Re: [tor-relays] Explaining Tor to worried parent

2018-11-13 Thread Andrew Deason
ents reach hidden services, but middle relays and bridges do. - Running relays/exits is "cool" (...right?). You're just not with it, mom. Just don't run an exit from home. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list t

Re: [tor-relays] Abuse Complaints

2018-08-30 Thread Andrew Deason
at use of time arguing with them, but the replies are actually read by a human (at least, sometimes). -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Nyx 2.0.4-4 on armhf - Python3 error

2018-07-28 Thread Andrew Deason
separate package: # apt-get install python3-distutils -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] lets stop using central big DNS resolvers (Google, Level3, OpenDNS, Quad9, Cloudflare)

2018-05-12 Thread Andrew Deason
entry in that > file (the first entry should be your local resolver)" So is a non-overused same-AS fallback resolver preferable to having no fallback resolver, or the other way around? Or perhaps this doesn't matter so much, because the big problem right now is just the reliance on the 'big' resol

Re: [tor-relays] lets stop using central big DNS resolvers (Google, Level3, OpenDNS, Quad9, Cloudflare)

2018-05-12 Thread Andrew Deason
n to make a big deal about this; I'm just trying to explain some of what was going through my head when reading this stuff. "Fixing" it can be very simple, like just adding a small phrase like "don't use these, even as a fallback" or "don't mention anywhere in resolv.conf&q

Re: [tor-relays] lets stop using central big DNS resolvers (Google, Level3, OpenDNS, Quad9, Cloudflare)

2018-05-11 Thread Andrew Deason
want). Maybe you had intended this to come across with the existing text, but I don't think it's obvious enough. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/

Re: [tor-relays] Testers needed for Nyx beta release

2017-11-05 Thread Andrew Deason
On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 17:40:05 -0500 Andrew Deason <adea...@dson.org> wrote: > It's probably worth looking into why that's happening if you are able; > whether nyx/stem/python is somehow causing that, or if it's something > wrong/weird with your machine. Looks like the same bug (or

Re: [tor-relays] Testers needed for Nyx beta release

2017-11-05 Thread Andrew Deason
ttps://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.c -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Testers needed for Nyx beta release

2017-10-30 Thread Andrew Deason
nyx/stem/python is somehow causing that, or if it's something wrong/weird with your machine. The commit to address this will silence the error, but it still seems like something is wrong; all env-modifying calls should fail like this after this point, it seems like. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___

Re: [tor-relays] Testers needed for Nyx beta release

2017-10-30 Thread Andrew Deason
org/nyx.git/commit/?id=4bfe05d s/Unfortunatley/Unfortunately/ And thanks for your work; don't mistake this for me being ungrateful :) -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay making normal internet unusable

2017-08-30 Thread Andrew Deason
e an exit on FlokiNET, and they seem okay. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Relay installation instructions

2017-03-18 Thread Andrew Deason
but Trac doesn't seem to let me. (Can regular people create tickets?) If I'm missing something about that, I'd happily submit a bug, or even try to fix this myself if I can be pointed at where the website code is (if it's open for contributions). -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org __

Re: [tor-relays] Reaching out to webiron

2017-02-09 Thread Andrew Deason
g these off on someone else can be helpful if possible: trying to keep a civil technical conversation going in the face of aggression can be draining. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://li

Re: [tor-relays] Reaching out to webiron

2017-02-09 Thread Andrew Deason
ions like you're discussing with cloudflare etc. They seem to be of the opinion that just blocking tor is impractical, so I wouldn't have much hope in trying to get them to do anything more. I am giving them your contact info and that list, though, so if they ever reach out, you are welcome to try :) -- And

Re: [tor-relays] Reaching out to webiron

2017-02-09 Thread Andrew Deason
On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 18:22:33 +1100 teor <teor2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 8 Feb 2017, at 18:03, Andrew Deason <adea...@dson.org> wrote: > > > And they even gave instructions for how to block ranges from individual > > exits: > > <https://www.webiro

Re: [tor-relays] Reaching out to webiron

2017-02-07 Thread Andrew Deason
. I was wondering if there's someone I should "pass off" to :) -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Reaching out to webiron

2017-02-07 Thread Andrew Deason
say this isn't even worth the effort; it's not like it's hard to just ignore those reports. But it doesn't take much effort to just try to talk ot them, and it perhaps helps to give tor a reputation of cooperation and helpfulness. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org

Re: [tor-relays] Draft Fallback Directory List

2016-12-11 Thread Andrew Deason
relay in that list, would that help anything, or not yet? I assume that adding a v6 address does not violate the "keep the same address/port/key for the next 2 years" requirement. Is that correct? -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-re

Re: [tor-relays] tor relay and syslog logging

2016-10-09 Thread Andrew Deason
ample syslog config that doesn't seem to be working; maybe something's weird with that? You could also maybe 'strace' tor during startup to see if it looks like some log-related syscalls are failing. But be careful with retaining or sharing any such trace, since I assume there can be some sensitive i

Re: [tor-relays] Local DNS on Exit logs failed user queries

2016-08-17 Thread Andrew Deason
SEC response, etc.) That would make it easy for exit operators to test what happens and take out some guesswork. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/

Re: [tor-relays] Unmetered brandwith hosting

2016-04-10 Thread Andrew Deason
rated 100 mbps connection would yield around 30TB in a month, I believe. For an actual VPS unmetered connection on flokinet, they asked for an additional 1 euro/month per mbps. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@l

Re: [tor-relays] VPS/dedi paid with bitcoin for exit node anyone?

2015-11-07 Thread Andrew Deason
spent time optimizing or anything (and it's new). Their VPSes are supposed to have 100mbps and the dedicated boxes are listed as 1gbps. My experience has been fine so far with them. -- Andrew Deason adea...@dson.org ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists