Re: [tor-relays] request for receipes MULTI-instances of ethe4 Guard, Bridge, Exits, snowflake , Tunnel, or both DEBIAN and OpenBSD

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Hi C,

Could nusenu's ansible playbook "relayor" work for your request?  More info at 
https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor

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[tor-relays] Moving middle relays to bridges?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning,

According to tor metrics, there have been nearly three times the number of 
relays as bridges over the last three months so I would like to move my handful 
of middle relays to bridges.  They will keep their same IP address.  Is there a 
best practice with regards to doing this so the directories don't get confused?

Make your day great,
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[tor-relays] Best practices for the hosting provider of Tor exit nodes?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good afternoon,

As I'm reaching out to hosting providers worldwide to see if hosting Tor exit 
nodes is within their ToS and AUP, most hosting providers are requesting 
hardware specifications and bandwidth requirements; however, I would like to 
point them to a resource showing best practices for the hosting provider, and 
maybe one that shows expectations of the Tor exit node operator as well - for 
example SWIP'ing the IP address(es) to the exit node operator - so that the 
hosting provider knows what the exit node operator expects of them, and what 
they should expect of the exit node operator.

Does such a resource exist, and if not, what would you request/add in such a 
resource?

Make your day great,
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Re: [tor-relays] [Workshop] Sysadmin 101 for (new) relay operators - June 4th

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning Gus,

For those of us with families and other weekend commitments, will an on-demand 
replay be made available afterwards?

Make your day great,
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Re: [tor-relays] (No Subject) (allforprivacy)

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good afternoon,

The Library Freedom Project is what you're seeking, for libraries: 
https://libraryfreedom.org/
Also, I found this response on Slashdot for hosting at a university: 
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7773441=50227785

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[tor-relays] What is the current method of submitting Tor-friendly ISPs for consideration?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good afternoon from Wisconsin,

Following up on a previous post to this list, I started contacting AS 
administrators in bulk and currently have five ISPs in unique ASs who state 
they can accommodate Tor exit nodes.  The GoodBadISPs page on TP.o doesn't have 
a submission form or contact email address where I can submit the relevant info.

Should I post them here or is there a better/preferred method?

Thank you in advance,
Isaac Grover

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[tor-relays] This past week's most active discussion has forced my hand

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning from Wisconsin,

Back in 2019, I was involved in a discussion on this list to seek out hosting 
providers friendly to Tor exit nodes so that the list on the Tor Project 
website could be updated and geographic and provider diversity could be 
improved. Because our twins were newborns at the time, the project took a back 
burner but I had built up the initial automation and templates for the contacts.

Would there be any interest in reviving this project for the aforementioned 
reasons?

Make your day great,
Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
Aileron I.T. – “ Because #ProactiveIsBetter ”

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Re: [tor-relays] Migrating to a new data center

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Niftybunny,

Thank you for the fun pictures.  But the question on my mind: is "niftybunny" 
the brown marbled bunny or the larger white bunny?  Or is "niftybunny" a cloud 
entity like the Borg?
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[tor-relays] New relay in USA: bridge or middle relay?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning from Wisconsin,

After reading about how middle relays in the USA go largely underutilized, and 
having quietly run my own middle relay for several years, would it be more 
beneficial to the network to launch several new bridges instead of more middle 
relays?

Make your day great,
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[tor-relays] Bandwidth limiting at relay or network?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good evening fellow relay operators,

I haven't ever taken the time to configure bandwidth limits in torrc, always 
preferring to manage it at the firewall as we have other bandwidth limits set 
there as well.  However, I'm curious - what do other relay operators prefer?

Make your day great,
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Re: [tor-relays] Current state of HSDir attacks on hidden services

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning Jon,

In addition to fingerprint correlation and AS choice, I also recall reading 
this paper about identifying hidden services using clock skew based on internal 
CPU temperature: https://murdoch.is/papers/ccs06hotornot.pdf .  The paper is 
older, but I'm curious if such an attack method is still effective?

