Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 157, Issue 19

2024-02-27 Thread badgerfighter via tor-relays
+1 incoming. On Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 at 04:17, tor-relays-requ...@lists.torproject.org wrote: > > > Send tor-relays mailing list submissions to > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.t

Re: [tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-29 Thread Holonet via tor-relays
  > On 27 Feb 2024, at 15:39, boldsuck wrote: > On Dienstag, 27. Februar 2024 14:52:00 CET Corl3ss via tor-relays wrote: >> On 26/02/2024 21:03, Toralf Förster via tor-relays wrote: >>> On 2/26/24 20:07, meskio wrote: >>>> At the moment we're >>

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-03-26 Thread mail--- via tor-relays
e relevant enough to immediately effectuate. Sometimes they can go ~60 days without needing a Tor restart. But your mileage may vary. For example some operators compile Tor daily and then a restart may be required more often. I do feel something is wrong in your configuration though. Tor cer

[tor-relays] User advisory to check for xz-utils backdoor

2024-04-02 Thread pasture_clubbed242--- via tor-relays
Greetings, I do not normally use mailing lists such as this one to inform subscribers of security notices, but this issue is extreme enough where it may benefit the anonymity of Tor users if relay operators are aware of it sooner. The near-universally used 'xz' compression librar

Re: [tor-relays] User advisory to check for xz-utils backdoor

2024-04-02 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Freitag, 29. März 2024 19:39:05 CEST pasture_clubbed242--- via tor-relays wrote: > > The near-universally used 'xz' compression library has been found to contain > a backdoor in certain code branches. This backdoor has made it into some > systems such as Debian Sid.

Re: [tor-relays] tor_bug_reached_count increase

2024-04-20 Thread tor_appliedprivacy.net via tor-relays
This would help us to add some more meaning to that metric again: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40934 ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] DoSStreamCreation consensus parameters

2024-04-24 Thread tor_appliedprivacy.net via tor-relays
Hello, today we saw yet another outbound flooding affecting our exit relays and we were eager to see the effect of https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40736 but we did not see any and according to metric tor_relay_dos_total{type="stream_rejected"} the protection did n

Re: [tor-relays] DoSStreamCreation consensus parameters

2024-04-24 Thread tor_appliedprivacy.net via tor-relays
According to the logs this feature is currently disabled. We will enable this protection on our exits via torrc settings. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Webtunnel type bridge Tor Metrics

2024-04-24 Thread tor-home at encryptfirst.com
orship/rdsys/-/issues/199 > > It should be solved now. > > Talk soon, > > -hiro > > On 4/22/24 22:13, Hiro wrote: > > Hey, > > > > On 4/20/24 17:40, Dionysios K. via tor-relays wrote: > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> I recently

[tor-relays] Is the C tor client DoSStreamCreation aware?

2024-04-28 Thread tor_appliedprivacy.net via tor-relays
Hello, is the upstream C tor client implementation (in git main) aware of the DoSStreamCreation consensus parameters and defaults thresholds and respects them to avoid triggering these exit relay defenses? If that is currently not the case yet, would it make sense to make it aware so it

Re: [tor-relays] disable conflux on exit relay?

2024-04-30 Thread tor_appliedprivacy.net via tor-relays
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[tor-relays] response to zimmer family hitting max descriptor size

2024-05-08 Thread code9n via tor-relays
Hi, re. # Questions & Answers * Q: zimmer family hitting max descriptor size https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40837 Any news on a possible solution to this ongoing issue? tl;dr: more powerful relays rather than large numbers of them. *Please note I have very little

[tor-relays] We need to talk about the latest DDoS affecting the Tor network

2024-05-16 Thread koizoi via tor-relays
For several weeks now, users have been complaining (see https://www.reddit.com/r/TOR/comments/1cnmsdz/tor_extremely_slow_lately/, https://forum.torproject.org/t/is-there-currently-a-major-ddos-affecting-the-networks-availability/12492, etc) about degraded performance (slow speeds, timeouts

[tor-relays] Directory authorities not giving weight to a relay

2024-05-30 Thread smoothop--- via tor-relays
Greetings everyone! Almost three months ago I have set up my first node. Everything seemed to be going great at first and as documented in the tor lifecycle blog post. A few days after being set up the weight drastically dropped to around twenty. This seemed a bit odd since that same blog post

