeBSD's mailing lists, but those are mainly advertising emails for things like web/logo design, marketing, etc. that I have no interest in. Thanks, Neel Ch

Re: [tor-relays] 300mbps FreeBSD Tor relay on HPE MicroServer Gen10 (AMD X3421)

2019-01-02 Thread neel
with a single instance to see if it handles 300 mbps. If not, I will switch to two 150mbps instances. I sadly am using OpenSSL, but that is so I can use the crypto engine and pre-built packages. Thank You, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ December 28, 2018 9:13 AM, "Neel Chauhan&qu

[tor-relays] Interesting Reddit Post for Tor Relay Operators on Verizon FiOS (Verizon blocks Verizon.com on Tor Relay IP Addresses Including Non-Exit Relays)

2019-06-26 Thread neel
ments/c5whh5/verizon_blocks_verizoncom_on_tor_relay_ip/ -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Smallest, cheapest, lightest computer for tor relay

2016-10-17 Thread Neel Chauhan
oject.org/#details/AED76373324653A0522DF30550BA31902B2CFA44 https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/D5B8C38539C509380767D4DE20DE84CF84EE8299 Thanks, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.o

[tor-relays] Verizon AS701 blocking Tor consensus server tor26 (86.59.21.38)

2018-05-15 Thread Neel Chauhan
ess. I can confirm this on FiOS, but I don't use Verizon Wireless (my smartphone uses Sprint) so I can't test it there. A traceroute to tor26's IP address 86.59.21.38 from a Brooklyn apartment shows this is filtered on Verizon's backbone: neel@xb2:~ % traceroute 86.59.2

Re: [tor-relays] Verizon AS701 blocking Tor consensus server tor26 (86.59.21.38)

2018-05-24 Thread Neel Chauhan
do read NANOG) and unblocked tor26. Here is a (successful) traceroute: neel@flex:~ % traceroute 86.59.21.38 traceroute to 86.59.21.38 (86.59.21.38), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 unknown (192.168.1.1) 0.886 ms 0.567 ms 0.460 ms 2 lo0-100.NYCMNY-VFTTP-401.verizon-gni.net (173.68.77.1

Re: [tor-relays] Running A Bridge Alongside My Relay

2018-05-26 Thread Neel Chauhan
ress, but you would need to pay $$$ for this. -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2018-05-26 16:19, Keifer Bly wrote: Yes but I would run it through the proxy so it would have the proxy IP address. I just noticed tor could use more bridges as there are four times as many public

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Guard Relay

2018-06-07 Thread Neel Chauhan
on websites and guards don't. -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2018-06-06 14:42, Keifer Bly wrote: Hello, I have one question. I have been running my relay “torland” at http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/router_detail.php?FP=db1af6477bb276b6ea5e72132684096eee779d30 For roughly 3 mon

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Guard Relay

2018-06-07 Thread Neel Chauhan
ause most telcos refuse to deploy fiber). Hope this helps. -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ On Jun 7, 2018, at 5:39 AM, Neel Chauhan wrote: The guard flag gets automatically assigned to you if you have enough bandwidth and uptime. You usually don't get to choose. You can still

Re: [tor-relays] Spam Emails Received From This Mailing List

2018-06-09 Thread Neel Chauhan
er if you're like me. -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2018-06-09 00:08, Mirimir wrote: On 06/08/2018 04:06 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: I receive them whenever I send a note to this address, starting with the first time I participated in a conversation with this thread. Thank you. W

Re: [tor-relays] Trying to set up a relay at home, but get no connections

2018-06-11 Thread Neel Chauhan
g to get political, you should push for net neutrality in your country. -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2018-06-11 14:29, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Graeme Neilson dijo [Sat, Jun 09, 2018 at 11:53:20AM +1200]: See if you can route to all the authorities. Tor requires that all relay

Re: [tor-relays] Spam Emails Received From This Mailing List

2018-06-11 Thread Neel Chauhan
It seems that I am getting spam from a new email address: camrynbentley870...@ao.ovsum.com The pattern is that the emails are from *@*.ovsum.com addresses. Just block this pattern as well, and report your emails to SpamCop. -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2018-06-08 20:24

Re: [tor-relays] how to set-up multiple debian relays at once

2018-06-16 Thread Neel Chauhan
e multiple instances on a single computer: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/tor/files/pkg-message.in?revision=425102&view=markup&pathrev=472266 -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2018-06-16 07:18, I wrote: Is there a way to collectively install an

Re: [tor-relays] Turning down my relay from DigitalOcean

2018-07-02 Thread Neel Chauhan
dle relays, but only a few allow exits). Hope this helps. Best, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2018-07-02 09:27, Guillermo Narvaez wrote: Hello everyone, Sadly I'm stoping the tor daemon in my relay due high cost of bandwidth ($100), in the meantime I start to search an option

