Tor 0.2.4.23 is EOLed and is blacklisted from the network. Vidalia is
also EOL and unmaintained.
Also see: https://blog.torproject.org/removing-end-life-relays-network
If you want a Windows relay, you'll have to configure manually whether
you like it or not. It's hard (Tor is Unix-native), and performance
sucks when compared to Linux/BSD/macOS, but on the positive Windows is
still better for relay diversity than Linux.
If there is Linux malware hurting the Tor network, we shouldn't just
hope for BSD variants to keep us alive. Closed source or not, we should
also consider Windows as an alternative relay OS (if you have a license
or are willing to buy one). And I'm saying this as someone who runs
FreeBSD relays and a FreeBSD desktop myself.
You can also use a VM, and it may be easier, but if I were you, just use
the expert bundle and try to configure Tor as a NT service. You won't
have to worry about a hypervisor and will help relay diversity along the
way.
-Neel
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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 Vidalia and found an
old bundle that appears to work perfectly on my Windows 10 machine.
Steps I took:
1. Download Vidalia Bundle 0.2.4.23 from
http://vidalia-bundle.en.lo4d.com/
2. Extract
3. Install
4. Start
5. The Vidalia Control Panel will pop-up
6. In settings, I changed the Tor executable from the one included
with the Vidalia Bundle to the current version of Tor elsewhere on my
system.
Like I said, it *appears* to be working. Can't find it in relay search
yet, but I only set it up moments ago.
Nickname is inadequate
Contact is willp...@disroot.org
William Pate
willp...@pm.me
512-947-3311
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‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐
On Sunday, July 14, 2019 1:44 AM, Barton Bruce
wrote:
William,
On 7/11/2019 6:58 PM, William Pate wrote:
> I'm interested in hosting a Windows-based relay, if anyone can point me to a
good tutorial. I've tried the most common ones.
>
> tor-relays mailing list
> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
There used to be a VIDALIA (sp?) kit that could simply be downloaded
and
run on a windows machine. I then worked for an ISP/CLEC and had lots
of
bandwidth so ran Vidaalia on a 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine on my
desk at work.
I never did hear why something had changed at the tor project so that
stopped working, but do remember a rude snippy condescending reply
from
someone on the mailing list so I lost interest.
I did get the head Tor guy from the Central Square Cambridge office of
TOR to come speak at a local networking group's monthly meeting we
held
at a MicroSlush faclity in Burlington, MA and it was well received by
a
packed audience. I think he now has left TOR and works for some ISP.
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