[tor-relays] Relay migration

2024-06-04 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
start from scratch? -- Eldalië My private key is attached. Please, use it and provide me yours! signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

[tor-relays] Relay bandwidth issue

2024-06-05 Thread kricklen--- via tor-relays
date. The issue is severe for me though, so any help in fixing the bandwidth limit again would be really appreciated. -- Sent with Tuta; enjoy secure & ad-free emails: https://tuta.com ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org

Re: [tor-relays] Directory authorities not giving weight to a relay

2024-06-10 Thread smoothop--- via tor-relays
list of things my friend who I work with and I have done over the past week: Checked tor logs, hoping to find some error that told me that something was wrong with my tor setup (nothing was found!) Checked zabbix metrics, but nothing out of the ordinary (also worth to mention that this was setup

Re: [tor-relays] Disable instance

2024-06-14 Thread hellorelay via tor-relays
Since you created the instance using 'tor-instance-create', here’s an extract from its manpage: There currently is no tor-instance-remove script. To remove an instance, delete the user and its homedirectory once you are convinced there are no files or processes on your system stil

Re: [tor-relays] Relay migration

2024-06-17 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
case someone else reads this thread: https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay/ -- Eldalië My public key is attached. Please, use it and provide me yours! signature.asc Description: PGP signature _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relay

[tor-relays] Which choice is better

2024-06-17 Thread theyarewatching via tor-relays
network? I'll await your answers Thanks for the input SDS_______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Relay usage dropped 9x when enabling UFW. What UFW rules do other relay operators enact?

2024-06-19 Thread admin--- via tor-relays
ys Guard status would randomly drop every few weeks. I finally got fed up with this huge drop in traffic on 2024-06-11 and was about to reinstall my server OS. This is when I decided to disable UFW and found that my traffic went back over a few days (2.215M -> 8.948M). Here are my tor-relate

Re: [tor-relays] Relay usage dropped 9x when enabling UFW. What UFW rules do other relay operators enact?

2024-06-19 Thread hellorelay via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Relay usage dropped 9x when enabling UFW. What UFW rules > do other relay operators enact?

2024-06-19 Thread zorc via tor-relays
Hi Likogan, > What UFW rules do other relay operators enact? I'm running 4CEAFCE5841C0DAE30164B4F59452F7F4D818A67 on Linux Mint 21.3 (should be close to Ubuntu Jammy) with UFW enabled, and don't have any issues. I have the same two rules for Tor as you do. I can imagine three thin

Re: [tor-relays] Next Tor Relay Operator Meetup - June 22, 2024 at 19 UTC

2024-06-21 Thread George via tor-relays
Top-post reminder about tomorrow. On 6/12/24 16:34, gus wrote: > Hello, > > Please save the date: the next Tor Relay Operator will happen Saturday, > June 22 at 19 UTC! > > We're still working on the agenda for this meetup, however feel free to > add your topics di

[tor-relays] Quick Assist Technology and Tor?

2024-06-22 Thread mail--- via tor-relays
Hi o/, During the Tor Operator Meetup I asked about Quick Assist Technology (QAT) support and was asked to bring it to the tor-relays mailing list so the network team can take a look at the question. In 2025 we're going to build one or more new servers and we're looking in to opti

Re: [tor-relays] Quick Assist Technology and Tor?

2024-06-24 Thread mail--- via tor-relays
Hi, Thanks for your reply Alex! That mailing list thread is great and contains quite some relevant pointers. Some of my current Tor hardware (Intel C3958) is actually QAT compatible (it's the one mentioned even) so based on the information in the thread I activated to experiment: - Kerne

Re: [tor-relays] Quick Assist Technology and Tor?

2024-06-25 Thread hellorelay via tor-relays
Some of my current Tor hardware (Intel C3958) is actually QAT compatible (it's the one mentioned even)Just for the record, Intel makes QAT PCIe adapter cards [1], so one can benefit from it even if the CPU is older and doesn’t directly support QAT.They are not cheap but one can find the

Re: [tor-relays] Seeking Advice on Running Multiple Tor Relays or A Bridge

2024-07-06 Thread 0tpcqovw--- via tor-relays
For what it's worth, in addition to my Tor Bridge Relay, I also run two Snowflake Proxies on my home LAN. Malcolm On 6 July 2024 19:14:23 GMT-03:00, "Gary C. New via tor-relays" wrote: >Alessandro, > >I would recommend running bridges (opposed to relays) on a home ne