Make your day great,
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Re: [tor-relays] Running an exit node from home

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning Spiros,

You are correct in that I won't maintain the exit flag without ports 80 and 443 
open, *and* I lose my eligibility for a free t-shirt, *but* I am not likely to 
attract attention at my home either.  =)

Make your day great,
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[tor-relays] Running an exit node from home

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning,

As a followup to my last (and other) posts on this list, I have been cautioned 
multiple times of running an exit node from my home.  After careful 
consideration and previous direct feedback from this list, I configured an exit 
node with the following exit policy, which allows traffic on ports that are 
"safe" in my opinion, meaning that they're not likely to generate complaints or 
search warrants.

accept *:5228
accept *:8333
accept *:9418
accept *:11371
reject *:*

Regarding these aforementioned cautions, they all seem to be based on dated 
posts and/or irresponsible exit policies.  I would not open any of the web, 
email, irc, remote desktop, ssh, etc. ports on an exit node based at home as 
those would generate complaints and/or search warrants very quickly, so I am 
open to discussion about modifying the groupthink behind this blanket "don't 
run an exit node at home" advice.

Make your day great,
Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions"

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Re: [tor-relays] Monitoring exit node traffic by port?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning all,

My motivation for the traffic graphing per port was simply to get an idea if 
the ports were even being used, and I would only view them internally - would 
this still be a violation of user trust?

Make your day great,
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[tor-relays] Monitoring exit node traffic by port?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Greetings fellow relay operators,

Do you monitor outbound traffic from your relays by port? I run an exit node 
relay from my house allowing only "safe ports" that are not likely to generate 
complaints and I would like to keep an eye on how much traffic is coming from 
the Tor network through those ports to the Internet. Anyone? Do you use a tool 
like vnstat on the interface?

Make your day great,
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Re: [tor-relays] DSL Router

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning,

Both "cheap" and "useful" for running Tor nodes at home won't be found in big 
box retail ever, so I would take a look at the Mikrotik RB750Gr3 - it will do 
exactly what you want after it's configured properly. I used to have an RB1200 
and recently upgraded to a CCR1009, both from Mikrotik, and have found them to 
be quite capable under heavy load.

Make your day great,
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[tor-relays] Fast search for underutilized ASN space?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning fellow relay operators,

I am interested in reaching out to the ISPs in underutilized ASNs to share 
their acceptance for exit nodes with the relay operator community so that 
interested parties can set up nodes with those ISPs as they are able. 
Previously I seem to recall being able to use Atlas to search for fewest exit 
nodes per both ASN and country but am currently unable to reproduce that 
functionality in Tor Metrics, Onionoo, or Globe.

So before I invest the time in such a project, would there be interest from the 
relay community in receiving such information?

Make your day great,
Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
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[tor-relays] Greypony / Conrad Rockenhaus offline?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good afternoon fellow relay operators,

My exit node hosted with Greypony IT (ephesysnull - 
2426F096372BCAB360B75D463AEBD7B7B8BFF0FF) has gone offline, greyponyit.com is 
also offline, and emails to Conrad Rockenhaus sent over the last week have 
received no replies.  Has anyone else received a response from him?
Make your day great,
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[tor-relays] "Safe" ports for exit node that won't attract LEA?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning fellow exit node operators,

I have set up an exit node in my home on a separate IP address away from all 
other traffic. I'm well aware of the risks from dated articles posted many 
years ago, so if you're going to send warnings and scary stories, please do so 
off list.

I won't be running it with all ports open; rather I'm interested in ports that 
still provide benefit to the Tor network but don't attract the attention of law 
enforcement. Currently I am exiting port 8333 (Bitcoin) and nothing else, but 
am open to other non - risky ports.

Make your day great,
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Re: [tor-relays] Running an exit node behind NAT?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good afternoon nusenu,

Thank you for your offer of assistance.  I sent the requested information to 
your -lists email address.

Make your day great,
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   1. Re: Memory leak in 0.3.4.8? (nusenu)
   2. Re: Jerk spammers on tor-relays (Ralph Seichter)
   3. Reminder: Meeting in #tor-relays (Colin Childs)
   4. Running an exit node behind NAT? (Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.)
   5. Re: Running an exit node behind NAT? (nusenu)


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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 12:14:00 +
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To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
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please add any further information directly to the
relevant trac issue at 
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/27813

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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:49:56 +0200
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On 24.09.18 02:12, Dave Warren wrote:

> I don't see anything obvious that addresses my approach (only the
> approach of sending a message from a consistent address out slowly,
> which has several obvious flaws).

