Re: [tor-relays] Accounting and the 'Stable' flag

2016-08-22 Thread Green Dream
> I just want to make sure that... the ISP is not throttling traffic without > notification. Yeah, that's a valid concern. Aside from running through some of the M-LAB tests (https://www.measurementlab.net/tests/), it can be hard to predict or detect this. Another issue that can crop up is

Re: [tor-relays] Accounting and the 'Stable' flag

2016-08-22 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 22.08.16 19:22, Green Dream wrote: > https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay Thank you. I had read about this, but the relay in question already had both the 'stable' and 'guard' flags (which probably meant it was in phase 3), and lost both flags after I enabled accounting.

Re: [tor-relays] Accounting and the 'Stable' flag

2016-08-22 Thread Green Dream
@Ralph https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay It is normal to experience a dip in traffic. Just keep the relay running and let things play out. It can take weeks for utilization to peak. ___ tor-relays mailing list

Re: [tor-relays] relay on a vps not exclusively used for tor?

2016-08-22 Thread Toralf Förster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 08/21/2016 10:28 PM, Petrusko wrote: > Thx for sharing this kernel option, and this experience. Under Gentoo Linux it is very easy to have GRSecurity. I do use it both on my desktop and my server w/o bigger problems. > But if I understand well,

Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike

2016-08-22 Thread attila
Arisbe writes: > > I agree in general with a lot of what is said here, but I have to take issue with one point: > > > > Okay, so I've been concerned about the safety of at-risk Tor users > since all this shit broke. New employees at the organizational >

Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike

2016-08-22 Thread Pi3
Or six-years-old-sand...@lists.torproject.org This whole manifesto sounds like it was written by spoiled teenager or counter intelligence agent who is trying to incite unrest. Its designed to provoke emotions and doesn't deal with anything real. And I think its really awesome. This means that

Re: [tor-relays] relay on a vps not exclusively used for tor?

2016-08-22 Thread jensm1
Thanks for all the replies! It's actually a good advice, not to run backup and tor on the same server, in case it gets seized or the ISP kills it. Also, the small monetary savings aren't really worth the increased attack surface for both, the tor relay and the other services. I therefore

Re: [tor-relays] Accounting and the 'Stable' flag

2016-08-22 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 21.08.2016 13:29, Sebastian Hahn wrote: > Just keep your relay up and you should regain the flag. Followup: Now that another day has passed, the relay's traffic has unfortunately dropped significantly, to roughly 10% of what the relay could process according to AccountingMax and the

Re: [tor-relays] Tiny computers (RPi-like) for exit nodes?

2016-08-22 Thread Petrusko
Sometimes it can because of a bad/cheap power supply... Not the ARM-Pi or the OS :s > Hi, used to run a Banana PI with Debian as a TOR Relay. This is not > recommendable since the system froze after a while. Although this could just > be my system that is unstable. > > but from my experience I

Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike

2016-08-22 Thread Zenaan Harkness
I concur with all you say below. Exceptionally well spoken. Evidently you have some solid experience in your corporate managerial role. Thanks for speaking up. On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 11:50:37PM -0700, Arisbe wrote: >Okay, so I've been concerned about the safety of at-risk Tor users since

Re: [tor-relays] Tiny computers (RPi-like) for exit nodes?

2016-08-22 Thread Michael Andersen
Torsdag den 18. august 2016 12:35:11 skrev Zack Weinberg: > Has anyone had any experience running *exit* nodes on Raspberry Pi-grade > hardware, or slightly beefier? We are thinking of replacing the old, > bulky, power-hungry machine currently running exit >

Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike

2016-08-22 Thread I
This thread should be moved to [ tor-knitting-cir...@lists.torproject.org ] or write to The Tor Corporation you think exists. Robert > -Original Message- > From: tor-am...@foofus.com > Sent: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 20:35:50 -0700 > To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > Subject: Re:

[tor-relays] #torstrike

2016-08-22 Thread Arisbe
Okay, so I've been concerned about the safety of at-risk Tor users since all this shit broke.  New employees at the organizational structure serving as the main accuser, an all new board with interrelationships and motivation unknown, grenades rolled under office doors

Re: [tor-relays] ExoneraTor down

2016-08-22 Thread Karsten Loesing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18/08/16 12:46, Ralph Seichter wrote: > On 18.08.2016 09:05, Karsten Loesing wrote: > >> It's back now! > > The encoding of https://exonerator.torproject.org/ is not correct, > however, at least not for the German localized variant. I have >