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware sizing for physical exit node

2024-07-10 Thread mail--- via tor-relays
Hi, Imo mobile chips with mostly low-performance 'efficient cores' are a suboptimal fit for running Tor at scale. A couple of reasons: - Performance between the different core types (efficient vs. performance) is very different. You would need to lock Tor processes to specific

[tor-relays] tor middle relay issue

2024-07-22 Thread theyarewatching via tor-relays
I have had two ubuntu based tor middle relays fail.I am using a proxmox server and have tried both ubuntu server 20.04 and a fresh download of ubuntu 24.04. I follow the tor website install instructions. The results show the same no matter what version of ubuntu. "failed to start

[tor-relays] DOS Protection mini RFC

2024-08-13 Thread pasture_clubbed242--- via tor-relays
Since it is still all fresh in our heads, I wanted to pitch an idea real fast. No idea if it was covered at a tor meeting at some point. For bridge relay operators, such as those with very low bandwidth, it may be worth it to keep lower-than-consensus-restrictions using the DOS flags here

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Tor to support armhf architecture

2024-08-19 Thread DiffieHellman via tor-relays
Hi Landon, Aarch64 is a supported architecture for tor, although it appears there isn't a buildbot for binaries. It'll be easiest to just compile from source, which I'll help you with. First you install dependencies and fine GNU software (I'm guessing some of the depende

[tor-relays] a couple noob questions

2024-08-19 Thread observatory123 via tor-relays
Dear fellow relay operators, I've been hosting a tor relay on a VPS (strato) for a couple days now. I've never done this before, so I have a couple of questions: - Is it normal for my relay to only use up only about 2 MB/s after nearly 5 days of uptime despite bandwidth speed tests

Re: [tor-relays] a couple noob questions

2024-08-20 Thread mail--- via tor-relays
with their own headaches/challenges vs. guard relays. This is normal as well. I don't know speedtest-cli specifically, but I imagine it's a regular tcp/udp speedtest while Tor traffic is more likely to be CPU limited instead of network throughput limited. Just pushing some udp/tcp traffic

Re: [tor-relays] An Internet backbone blocklisted my Tor server!

2024-08-20 Thread Tzanca via tor-relays
don wrote: > TL;DR... > Write down your Tor server's GATEWAY IP address. if your server goes offline, > try tracerouting to your Tor server's gateway IP address as well as your Tor > server's IP address! You might be surprised by what you see! > > And also install M

Re: [tor-relays] a couple noob questions

2024-08-20 Thread Tzanca via tor-relays
Hello, Yes it's very normal. After 2 weeks you will see the speed increasing. You can read here about the lifecycle of a new relay https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay/ Kind regards, Tzanca On Monday, August 19th, 2024 at 9:01 PM, observatory123 via tor-relays wrote: &

Re: [tor-relays] An Internet backbone blocklisted my Tor server!

2024-08-20 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Dienstag, 20. August 2024 12:12:22 CEST Tzanca via tor-relays wrote: > > I bet the reason that my server periodically goes offline is because it is > > being blocked and not because it is actually offline! > > It can be the metrics server seeing server down but server actuall

Re: [tor-relays] DDOS alerts from my provider

2024-08-20 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Sonntag, 14. Juli 2024 15:54:45 CEST Toralf Förster via tor-relays wrote: > On 7/12/24 00:14, boldsuck wrote: > > The idea is not bad. But can you simply discard every ≤ 50byte packet? > > Probably not > > > I drop fragments and uncommon TCP MSS values. > > ip

[tor-relays] DMARC helps prevent Tor-exit from being abused for email SPAM.

2024-08-20 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
F to strict adkim=s; aspf=s; and DMARC subdomain policy to reject sp=reject; Since then, emails about Tor-exits have dropped to 0 ;-) -- ╰_╯ Ciao Marco! Debian GNU/Linux It's free software and it gives you freedom! signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed mes

Re: [tor-relays] DDOS alerts from my provider

2024-08-20 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Donnerstag, 8. August 2024 22:20:35 CEST eff_03675...@posteo.se wrote: > Hi Rafo, > > My apologies for the late reply in your request for the code on banning > tor exits into *GUARDS or middle-relays* Before many people copy this, a note: A relay with exit flag is MOSTLY used for

Re: [tor-relays] 2024 : time to stop using Telegram (e.g. in Bridge line communication.).