[tor-relays] [Software Announcement] FamilyGenerator: Tor MyFamily Generator

2018-07-21 Thread Neel Chauhan
use Debian. That's it. Thank You, Neel Chauhan ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] FamilyGenerator: Tor MyFamily Generator

2018-07-22 Thread Neel Chauhan
nonetheless I find it positive that Neel now finally has a (proper?) MyFamily config probably because of this non-perfect way of collecting FPs. Well, my relays don't use FamilyGenerator. I still hope no one is using onionoo query results to alter their config *automatically* I

[tor-relays] Tor Consensus Weight Stuck at 20 (Even on Relay with "Stable" Flag)

2015-05-09 Thread Neel Chauhan
w (199.254.238.52) don't seem to be calculating any consensus value for Tor relays in the last few days. Has anyone else been having this problem? And if the Tor consensus operators are reading this, (approximately) when would this problem get resolved? Thanks, Neel Chauhan __

Re: [tor-relays] https://itldc.com/

2016-05-02 Thread Neel Chauhan
VPS with CoolHousing (through their Virtual Server Lite brand) and I do the same (block IP addresses I get complaints from). -Neel Chauhan https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bi

Re: [tor-relays] VPS for Exits

2016-05-21 Thread Neel Chauhan
d (https://vpsboard.com/). -Neel Chauhan https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] VPS for Exits

2016-05-21 Thread Neel Chauhan
VPS for a long time. No wonder why someone on this mailing list had trouble with ITL earlier this month. They no longer want exit nodes. -Neel Chauhan https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.to

Re: [tor-relays] VPS for Exits

2016-05-24 Thread Neel Chauhan
hp https://serverastra.com/ https://blazingfast.io/ Thanks, Neel Chauhan https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Short heads up

2023-01-09 Thread Neel Chauhan
g the fingerprint for the affected one. Now I have to wait for the ramp-up phase, yay! Merry christmas, Frank Best, Neel --- Original Message --- On Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at 11:25 PM, Frank Steinborn wrote: Hi, I want to show you my anti DDoS solution for my relays (a

Re: [tor-relays] Relay in Japan being marked as a US relay?

2024-01-19 Thread Neel Chauhan
USA: they might look at the first allocation after the RIR, which says "USA". When I ran Tor exit relays on leased IP space, some abuse reports went directly to me, but some went to the IP lessors, not realizing IP leasing and reallocations are now commonplace. -Neel On Thu, Jan 18

[tor-relays] 300mbps FreeBSD Tor relay on HPE MicroServer Gen10 (AMD X3421)

2018-12-28 Thread Neel Chauhan
single instance, but can use multiple if I have to * When I move, I will upgrade my server to FreeBSD 12.0 * My server supports hardware accelerated AES and SHA. I am using this on FreeBSD with the aesni kernel module and Tor with "HardwareAccel 1" and "AccelName cryptode

Re: [tor-relays] 300mbps FreeBSD Tor relay on HPE MicroServer Gen10 (AMD X3421)

2018-12-28 Thread Neel Chauhan
s close to both you and I :) Sounds great. > Keep us in the loop on the relay and any customizations you're doing. OK, I will. When I get to setting up the server, I will post an article to my website (https://www.neelc.org) and a copy of the article here (@tor-relays). Thanks, Neel Ch

Re: [tor-relays] Bandwidth limiting at relay or network?

2019-01-17 Thread Neel Chauhan
the shaping and free the Tor process to do other things (after all, Tor is still singlethreaded) but adds complexity to your OS/network setup. -Neel === https://www.neelc.org/ January 14, 2019 10:09 PM, "Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T." mailto:igro...@aileronit.com?to=%22Isaac%20Grover,

[tor-relays] Tor relay on Verizon FiOS/FTTH: Advertised Bandwidth capped at ~19.5MiB/s

2019-02-17 Thread Neel Chauhan
Ubiquiti or pfSense) help? Thank You, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay on Verizon FiOS/FTTH: Advertised Bandwidth capped at ~19.5MiB/s

2019-02-18 Thread Neel Chauhan
d-faces-better-tests-tougher-competition/ Would running two instances help with a consumer router's limited NAT Table? -Neel === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay on Verizon FiOS/FTTH: Advertised Bandwidth capped at ~19.5MiB/s

2019-02-19 Thread Neel Chauhan
Tor traffic from everything else unless you go business class * Verizon would probably notice my "exit" relay from abuse complaints and then would say "you can't do this on FiOS" unless I go business class I run an exit from a dedicated server (not a

[tor-relays] Tor Exit Relay CPU Usage Running at 100% for 1 MB/s on FreeBSD

2019-03-11 Thread Neel Chauhan
instances. Why am I getting this abnormal CPU usage? What's the solution? I don't want to use Linux but can use another *BSD or Solaris/Illumos if I must. -Neel === https://www.neelc.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject

Re: [tor-relays] Relay C19B33758B3A5144894233EC4C95D7985B9FD101

2019-04-05 Thread Neel Chauhan
our SOCKSPort. Set it to 0 to not listen, or to a random number if you have to listen for SOCKS connections. -Neel === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Advertised Bandwidth/Consensus Weight Dropping: Is Verizon FiOS throttling Tor Relays?

2019-04-09 Thread Neel Chauhan
just overloaded (or have bad peering with Verizon)? Or is it just the relay ramp-up phase in action? Thank You, Neel Chauhan ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] firewall ports needed to run a middle relay

2019-04-25 Thread Neel Chauhan
of the US who forces 802.X authentication to use VDSL/FTTH that is only spoken on their router. But your uplink probably is crappy if you have cable, DSL, or fixed wireless. -Neel === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2019-04-25 17:48, nusenu wrote: to...@protonmail.com: I need to move to a new

Re: [tor-relays] Trouble Running Middle Relay On Google Cloud Debian VBS

2019-05-17 Thread Neel Chauhan
mer: I don't run Debian on my relays. I run FreeBSD relays. I have used Debian on my desktop briefly in 2012 before switching to FreeBSD as a desktop. I have never **really** run Debian as a server so I can't help you further with unattended-upgrades. -Neel === https://www.neelc.o

Re: [tor-relays] Email Blocked by ISP

2019-05-17 Thread Neel Chauhan
irus/malware gaining access to your email via a browser exploit. Check for this first. -Neel On 2019-05-16 13:31, K. Besig wrote: I've run a home  relay on and off for several years and recently, for the first time, had my email blocked by the ISP rendering it impossible to login into my 3rd

[tor-relays] Verizon.com blocked on Tor Middle Relay on FiOS

2019-05-30 Thread Neel Chauhan
those who have middle relays on their home broadband connection (not bridge or exit), both on Verizon FiOS and other ISPs regardless of country or technology, please test for if Verizon.com is blocked. Thank You, Neel Chauhan ___ tor-relays mailing

Re: [tor-relays] Running gigabit relay

2019-07-26 Thread Neel Chauhan
may not have. After all, Sonic supports Net Neutrality and Verizon opposes NN. About the server, I have a powerful HPE ProLiant as mentioned earlier, but like other said at minimum you need a i5/i7 CPU, or an equivalent Xeon or AMD CPU. So this means no NUCs or HPE MicroServers. -Neel === https

Re: [tor-relays] Running gigabit relay

2019-07-27 Thread Neel Chauhan
By "NUC" I was meaning the low-end Celeron boxes. A NUC with a i7-8650U should work for Tor and a dedicated AP. It won't be as good as a desktop or server CPU, but for your use case it's fine as a relay and AP/router. However, the built-in Wi-Fi is usually only a single

Re: [tor-relays] Cherryservers (formerly balticservers) account terminated for exit relay

2019-07-30 Thread Neel Chauhan
you want a custom OS, you will need iLO (HP/HPE's remote management, Primcast uses HP/HPE servers). An older server (pre-2011) may mean you'll need Windows and Internet Explorer (NOT MS Edge) to use the console, while a newer server will work with HTML5 on Windows/Mac/Linux/BSD/etc.

Re: [tor-relays] Improving throughput on weak CPU?

2019-08-26 Thread Neel Chauhan
ow if Scaleway will give you this, so consider switching if you have to) * If your CPU supports Intel Quick Assist, consider using this to accelerate crypto/SSL. If supported, you may not have to get more IPv4 addresses or change servers (I have not tried this, though). -Neel === https://www.neel

Re: [tor-relays] Windows Relay Setup

2019-10-19 Thread Neel Chauhan
Tor as a NT service. You won't have to worry about a hypervisor and will help relay diversity along the way. -Neel === https://www.neelc.org/ On 2019-10-17 15:20, William Pate wrote: I finally got around to playing with this some more. Thank you for your message, Bruce. I searched for

[tor-relays] Consensus Weight low when compared to Advertised Bandwidth

2019-12-16 Thread Neel Chauhan
. In fact, my server's CPU usage never goes beyond 1%. Is this normal now that sbws is being deployed? Or is it bad peering on my relay? -Neel === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org

[tor-relays] Consensus weight/Advertised bandwidth low on "Gigabit" ISP, despite ISP equipment upgrades

2020-06-12 Thread Neel Chauhan
relays and start from scratch? About switching ISPs, I'm not switching to Comcast for obvious well-documented reasons, and neither CenturyLink nor Frontier/Ziply Fiber serve me, not even copper. Best, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ ___

