Re: [tor-relays] Raspberry Pi - Relay Setup

2015-06-24 Thread Tor Zilla
Hi All, I think we are deviating from the issue here. I have installed Tor.. Everything is good on my Pi 2 All i want to know is how do i open ports for Tor on my NetGear DGN1000 router Thanks, Bunty

[tor-relays] [Relay] Hibernation Reset

2015-07-20 Thread Tor Operator
Hi gents, I rencetly had one of my relay fall into hibernation. It seems that simply restarting the service doesn't change the hibernation status since Tor is still thinking that the BW limits have been overrun. Is the proper method to reset the status of the node is simply to delet

Re: [tor-relays] [Relay] Hibernation Reset

2015-07-21 Thread Tor Operator
Here goes. The relay was configured to turn off when 1TB of traffic was reached. It did so way faster than I anticipated. Moreover, my VPS host actually doesn't count inbound traffic as part of my monthly limit. Since a TOR relay traffic is mostly symmetric, it does mean that BWAccou

Re: [tor-relays] pinning relay keys to IPs (or not)

2015-07-26 Thread Tor-Admin
) moves ASs? > > What if the external dependency on CYMRU allows the entire Tor > Network to be "reset" if CYMRU is hacked/broken/incorrect? That will all not work, IPs are nothing which you can rely on and reset consens if it does change. My home IP jump between to ASs every

[tor-relays] Why are Globe/Atlas not showing my upgraded (& advertised) bandwidth

2015-09-19 Thread Tor Stuff
connection. The Tor log shows that both the DirPort and ORPort are reachable from the outside since the restart. Arm is correctly showing my bandwidth (limit & burst) as 20 Mb/s. However both Globe and Atlas are showing an Advertised Bandwidth which is less than my previous RelayBandwidthRate

Re: [tor-relays] Why are Globe/Atlas not showing my upgraded (& advertised) bandwidth

2015-09-20 Thread Tor Stuff
y > > > Am Sonntag, 20. September 2015 06:36 schrieb Tor Stuff < > tor.geheimschrei...@gmail.com>: > > > > > I have been running this node (nickname 'Geheimschreiber') with > fingerprint C69D24F9353E16D85E82B4A9E4571DFAF6DCF531 for many months so > ex

[tor-relays] Tor is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option

2015-09-20 Thread Tor Stuff
I am running tor on a new Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS system. I have restarted tor a couple of times with service tor restart I noticed when I start arm that it is telling me that The torrc differs from what tor's using. You can issue sighup to reload ... It seems that tor is running with de

Re: [tor-relays] Fwd: WG: Tor is starting without the -f /etc/tor/torrc option

2015-09-21 Thread Tor Stuff
Hi Christian I think you lost that cup of coffee! I did a bit more research since my posting and found the info I needed by doing 'man tor' on my Ubuntu 14.04.3 system. The tor man page says that tor looks for /etc/tor/torrc by default, or $HOME/.torrc if that file is not found. I on

[tor-relays] how important is configuring DNSSEC root trust anchor for 'unbound' running on an exit node?

2015-09-30 Thread Dhalgren Tor
bution, so this step must be performed manually. The relay resides in the high-quality German LeaseWeb network and the risk of DNS mischief appears low. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
to extract proper rating from measurement system? Tried setting TokenBucketRefillInterval to 10 milliseconds for more exact control but this has not helped. Should an IPTABLES packet-dropping limit be established? Can the rating system be fixed? ___ tor

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
1650 TokenBucketRefillInterval 10 _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
>Don't cap the speed if you have bandwidth limits. The better way to do it is >using AccountingMax in torrc. Just let it run at its full speed less of the >time and Tor will enter in hibernation once it has no bandwidth left. Not possible. Will violate the FUP (fair use policy)

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Tim Wilson-Brown - teor wrote: > > On 1 Oct 2015, at 14:48, Dhalgren Tor wrote: > > A good number appears to be around 65000 to 7, but 98000 was just > assigned. > > > Since I don’t have your relay fingerprint, I don’t know where yo