2024-08-26 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
q I've been using it for a few months. Decentralized, no ID, protected metadata, multiple user profiles, some designs taken from the Tor protocol. All SimpleX servers optionally accessible via Tor and you can run your own private SimpleX server. Jack Dorsey invested a large sum in further

Re: [tor-relays] 2024 : time to stop using Telegram (e.g. in Bridge line communication.).

2024-08-27 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 26. August 2024 17:33:22 CEST Marco Predicatori wrote: > All this is pretty scary. Pretty much any exit node manager can be arrested > on the very same basis. No. A Tor router does not host any data, it is a router like any other ISP or backbone router. I am currently updati

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge node configurations and where to find them (semi quote)

2024-08-27 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
ine too. Also be sure to learn > about 'BandwidthBurst' in case its behavior is surprising to you. > If a bridge reaches 20-30 MBytes, that's already a lot. There are only very few (guard|exit) relays on Tor-Metrics that reach 100 MBytes. > Should an anti DDoS system be configu

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge node configurations and where to find them (semi quote)

2024-08-28 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Mittwoch, 28. August 2024 07:53:21 CEST Alessandro Greco via tor-relays wrote: > > Once your bridge has been running stable for a few weeks, an advanced but > > experimental feature is to hide OrPort. > > So is it possible to remove the ports from the torrc file while keepin

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Tor to support armhf architecture

2024-08-30 Thread DiffieHellman via tor-relays
Hi Landon, >but keeping it up to date is not easy. >Plus, I don't really know how to keep it up to date like that. You check for a tor update every month or three, download the latest archive, compile and install that and as soon as you restart tor, it'll be up to date. It bein

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge node configurations and where to find them (semi quote)

2024-08-30 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Freitag, 30. August 2024 14:35:26 CEST Alessandro Greco via tor-relays wrote: > I noticed that you have a lot of Bridges active and in this regard I wanted I have different subnets on the servers and each bridge has a different IP+IPv6. Until 3 years ago you could get 1 IP for less tha

Re: [tor-relays] Supporting TOR: Seeking Affordable and Reliable Server Providers in Eastern Europe

2024-09-02 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 2. September 2024 14:54:55 CEST gus wrote: Hello Alex, First of all, it's nice that you're on the list. Maybe you would like to listen in on the meeting on Saturday. (It's anonymous and without a webcam) https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2024-August/02

[tor-relays] simple instructions to the expiredkey issue, pls.?

2024-09-03 Thread code9n via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] simple instructions to the expiredkey issue, pls.?

2024-09-03 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 2. September 2024 19:01:16 CEST code9n via tor-relays wrote: > I know I should have sorted this some weeks ago but can anyone tell me a > simple method of dealing with the: As root, one line: wget -qO- https://deb.torproject.org/torproje

Re: [tor-relays] simple instructions to the expiredkey issue, pls.?

2024-09-06 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Freitag, 6. September 2024 08:47:14 CEST eff_03675...@posteo.se wrote: OK, looks like TorProject (Gus) renamed the key and resolved tor-archive-keyring.gpg vs. deb.torproject.org-keyring.gpg mismatch. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/support/-/issues/368 Then I can update my sources

Re: [tor-relays] Next Tor Relay Operator Meetup - September 7th, 2024 at 19UTC

2024-09-07 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Donnerstag, 5. September 2024 19:53:00 CEST gus wrote: > Just a friendly reminder that we're meeting this Saturday, > September 7th @ 1900 UTC. > > Meeting pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-relayop-sept7th-meetup-keep > Room link: https://tor.meet.coop/gus-og0-x74-dzn &g

Re: [tor-relays] Next Tor Relay Operator Meetup - September 7th, 2024 at 19UTC

2024-09-07 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
-- ╰_╯ Ciao Marco! Debian GNU/Linux It's free software and it gives you freedom! signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mai

Re: [tor-relays] Next Tor Relay Operator Meetup - September 7th, 2024 at 19UTC

2024-09-08 Thread Felix via tor-relays
Am Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:14:56 -0300 schrieb gus : > > > https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-relayop-sept7th-meetup-keep Room > > Gus Hi Gus During reading through the pad I think I unfortunately deleted the link under "4. New Relay Governance docs" when I clicked the link on

[tor-relays] Relay suddenly pushing very little traffic

2024-09-13 Thread Zachary via tor-relays
. I am running Tor 4.8.12 installed from the official Tor repositories in Ubuntu 22.04 with OR port 9001. The entire network is an EdgeRouter plugged into WAN and then a firewall rule letting traffic hit the host for Tor. The relay is indeed working, but everyday it seems that less and less

Re: [tor-relays] [Important] Update on an upcoming German broadcasting story about Tor/Onion Services

2024-09-16 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 16. September 2024 12:31:24 CEST isabela fernandes wrote: > On September 9, 2024, The Tor Project received a press inquiry from > Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR, part of ARD, a German public broadcaster) with > The reporter claims to have "evidence that shows that in

Re: [tor-relays] [Important] Update on an upcoming German broadcasting story about Tor/Onion Services

2024-09-16 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 16. September 2024 22:03:02 CEST Toralf Förster via tor-relays wrote: > On 9/16/24 21:13, boldsuck via tor-relays wrote: > > Some court documents are linked here, in the google sheets: > > https://safereddit.com/r/TOR/comments/19benkx/operation_liberty_lane_le_ru >

Re: [tor-relays] [Important] Update on an upcoming German broadcasting story about Tor/Onion Services

2024-09-16 Thread pasture_clubbed242--- via tor-relays
Greetings Marco, Something I always found confusing is what the difference is between the Vanguards Github project, and the version of Vanguards that Tor has implemented. I thought Vanguards was added into Tor no? Is the Vanguards project still useful despite this? I'm not sure if this

[tor-relays] wrong country in METRICS

2020-08-07 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
Hello. I am very new tor operator. For now i have only two relays. And one of them show wrong country in METRICS. I run in Estonia, but it shown as Germany. The same AS has another two relays, both in Estonia. IP-lookup shows Estonia. How change contry in METRICS? Thank you. publickey - tor

Re: [tor-relays] wrong country in METRICS

2020-08-10 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
ok. understand. but can i change VPS to another and leave me old keys? to change country Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, August 7, 2020 9:38 PM, Ralph Seichter wrote: > - tor-operator-sahara...@protonmail.com: > > > How chan

[tor-relays] why non-exit node becomes last in the circuits?

2020-08-10 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
/rs.html#details/AC5CECEF6AF649F2A7F047D102FE9B461DA9234E They havnt exit-flag. Why it happen? publickey - tor-operator-sahara-it@protonmail.com - 0x4B4FD460.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor

Re: [tor-relays] why non-exit node becomes last in the circuits?

2020-08-10 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
yes yes understand. thank you Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, August 10, 2020 2:12 PM, Nick Mathewson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:55 AM tor-operator-sahara-it > tor-operator-sahara...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > Hell

Re: [tor-relays] wrong country in METRICS

2020-08-10 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
i was choose vps for tor node special in small country with small quantity tor nodes. and METRICS put my node in Germany ))) where are already a lot of relays. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, August 10, 2020 1:56 PM, Sebastian Elisa Pfeifer

Re: [tor-relays] wrong country in METRICS

2020-08-11 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
yes, you are right. ok. i ignore it . Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 1:57 PM, Ralph Seichter wrote: > - tor-operator-sahara...@protonmail.com: > > > i was choose vps for tor node special in small countr

[tor-relays] Relay JPsi2 not getting into consensus anymore

2020-10-12 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
(more expensive) plan... Some time later I did so and reinstalled it with Ubuntu 18.04 and placed the old keys into the new installation. It seems they are now expected to be in /var/lib/tor/.tor/keys, as opposed to /var/lib/tor/keys as I was used to in Ubuntu 16.04. However, it does not seem to be

Re: [tor-relays] Relay JPsi2 not getting into consensus anymore

2020-10-13 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
changed. It still isn't in the consensus. If it is caused by something on my side, I'd like to fix it sooner rather than later. 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] Tor project helping to attempt to cancel Richard Stallman

2021-03-26 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
he free software movement for many many years. My 2 modest guard/mid relays will keep running independent of this embarrassing issue. ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Many SSH requests

2021-03-31 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
Happens on all internet-facing ssh daemons. Independently of tor. On 3/31/21 6:35 PM, Cristiano Kubiaki Gomes wrote: > Hi there, > O noticed many ssh requests to my Debian VM running a Relay and I am > wondering if this is normal or if this is happening only with me. > > Anyone el

Re: [tor-relays] Block certain .onion websites

2021-05-28 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
Exit relays have nothing to do with .onion sites. By design you cannot block them in your relay. On 5/27/21 6:43 PM, Tor Operator wrote: > Hello, exit node operator here. I share the values of the TOR > foundation, that’s why I’m operating an exit node but I can’t unsee all > the bad i

[tor-relays] Burning Bridges

2021-08-28 Thread torix via tor-relays
know if it matters what pool a bridge is in. TIA, --Torix Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email._______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Inflated throughput measures from torproject metrics?

2021-08-30 Thread torix via tor-relays
here. TIA, --Torix_______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Inflated throughput measures from torproject metrics?

2021-08-31 Thread torix via tor-relays
pt is being run over and over again for 2 weeks instead of just once. And yes, one of my relays fell over with a kernel limits problem two nights ago. --Torix ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, August 30th, 2021 at 7:15 AM, Georg Koppen wrote: > torix via tor-relays: > > &g

[tor-relays] Expected relay performance

2021-08-31 Thread fugel1 via tor-relays
Hi all! I've been running two tor relays [1] on the same machine for the past three weeks or so on my home connection (1 gigabit fibre). When I was looking for appropriate hardware (I needed something fanless) I was surprised at the almost complete absense of information online about what

Re: [tor-relays] Inflated throughput measures from torproject metrics?

2021-09-01 Thread torix via tor-relays
rease in advertised bandwidth starting Thursday seems so strange. --Torix Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 6:06 AM, Georg Koppen wrote: > torix via tor-relays: > > > Thanks for setting my mind at ease, Geor

Re: [tor-relays] Inflated throughput measures from torproject metrics?

2021-09-02 Thread torix via tor-relays
.github.io/OrNetStats/endtoend-correlation-groups ) --Torix ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 at 7:51 AM, Georg Koppen wrote: > Hello! > > torix via tor-relays: > > > Dear Georg, > > > > I don't understand that a ddos attac

[tor-relays] Relay Control Port

2021-09-10 Thread sysmanager7 via tor-relays
In torrc I have the control port commented out. I'm told the control port is not supposed to be listed on the relay itself. Below, is now what it says. How do I get rid of it? Control Socket: /run/tor/control GroupWritable RelaxDirModeCheck Thank you for your help :-) Sent with [Proto

[tor-relays] Ripped off relay name

2021-09-20 Thread xplato via tor-relays
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[tor-relays] tor version question

2021-09-22 Thread torix via tor-relays
Dear All, I can see in OrNetStats that I have several relays marked as having a vulnerable Tor version. But when I checked and tried to update them, I was told that everything was up to date. In 2 cases relays rented at the same time on the same host have different versions. AlexHost running

Re: [tor-relays] tor version question

2021-09-22 Thread torix via tor-relays
Thanks very much, Nusenu - I was sometimes copying a bad configuration file from one to another FreeBSD relays; Tor versions are all good now. I won't worry why one of my relays with the EPEL 8 repo got me 0.4.6.7 while the other two are at 0.4.5.10 since 5.10 is good enough. --

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

2021-09-24 Thread friendlyexitnode via tor-relays
support article to find out how you can recover to a "normal" state: > > https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/relay-bridge-overloaded/ > > Let us known how you find this new feature. > > Cheers, > > -hiro > > [1] > > https://gitweb.torproject.org/to

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

2021-10-03 Thread torix via tor-relays
The output format is Prometheus but you don't need a prometheus server to > > > get > > > > > > it. > > > > > > Once opened, you can simply fetch it like this: > > > > > > wget http://:/metrics -O /tmp/output.txt > > > >

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

2021-10-07 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Tor has always been very lax at documentation--both creation and updating. I've never seen a thorough site map or directory published. I think this discourages folks who would like to start a tor relay. potlatch Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tu

[tor-relays] Connection Reset and IO Timeout errors on 0.4.6.7 with libnss

2021-10-09 Thread theintern via tor-relays
Has anyone else on this list had issues with compiled versions of 0.4.6.7 in which the --enable-libnss is enabled? ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Restarting Tor

2021-10-10 Thread sysmanager7 via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread theintern via tor-relays
configure tor (via the torrc file) to restart automatically once a month? Thank you. --Keifer ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] help with exit