Messages are already uniquely identifiable, and your approach is just a
variation of the method Andreas described. While it bundles spamtraps,
it is still just as easily avoided using trigger address sets in the
manner I mentioned before.

-Ralph


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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:18:23 -0500
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To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
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Hi everyone,

This is a reminder email that we will be holding a relay operator meeting on 
IRC this Tuesday, September 25th @ 19:00 UTC.

You can confirm your local date / time by visiting the following page, and 
selecting your timezone from the dropdown menu:

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When: September 25th @ 19:00 UTC
Where: irc.oftc.net @ #tor-relays

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Subject: [tor-relays] Running an exit node behind NAT?
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Good afternoon fellow exit node operators,

I'm trying to run an exit node for specific ports on a reserved IP address from 
a VM behind NAT.  Based on old how-to's and resolving errors in syslog, this is 
where I've settled for the torrc after installing the instances via ansible and 
relayor (thanks nusenu!); however, I'm not seeing the traffic counters update 
much at all and the exit node isn't showing up in consensus.  What needs to be 
changed?

OutboundBindAddress (internal IP)
ORPort (internal IP):9000
DirPort (internal IP):80
DirPort (external IP) NoListen
DirPort (internal IP) NoAdvertise

Make your day great,
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[tor-relays] Running an exit node behind NAT?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good afternoon fellow exit node operators,

I'm trying to run an exit node for specific ports on a reserved IP address from 
a VM behind NAT.  Based on old how-to's and resolving errors in syslog, this is 
where I've settled for the torrc after installing the instances via ansible and 
relayor (thanks nusenu!); however, I'm not seeing the traffic counters update 
much at all and the exit node isn't showing up in consensus.  What needs to be 
changed?

OutboundBindAddress (internal IP)
ORPort (internal IP):9000
DirPort (internal IP):80
DirPort (external IP) NoListen
DirPort (internal IP) NoAdvertise

Make your day great,
Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
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[tor-relays] Contact info on exit notice page?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning fellow exit node operators,

I am considering adding a dedicated email address (not this one) to be used for 
my exit nodes on the exit notice pages, where currently none exist. After 
reading this list for over two years and the stories of DMCA notices, court 
orders, etc., would an email address on the page provide some benefit to those 
parties who need to send complaints and piracy violations, or would it only 
attract more spam?

Make your day great,
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[tor-relays] Exit friendly ISPs in Australia

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good evening,

Following up with a tongue-in-cheek suggestion to set up exit nodes in 
Australia, for those who are interested, there are already seven exit nodes in 
Australia per https://hackertarget.com/tor-exit-node-visualization/ .

I have also contacted RIMU Hosting, which has servers in Australia, and they 
said "As an account holder under our terms of use, you would be directly 
responsible for all content in and out of your server. In general that is not 
possible to do with a tor exist node, so we are not a good fit for that use 
case."

Make your day great,
Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions"

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[tor-relays] Multi node management programs/platforms?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good evening,

For those of you who manage multiple exits and/or relays, what program/platform 
do you use to manage them?

Make your day great,
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Re: [tor-relays] AS awareness

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Hi Conrad,

Back in 2017 I used atlas to find lowly represented ASs and countries with 
regards to exits, sought out hosting providers in those areas, contacted each 
of them to determine if Tor exits were allowed per their TOS, and based on 
those responses, set up four exits with a restrictive policy all in different 
countries with different providers, and they were all shut down within two 
months. When asked why, each of them basically responded the same: 'we didn't 
know what a Tor exit was when you first asked'.  So the challenge isn't 
necessarily that exits are or aren't allowed, but rather the providers haven't 
been properly educated or use a boilerplate TOS without proper vetting.

Make your day great,
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Re: [tor-relays] Best practices to move a Tor node?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good afternoon,

Thanks - I'll spin up another exit node next week.