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:59 PM, s7r wrote: > Ouch, that's wrong. I have it correct. You are mistaken. See https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en and read it closely. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.o

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
relay. Result is overloaded relay and poor end-use latency. > Is Tor using more bandwidth that the BandwidthRate? No, but relay is loaded to flat-line maximum and clearly is attracting too many circuits. > If so, this is a bug, and should be reported on the Tor Trac. Not interested in doing th

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Tim Wilson-Brown - teor wrote: > > On 1 Oct 2015, at 15:22, Dhalgren Tor wrote: > > If the relay stays overloaded I'll try a packet-dropping IPTABLES rule > to "dirty-up" the connection. > > Please reduce your BandwidthRate un

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
>Maybe use this: > >MaxAdvertisedBandwidth This setting causes the relay to limit the self-meausre value published in the descriptor. Has no effect on the measurement system. Would be helpful if it did. _______ tor-relays mailing list t

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
This relay appears to have the same problem: sofia https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7BB160A8F54BD74F3DA5F2CE701E8772B841859D On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Dhalgren Tor wrote: > Have a new exit running in an excellent network on a very fast server > with AES-NI. Server plan is l

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Moritz Bartl wrote: > On 10/01/2015 06:28 PM, Dhalgren Tor wrote: >> This relay appears to have the same problem: >> sofia >> https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7BB160A8F54BD74F3DA5F2CE701E8772B841859D > > This is one of ours, and

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
that must limit bandwidth consumption in order to avoid billing-plan overuse charges. Loss of DNS resolver traffic is not a concern here. In this specific case it appears that the Tor bandwidth allocation system "over rates" subject relays to the point where the relays will internally

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
seem the system generating the measurements has problem and if someone can look at this issue that would seem "productive." Still interested in hearing "a better idea." ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
t counts) since the 14 bytes does not hit the WAN and is not billable. Perhaps passing mention of 'ifconfig' statistics in the manual is worthwhile. 'ip -s link show eth0X' truncates byte counters (on some distros anyway) and is useless. _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-02 Thread Dhalgren Tor
per-decile 126717 . . .horrible On 10/1/15, Yawning Angel wrote: > On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:05:38 +0000 > Dhalgren Tor wrote: >> 3) observing that statistics show elevated cell-queuing delays when >> the relay has been in the saturated state,

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-02 Thread Dhalgren Tor
're near saturation, > assuming the traffic is not constant Would make it worse, not better. A higher burst rate will allow the measurement to increase; the average limit must stay the same regardless. Best to set burst-max == average max. Tor relays allow some bursting regardless of the Ban

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-03 Thread Dhalgren Tor
s nor 'ntpd' replies. Statistics for the filter are viewed with the command tc -s filter show dev eth0 root With the initial settings the bandwidth filter discarded 0.25% of incoming TCP packets--in line with what one sees in 'netstat -s' statistics for a not-overloaded relay. How

[tor-relays] replace BandwidthRate with "traffic control" on busy routers

2015-10-03 Thread Dhalgren Tor
' example see final post https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-October/007901.html initial post https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-October/007863.html ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.or

Re: [tor-relays] how important is configuring DNSSEC root trust anchor for 'unbound' running on an exit node?

2015-10-03 Thread Dhalgren Tor
rsions, 0 prefetch server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 112 avg 28.1553 exceeded 0 jostled 0 histogram of recursion processing times [25%]=0.00737672 median[50%]=0.0492239 [75%]=0.144125 ... ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org h

[tor-relays] LeaseWeb automated abuse notifications

2015-10-14 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Any exit operators with relays at LeaseWeb who are not enjoying the new automated abuse-notice system requiring all complaints be acted upon, send a message directly to the above address. Have a solution. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays

[tor-relays] webiron requesting to block several /24 subnet

2015-10-20 Thread Dhalgren Tor
>snake oil service like webiron A most excellent characterization! As a sales maneuver WebIron has been grandstanding for months saying that Tor operators are "unwilling to cleanup" when they know full-well that tor operators can not / should not filter traffic due to minor brute

Re: [tor-relays] HoneyPot?

2015-10-29 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Is the end of the month. Maybe they ran out of bandwidth and will be back 11/1. LeaseWeb over-limit rates are terrifying. BTW the exit policy includes 443. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi

Re: [tor-relays] webiron requesting to block several /24 subnet

2015-11-16 Thread Dhalgren Tor
ebiron appears to ignore this source and simply construct the abuse@ from the rDNS domain name. _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Abuse messages from IPs marked as rejected in the exit policy

2015-11-18 Thread tor-admin
. Can someone explain me how this can happen? Thanks/regards Torland ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] webiron requesting to block several /24 subnet

2015-11-28 Thread Dhalgren Tor
, Dhalgren Tor wrote: >>. . .I have to understand how my ISP reacts to this kind of things. > >>For the moment I will keep a low profile and I will block the >>mentioned IP range for a month. > > Webiron's system sends notifications to both the abusix.org contac

[tor-relays] [WARN]Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance

2016-02-21 Thread tor-admin
://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16929 which does not help me. I don't find the mentioned branch bug16929 in git. Can someone please advise what has to be done to avoid the warning, or point me where I find can the file "doc/TUNING".

Re: [tor-relays] [WARN]Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance

2016-02-21 Thread tor-admin
On Sunday 21 February 2016 11:56:37 Jonas Bergler wrote: > https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/doc/TUNING Thanks Jonas for the link. file descriptors should be set to ulimit -n 65535 in the tor startup script. I thought that would work. But checking /proc/PID/limits I saw that f

Re: [tor-relays] [WARN]Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance

2016-02-21 Thread tor-admin
On Sunday 21 February 2016 12:57:52 Julien ROBIN wrote: > When I had 2 tor clients running (the second launched manually by a user > named "tor2"), I modified the "limits.conf" file, adding those 2 lines at > the end : > > #* softcore

Re: [tor-relays] [WARN]Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance

2016-02-21 Thread tor-admin
. [101144347 similar message(s) suppressed in > > last 21600 seconds] > > Are you using tor packages from > https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/ ? I get packages via deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main But I use a custom startup script from torservers, t

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] 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 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 rec

[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-b

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

2016-03-19 Thread Dhalgren Tor
minutes where the relay was in the bogged-down state and was failing to service Tor Browser requests. If developer is interested in taking a look at this please contact me directly. This issue is a PIA and if it continues I'll give up on 'unbound' and follow the previous operator,

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

2016-03-19 Thread Dhalgren Tor
e has already done this successfully please post to this thread. _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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

2016-03-20 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Possibly this incident is the result of some malware attempting to use some sort of domain "fast flux" or DGA algorithm. Seems improbable anyone would be dumb enough to try to DDOS GoDaddy DNS using Tor. _______ tor-relays mailing list

[tor-relays] GoDaddy null-routing Tor Exit IPs

2016-03-20 Thread Dhalgren Tor
FYI Tor-Relays GoDaddy AS26496 is null-routing selected Tor Exits, presumably in response to abuse originating from them. Know of two thus far FE67A1BA4EF1D13A617AEFB416CB9E44331B223A 2016/01/26 ashtrayhat3 A0F06C2FADF88D3A39AA3072B406F09D7095AC9E 2016/03/16 Dhalgren though probably more exist

[tor-relays] intense DDOS of exit relay from China

2016-03-22 Thread Dhalgren Tor
FYI tor-relays Exit was DDOSed yesterday at 18:00 UTC. The attack was intense enough that the ISP null-routed the server for 16 hours, which has never happened before. Have seen a handful of brief DDOS attacks (about 15 minutes) in the past but none were so intense as this one. All traffic

Re: [tor-relays] Relays with broken DirPorts

2016-04-01 Thread tor-contact
work connection actually is. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Relays by AS Names

2016-04-06 Thread Tor-Node.net
separated txt file) Kind regards tor-node.net ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Relays by AS Names