[tor-relays] Directory Authority servers still using excessive bandwidth

2020-07-20 Thread Neel Chauhan
t;Gigabit" pipe, and I am suspecting the overloaded authority servers are a factor. Are they? It could also be my current ISP's (Wave Broadband) crap peering, but would I really want to use Comcast? -Neel === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ to

[tor-relays] West Coast US Tor Relays Slow - Low Consensus Weight versus East Coast

2020-08-06 Thread Neel Chauhan
ere a solution? Is it backbone congestion due to COVID-19? The high load on dirauths? sbws regressions? Can I help fix this issue? I am a Core Tor contributor and am open to also working on sbws. Is there a way to optimize my relays (they run FreeBSD). -Neel === https:/

[tor-relays] Tor bandwidth scanner "longclaw" slow to the US West Coast

2020-08-15 Thread Neel Chauhan
ring around June. Is anyone else hosting West Coast relays having this issue? Is "longclaw" actually measuring bandwidth from Europe? If so, WHY? I got in contact with "longclaw"'s admin and he wasn't too helpful. Best, Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/

Re: [tor-relays] Tor bandwidth scanner "longclaw" slow to the US West Coast

2020-08-20 Thread Neel Chauhan
Surprisingly, longclaw stopped measuring and the consensus weights shot up. My home ISP, "Wave G" has shitty peering so it didn't shot up as much. But my Psychz dedicated server fortunately did see a solid increase. -Neel On 2020-08-19 16:02, i...@backplanedns.org wrote: S

Re: [tor-relays] Tor bandwidth scanner "longclaw" slow to the US West Coast

2020-08-23 Thread Neel Chauhan
oes have congestion issues from time to time, but this affects more than Tor. Sometimes, faravahar also may have this issue, but not to the same extent, and I can't confirm if this is true. Thank you for responding. Best, juga -Neel ___ tor-relays mai

[tor-relays] Tor non-exit relays and Hulu in 2021

2021-08-18 Thread Neel Chauhan
count but since it's a "residential" address CL's systems may not 'allow' this [1], so that's why I'm asking. Comcast is not an option for me despite technically being "available" for obvious well-documented reasons. After all, CenturyLink is giving

Re: [tor-relays] Relay on CentOS8

2021-08-24 Thread Neel Chauhan
never run RHEL-based distros as a "server" (I've always run FreeBSD there) so I can't tell you my experiences. Thanks a lot! -Neel === https://www.neelc.org/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://

[tor-relays] IPv6 reachability tests fail on CenturyLink IPv6 6rd - reachability broken?

2021-08-26 Thread Neel Chauhan
a biggie for me, but while I could go Comcast with better IPv6, I'd rather have a high bandwidth relay than an IPv6 one with Comcast's slow uploads/caps. Other Seattle ISPs like Webpass, Wave, and Atlas aren't in my new home. -Neel Chauhan === https://www.neelc.org/ ___

[tor-relays] Is Tor Actually "Blocked" In Russia, or Are Some Users Unblocked for now?

2021-12-06 Thread Neel Chauhan
found people could use pluggable transports, like HTTPS obfs4 bridges and maybe they found blocking Tor itself is ineffective, or trying to block "meek" users ended up blocking Microsoft and ASP.NET/Azure-based webapps. Disclaimer: I work at Microsoft, but not on Azure as of now. I

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] Make HTTPS/Moat captcha more complex?

2021-12-25 Thread Neel Chauhan
irauths, unlike how Bitcoin could get manipulated by bad actors with a decentralized authority system. Respectfully, Gary -Neel ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] OVHcloud does not allow Tor exit relays on VPS/cloud services

2022-01-31 Thread Neel Chauhan
more expensive but I already have exits there and they are excellent. I never had a great experience with OVH. -Neel ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Tor Exit: Complaints of IP being used for "spam" despite exit policy

2022-05-04 Thread Neel Chauhan
much more expensive dedicated servers. Prgmr and HostMaze allow exits but has so-so peering. I just hope Psychz doesn't continue to complain. -Neel ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Exit: Complaints of IP being used for "spam" despite exit policy

2022-05-04 Thread Neel Chauhan
financial bandwidth to do this right now. Fortunately Psychz got off my case, for now at least :-). -Neel ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relays source IPs spoofed to mass-scan port 22?

2024-11-01 Thread Neel Chauhan
get Spectrum even when other units can, not that I wanted Spectrum, I don't. -Neel Regards, mick: On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:25:30 +0200 "Dimitris T. via tor-relays" allegedly wrote: similar situation here with hetzner.. got a first report 2 days ago, and just a while ago got