Make your day great,
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[facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/AileronIT>  [twitter] 
<https://twitter.com/AileronIT>   [bbb]

From: tor-relays [mailto:tor-relays-boun...@lists.torproject.org] On Behalf Of 
niftybunny
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2017 11:49 AM
To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Best practices to move a Tor node?



On 28. Jul 2017, at 18:45, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 
<igro...@aileronit.com<mailto:igro...@aileronit.com>> wrote:

Good morning,

Since the Nickname option is merely cosmetic, we can safely reuse an expired 
Tor exit node's nickname on a new Tor exit node with no adverse side effects on 
directories, metrics sites, or the network as a whole?

Yes.

Fingerprint is important, name doesnt really matter.


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Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions"

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On 27 Jul 2017, at 23:10, niftybunny 
<ab...@to-surf-and-protect.net<mailto:ab...@to-surf-and-protect.net>> wrote:
...

On 27. Jul 2017, at 15:07, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 
<igro...@aileronit.com<mailto:igro...@aileronit.com>> wrote:

Good morning from Wisconsin,

What are the best practices with regards to moving a Tor node to a
new server in a different country? Is it as simple as securely
transferring files to the new server and restarting the Tor service

Yes :)

You can also delete the old keys and start a new relay.

It's more secure, better for network load balancing, and easier to get it right.

Your new VPS likely has different network performance to your old VPS, and 
transferring the keys transfers the old performance measurements. It's better 
for clients that performance measurements are accurate, even if it takes some 
time for your new relay to be measured.

See this thread for more details:
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-September/010229.html

T

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Re: [tor-relays] Best practices to move a Tor node?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning,

Since the Nickname option is merely cosmetic, we can safely reuse an expired 
Tor exit node's nickname on a new Tor exit node with no adverse side effects on 
directories, metrics sites, or the network as a whole?

Make your day great,
Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions"

O: 715-377-0440, F:715-690-1029, W: www.aileronit.com 



-Original Message-
From: tor-relays [mailto:tor-relays-boun...@lists.torproject.org] On Behalf Of 
teor
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 6:39 PM
To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Best practices to move a Tor node?


> On 27 Jul 2017, at 23:10, niftybunny <ab...@to-surf-and-protect.net> wrote:
> ...
>> On 27. Jul 2017, at 15:07, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 
>> <igro...@aileronit.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Good morning from Wisconsin,
>> 
>> What are the best practices with regards to moving a Tor node to a 
>> new server in a different country? Is it as simple as securely 
>> transferring files to the new server and restarting the Tor service
> 
> Yes :)

You can also delete the old keys and start a new relay.

It's more secure, better for network load balancing, and easier to get it right.

Your new VPS likely has different network performance to your old VPS, and 
transferring the keys transfers the old performance measurements. It's better 
for clients that performance measurements are accurate, even if it takes some 
time for your new relay to be measured.

See this thread for more details:
https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-September/010229.html

T

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teor2345 at gmail dot com
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[tor-relays] New exit node best practices

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good evening,

After many months of running a relay, I'm planning to establish up a family of 
exit nodes with geographically diverse VPS providers, shying away from the list 
of the most heavily used Tor friendly providers.

Several questions:
- Does establishing a family increase the risk of the nodes being taken down en 
masse?
- Do you suggest providing ample contact information for the node directory, as 
opposed to little or none?
- I'm being very upfront with sales@ regarding my purpose before signing up, 
and making sure they're okay with it. What questions should I be asking to be 
sure they'll be Tor friendly before shutting down my exit nodes?


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[tor-relays] Actual user demographics?

[Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T.]

Good morning,

I recently presented to a group of ten local police chiefs on the topic of Tor 
and its more common, though less publicized, civil usage, as opposed to the 
more publicized criminal usage. During my presentation I emphasized this fact, 
and they countered that because its usage is entirely anonymous, it is 
reasonable to assume that it could be used entirely by criminals and none of 
the oppressed as I had claimed.

Which brings me to my question. Other than private individuals saying "Hey, I 
use Tor for X", how does the overall network know what the network is used for, 
even approximately?

Make your day great,
Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
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