2016-04-06 Thread Tor-Node.net
wikisend.com/download/498630/ExoticVPS.ods http://wikisend.com/download/894542/ExoticVPS.xlsx http://wikisend.com/download/789008/ExoticVPS.txt ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] important DNS tuning for high volume exit relays, fix for Unbound DNS DOS problem

2016-04-10 Thread Dhalgren Tor
d material for the above recommendations found at https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18580#comment:11 https://unbound.net/pipermail/unbound-users/2016-April/004301.html _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject

[tor-relays] Suggestion for Tor exit friendly ISP

2016-04-25 Thread Tor-Node.net
Hi! I have come across a Tor friendly VPS provider in Norway. They allow exits. At the moment they host no other Tor relay than mine. I've tried adding them to the Good/Bad ISP wiki, but get trapped be som anti-spam filter even when not logged in via Tor. Is this list an appropriate w

[tor-relays] OpenSSL Padding oracle in AES-NI CBC MAC check (CVE-2016-2107)

2016-05-04 Thread Dhalgren Tor
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160503.txt In general I understand that padding oracle attacks are principally a hazard for browser communications. Am assuming that updating OpenSSL for this fix is not an urgent priority for a Tor Relay. If anyone knows different please comment

Re: [tor-relays] VPS for Exits

2016-07-06 Thread tor relay
t the best <20MBit/s (per direction) weekly average If anyone can recommend any other hosters, please come forward. _______ 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 and non-Exits

2016-07-06 Thread tor relay
about 7-8TB of that per month, it's > well worth it). > OVH is used to much by tor operators already (>12% of the tor network capacity is there). ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Newbie Messed up Relay Setup

2011-08-05 Thread tor-relays
Hi, On Fri, 5 Aug 2011, flgcrz wrote: Is this the right place to post if I'm having difficulties? Yep, although it might be best to also contact irc.oftc.net #tor for configuration issues (since you get faster replies there). There are I believe 2 issues. The first I think is tha

Re: [tor-relays] Received abuse complaint - how did this happen?

2011-08-10 Thread Tor Operator
'fresh') Regards, Frank ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Can bridge run in tiny VPS

2012-02-13 Thread tor-relays
ed to 128MB, with bursts to 256MB. Bandwidth is 500GB up and down per month. Tor can have half of this (note the up *and* down). The caveat is that, because it is a dirt cheap VPS, I don't get a warning about any violation of the TOS. If I go outside the guidelines, they cancel my account.

Re: [tor-relays] Configuring a Tor relay to *not* accept torrent traffic

2012-05-20 Thread tor-admin
Red Rover wrote on 17.05.2012: > Hi there, :-) > > I am running a Tor relay on a VPS. > > How do I configure it to NOT accept torrent traffic? > > I have just received an abuse report from my hosting company. > > All the best, > > Redrover > Hi, using a

Re: [tor-relays] too many abuse reports

2012-05-22 Thread tor-admin
I can confirm abuse messages for same target, same attack. ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] too many abuse reports

2012-05-22 Thread tor-admin
ity. I have source and destination ports and IPs available, but > it lists the source as my IP so I'm not sure how to see what the > originating IP was. Ask your ISP for the email address of the complainant, send them an email explaining Tor and ask which IPs they wou

[tor-relays] ARM 1.4.5 has a very high cpu consumption

2012-06-09 Thread tor-admin
with each about around 10K concurrent connections. With 1.4.4.1 the arm cpu was normally below 5 %. The tor server runs debian squeeze with python 2.6.6. Is this a known issue? Any options other that downgrading back to 1.4.4.1? Regards, Klaus

Re: [tor-relays] ARM 1.4.5 has a very high cpu consumption

2012-06-10 Thread tor-admin
bug' flag? This will output a debug log to '~/.arm/log' (you > might want to scrub anything in it that you think is private). Thanks for your fast response. I sent you the log via pm. Regards, Klaus ___________ tor-relays maili

Re: [tor-relays] How to Run Torservers.net

2012-07-11 Thread tor-admin
ignore, and for the rest it > is usually good enough to send our default template. > See https://www.torservers.net/wiki/abuse/templates > and https://www.torservers.net/wiki/abuse/dmca > Can you tell how many abuse messages you receive per week? Regards ___

Re: [tor-relays] How to Run Torservers.net

2012-07-11 Thread tor-admin
ay that satisfies my ISP. My normal response times are less than one hour. I have blocked notorious spammers like Icecat. Best regards _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Help the Tor Project by running a fast unpublished bridge

2012-08-13 Thread tor-admin
raints, given that I don't know other bridges/exits running at my ISP/DC. Regards, Torland ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Help the Tor Project by running a fast unpublished bridge

2012-08-14 Thread tor-admin
t; > is a great and worthwhile experiment. But for bridges, since the current > Tor transport and current bridge distribution strategies are not great, > I think it's better to use funding for better designs and better code. > I should note that I actually encouraged VoA to want unpu

[tor-relays] Using aes-in in Tor

2012-08-15 Thread tor-admin
___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Using aes-in in Tor

2012-08-15 Thread tor-admin
ngine loading support does not need to show a line with "(aesni) Intel AES-NI engine" as described here at Torservers: https://www.torservers.net/wiki/setup/server#check_openssl_aes-ni_support Regards, Torland ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-re

Re: [tor-relays] Using aes-in in Tor

2012-08-15 Thread tor-admin
I already supposed it because the openssl performance test on my server showed almost the same results as described in the torservers wiki. Regards, Torland _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.

[tor-relays] Massive ongoing google groups spamming

2012-09-06 Thread tor-admin
Hi all, there is a massive spamming of google groups ongoing. I received several complains as below. From the domain list it seems that all major Tor exit nodes are affected. Running an Exit without custom WHOIS, all abuse message are received by my ISP and forwarded. So I have to temporarily

[tor-relays] Need help: High capacity exit relay does not get traffic

2012-10-07 Thread tor-admin
configured to run at maximum bandwidth, torland2 runs trottled to ensure not to exceed the 100TB contractual traffic limit. The nodes on this server get traffic as expected and are at the top of the Blutmagie Tor Status http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/index.php?SR=Bandwidth&SO=Desc. The second serve

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

2012-11-28 Thread tor-admin
Hi, I would like to know from which countries my nodes are mostly used. I tried to use arm for this but on high capacity relays arm eats the same cpu resources as the tor process it monitors, if the connection panel is activated. Switching to the connection panel lets arm often freeze. Is

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

2012-11-29 Thread tor-admin
m often freeze. Is there > > another way to get country statistics from a node? Maybe something build > > in > > Tor? > > You can query the locale for an address from tor via... > > https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/blob/HEAD:/control-spec.txt#l671 > > T

Re: [tor-relays] Suggestions for Tor Relay Operators after a Police interaction

2012-11-30 Thread tor-admin
On Friday, 30. November 2012, 09:14:34 Andrew Lewman wrote: > 2. Find legal representation. A list of possible legal advisers can be > found here, > https://blog.torproject.org/blog/start-tor-legal-support-directory. If > none of these people are in your country, or close to you, ask

[tor-relays] Traffic pattern on Tor relay

2012-12-04 Thread tor-admin
Hi, I am monitoring the network interface of my tor server with nload. From time to time nload shows strange traffic patterns: http://i.imgur.com/0Wr9h.png The graph is updated every second so one hash mark corresponds to one second. The most recent traffic value is on the right side. The

[tor-relays] Registration of a Tor node at the German Bundesnetzagentur

2013-01-01 Thread tor-admin
operated by non-profits at the German Bundesnetzagentur, because this is required under German law for companies (http://is.gd/vcz2pZ). I am wondering if there are Tor nodes operated by Germans who have been registered at the Bundesnetzagentur. From my layman’s understanding of the law this