2021-10-17 Thread relays via tor-relays
On 10/16/21 5:56 PM, Bass Down Low via tor-relays wrote: Hi all, I am somewhat new to the project and trying to run a couple exits to help out. I noticed my relay amazinglizard F80494CE5B2441B67431FFA9CCA571D26BC4F6D8 has bee up for 4 days and not turned into an exit yet. I noticed the

[tor-relays] bridge question

2021-10-28 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Relay operator section in our forum

2021-10-29 Thread HackerNCoder via tor-relays
; Discourse was contacted, and as it looks right now, we are not getting an onion service. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/issues/40183#note_2740700 I looked around a little, but I can't find where there is anything on exactly why it isn't self hosted. -- HackerNCo

[tor-relays] Crashed Relay

2021-11-06 Thread sysmanager7 via tor-relays
I was notified by Uptime Robot that relay 1 of 3 had been shut down. Unfortunately I found this out 12 hours after the fact. guard flag is lost. journalctl -u tor@default Nov 01 01:03:18 ubuntu-s-1vcpu-2gb-nyc1-01 Tor[328387]: I learned some more directory information, but not enough to build

[tor-relays] upgrade problem

2021-11-06 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Wondering if my tor.list has a typo since I can't upgrade Tor 0.4.5.9.  I get error: Err:1 https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org stretch/main amd64 tor-geoipdb all 0.4.5.10-1~d9.stretch+1   server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: n

[tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-09 Thread failing.flyaway443--- via tor-relays
Hi everyone, about two weeks ago, I signed up for a VPS with a cloud provider and set up a Tor relay. I installed Debian 11 Bullseye, secured it, and then set up Tor 0.4.6.8 and started the relay. The VPS had the following specs: 1vCore, 2GB RAM, 40TB traffic per month on a 1Gbit/s link. I

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-10 Thread failing.flyaway443--- via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-10 Thread failing.flyaway443--- via tor-relays
I just read this research paper, maybe it's worth thinking about some kind of implementation of this approach some time in the future. It's an interesting read anyway. uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/16108/Engler_Steven.pdf Regards _____

[tor-relays] Question about IPv6

2021-11-10 Thread xplato via tor-relays
instructions would be much appreciated. Kindly, Dan Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-10 Thread Elias via tor-relays
crashed all the time, but all that happened was that my 20TB SSD was maxed out within two hours and I had to reboot to get rid of the old logfiles. My bad, please don't think I write a debug log, that's completely pointless. Why would I. I rented a pretty expensive root server becau

Re: [tor-relays] Question about IPv6

2021-11-10 Thread Jonas via tor-relays
Does the provider offer IPv6? If not, then there is no further progress possible. If they do, this is pretty accurate to get started, https://www.vultr.com/docs/configuring-ipv6-on-freebsd Jonas -- Original Message --On Wed, November 10, 2021 at 12:40 AM, xplato via tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Recent rejection of relays

2021-11-10 Thread Jonas via tor-relays
Where is this criteria documented? It seems the tor project, or its designated volunteers, are increasing controlling and managing the network. In the Swiss Federation and EU this turns the tor project into an "online service provider" or "online platform" and subjects

Re: [tor-relays] A Simple Web of Trust for Tor Relay Operator IDs

2021-11-10 Thread Jonas via tor-relays
s are watching the discussion there. However, as they are the ones who are most affected by the proposal it's smart to find a better place for discussing its ideas. Hence this thread on tor-relays@. ---response starts here--- As a bridge operator, I stopped the plan on running relays due to th

Re: [tor-relays] A Simple Web of Trust for Tor Relay Operator IDs

2021-11-11 Thread Tortilla via tor-relays
which I'd stay away from, however, seeing the time, effort and care people from the tor project and people like nusenu seem to invest, I don't think your statement is appropriate. Even if there are other attack vectors, it seems to have been shown that malicious relays are in fact used fo

[tor-relays] Tor website

2021-11-11 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Hello, Does the new Tor web configuration have an overall site map or index page?  I can't find the old page with the manual for torrc.  I've had trouble finding other information over the past few weeks as well. Thanks, potlatch Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. publickey

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-11 Thread Elias via tor-relays
etered and it's a guaranteed 1GHz link. I don't think I will ever be able to relay 125MB/s, but I will try my best. If I can only reach ~50MB/s before the CPU starts to grumble I will set up a second Tor process and a second relay. I tuned my relay a bit today, using some of the ti

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