Re: [tor-relays] Registration of a Tor node at the German Bundesnetzagentur

2013-01-06 Thread tor-admin
On Wednesday 02 January 2013 14:56:59 Moritz Bartl wrote: > There is a fundamental legal difference between operating Internet > Access Providers and Internet Service Providers. As a Tor exit, you > should and want to be judged as a service provider. The key difference > is that Acce

Re: [tor-relays] Registration of a Tor node at the German Bundesnetzagentur

2013-01-06 Thread tor-admin
t my nodes. Will check this with my lawyer. > > Several years later "Internet crime experts" coming from the police > in Bergisch Gladbach (pretty close to Rösrath) made first contact by > executing a Durchsuchungsbeschluss (search warrant) that didn't mention > Tor in any

Re: [tor-relays] Registration of a Tor node at the German Bundesnetzagentur

2013-01-06 Thread tor-admin
> events.ccc.de/congress/2007/Fahrplan/events/2355.en.html > > this might help with tor-nodes, too. I informed my hosting provider about the Tor exit nodes. With each incoming abuse message they forward to me, I inform the employee that handles the message again about the purpose of th

Re: [tor-relays] DigitalOcean, cheap VPS that's ok with middle relays

2013-01-08 Thread tor-admin
On Tuesday 08 January 2013 20:51:52 Moritz Bartl wrote: > Thanks for the hint. In general, I don't see why VPS providers would not > allow internal Tor relaying, and I would not even bother to ask first. > Interesting values to know about VPS providers are bandwidth allowance >

Re: [tor-relays] VPS Hardware Specification & Advice

2013-08-06 Thread Tor Pids
20 Tor relays on cheap VPS all around the world: http://globe.rndm.de/#/search/query=torpids Basically I just care for the bandwidth/included traffic when choosing a VPS. 256MB RAM is enough, disk space doesn't matter at all. Tor doesn't scale that well with CPU cores so 1 core is ok

[tor-relays] Recommendation on exit node in DE/NL

2013-08-08 Thread Kali Tor
Hi all, Is there any recommendation for running Tor _exit_ node in NL/DE?  The list at https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs see,s pretty old and outdated and contradictory at places. Thanks Kali___ tor-relays mailing list tor

[tor-relays] Planningon running bridge with bw limitation - config help

2013-08-12 Thread Kali Tor
Hi all, I am planning on running a bridge-relay but have a hard 1TB/month outgoing traffic limitation.         Can someone help me with a torrc config that works for this setup? Regards, Kali ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Planningon running bridge with bw limitation - config help

2013-08-12 Thread Kali Tor
of you actually moving 1TB/month of > bridge traffic is very, very small. I realise that but better to know and prepare for the best (?) case scenario. > Hope this helps. It does indeed. Thanks. Kali ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread Tor Exit
>> The Tor devs go to great lengths to try to keep "evil" governments from >> using Tor against itself. Why not devote some effort toward keeping "evil" >> traffic off of Tor? I agree. Why not block the most obvious abuse? All professional Apache webserv

Re: [tor-relays] A bit more evidence on circuit creation storms

2013-09-01 Thread tor-admin
You could modify the tor init script to limit the memory usable by /usr/sbin/tor as described here: http://jlebar.com/2011/6/15/Limiting_the_amount_of_RAM_a_program_can_use.html But I don’t know if this works on RaspPi platform and what happens when the tor process hits the memory limit

Re: [tor-relays] Upgrade your relay to 0.2.4.17-rc?

2013-09-05 Thread tor-admin
> So the more relays that upgrade to 0.2.4.17-rc, the more stable and fast > Tor will be for 0.2.4 users, despite the huge circuit overload that the > network is seeing. > > Please consider upgrading. If you do, though, please also keep an eye > on it -- it's possible we

Re: [tor-relays] Upgrade your relay to 0.2.4.17-rc?

2013-09-05 Thread tor-admin
On Thursday 05 September 2013 22:27:53 tor-admin wrote: > Updated torland family. Hope that the new version helps. One of the last > messages before update to 0.2.4.17-rc: > > Sep 05 21:06:29.000 [warn] Your computer is too slow to handle this many > circuit creation requests!

[tor-relays] What happens with the time on turtles 76.73.17.194?

2013-09-21 Thread tor-admin
Hi Mike, I am seeing many of these messages in the logs of torland1/torland2: Sep 21 12:09:34.000 [warn] Received NETINFO cell with skewed time from server at 76.73.17.194:9090. It seems that our clock is ahead by 15969 days, 10 hours, 9 minutes, or that theirs is behind. Tor requires an

Re: [tor-relays] What happens with the time on turtles 76.73.17.194?

2013-09-21 Thread tor-admin
Thanks. Sorry for the noise. Should have checked trac first. On Saturday 21 September 2013 06:21:50 Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:19:42PM +0200, tor-admin wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > > > I am seeing many of these messages in the logs of torland1/torland2:

[tor-relays] iptables changes required to advertise on 80 and 443 and bind to different ports.

2013-10-12 Thread Tor Operator
I’m running a Tor exit relay on ports 9030 for advertising directory connections and 9001 for advertising incoming Tor connections. In the spirit of proxy-proofing my relay, I’d like to expose the directory and Tor connections on 80 and 443. I’ve spent hours trying to get my iptables config

Re: [tor-relays] Amazon abuse report

2013-11-04 Thread tor-admin
ection Roger. I guess I've been configuring > exit relays for so long that I forget what it's like to configure a > non-exit. :) Same for me. I also thought that setting up a relay would still make it a non- exit by default, as it was in the old days. I am wondering if the ad

[tor-relays] Traffic in port 9050 in a relay (denial of service attack?)

2013-11-04 Thread jj tor
Hello all, I've set up a tor exit relay (0.2.4.17-rc, debian testing) on a VPS, and it's running well (about 20Gbs/day). But a lot of traffic (about 50%!) is using port 9050 for incoming connections. It's something more than random scans. Because I am worried, I've run tcpd

Re: [tor-relays] Traffic in port 9050 in a relay (denial of service attack?)

2013-11-05 Thread jj tor
ause my relay's exit policy? (exit policy--> doc/ReducedExitPolicy – Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki : https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy) 2013/11/5 Paritesh Boyeyoko > @jj tor > > > > ...and before I forget, yes deploy IPtables anyway. :)

Re: [tor-relays] Traffic in port 9050 in a relay (denial of service attack?)

2013-11-05 Thread jj tor
ally because all the filtering work... The relay--> Atlas: newTorThird : https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/ACED456D102F634F8DB3CBE8BC9A96F2569EC33C 2013/11/5 Paritesh Boyeyoko > @jj tor > > > > The fact that your relay is refusing connections says that the port isn&#x

[tor-relays] Tor relay in Russia

2013-11-15 Thread jj tor
Hi, list readers, Someone has experience with russian tor relays? Do you know of any legal problem for an exit relay ? Thank you ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay in Russia

2013-11-15 Thread jj tor
Ummm, I'm afraid I have no idea how set up a relay in China. After checking the public list of tor relays, I haven't found any relay there. So, is it even possible to run an exit relay in China?? 2013/11/15 Roman Mamedov > On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:40:16 +0100 > jj tor wrote

Re: [tor-relays] Torservers awarded $250,000 by Digital Defenders

2013-12-14 Thread tor-admin
On Saturday 14 December 2013 13:28:52 Christian wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hej! > > Torservers.net has been awarded $250,000 over two years by the Digital > Defenders Partnership to strengthen and improve the Tor network, the > ano

Re: [tor-relays] Scoreboard enhancements / Trying Trusted Tor Traceroutes

2014-01-26 Thread tor-admin
at I am wondering why only 68 out of 283 completed the traceroute. Can someone explain please? regards torland _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Scoreboard enhancements / Trying Trusted Tor Traceroutes

2014-01-26 Thread tor-admin
he script from a high capacity tor relay host as well as from a VPS. I did not see a big difference in time. On both it finished within around 4 days. I would assume that someone who reads the documents/FAQ about the script, checks it and starts it, will not kill it before it finishes. So I am

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