Re: [tor-relays] Actual user demographics?

2017-05-03 Thread tor
> What can be known is *how* TOR is being used by setting up studies at exits > and seeing what kind of services people are connecting to. Please don't do that, or suggest doing that. Sniffing or inspecting exit traffic may be illegal in some jurisdictions, and will result in the BadExit

Re: [tor-relays] tornull

2017-05-01 Thread tor-relay . dirk
It was two days ago. Today I can not reach it as well. best regards Dirk On 01.05.2017 08:08, scar wrote: > I was unable to reach the site, is it still in operation? > > _______ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproj

Re: [tor-relays] Law Enforcement Request

2017-04-26 Thread tor
for reducing the log footprint of a relay? Are the OS defaults generally sufficient, or do operators need to take additional steps to preserve user privacy?___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin

Re: [tor-relays] Relay traffic went to ~zero

2017-04-21 Thread tor
ontrol._______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] What kind of hardware do I need for my relay

2017-03-20 Thread tor
going to help at all. Tor still isn't optimized for it. If running on Linux or Unix there are a lot of optimizations to be done. For Linux, I'd start here: https://www.torservers.net/wiki/setup/server and look at the "High Bandwidth Tweaks" section._____

Re: [tor-relays] Relay not receiving Guard flag

2017-03-04 Thread a tor op
Nope that need not be it. I had my bridge relay running for many moths with a few Mbps BW and it steadily had the guard flag set. When doing the latest TOR upgrade I upped the BW-limit 100% but since that tor service restart it has now been running some 40 days without getting the guard flag

Re: [tor-relays] Shutdown of TorLand1

2017-02-15 Thread Tor
On 16/02/2017 08:55, tor-ad...@torland.is wrote: > Hi all, > > after 5 years of operation I will shutdown TorLand1 > (https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/E1E922A20AF608728824A620BADC6EFC8CB8C2B8) > > on February 17 2017. Thank you for

[tor-relays] Shutdown of TorLand1

2017-02-15 Thread tor-admin
an organization like torservers, nos onions, etc. I hope others will step up and run high capacity exits. The Tor network needs your help. I will continue to run a meek bridge. Regards, torland ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Normal to lose stable/guard flags on relay reboot?

2017-02-13 Thread a tor op
It's a bridge. Original Message Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Normal to lose stable/guard flags on relay reboot? Local Time: February 9, 2017 11:29 PM UTC Time: February 9, 2017 11:29 PM From: teor2...@gmail.com To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > On 10 Feb 2017, at 08

Re: [tor-relays] Normal to lose stable/guard flags on relay reboot?

2017-02-09 Thread a tor op
Mine is still missing the guard flag after 17 days since reboot. Original Message Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Normal to lose stable/guard flags on relay reboot? Local Time: February 6, 2017 12:04 AM UTC Time: February 6, 2017 12:04 AM From: dl1...@gmx.de To: tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Reaching out to webiron

2017-02-07 Thread Tor
On 8/02/2017 15:00, Andrew Deason wrote: > I assume some people will 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

Re: [tor-relays] no ipv6 traffic from/to relays ?

2017-02-07 Thread tor
On 06.02.17 09:25, nusenu wrote: The first release with the fix for [1] was in 0.3.0.3-alpha [2]. So if you run an IPv6 exit, upgrading to 0.3.0.3-alpha potentially increases the tor network's IPv6 exit capacity. teor and nickm plan a backport for tor 0.2.9.x [1] https://trac.torproject.org

[tor-relays] Minimum port 80 and 443 exit policy

2017-02-02 Thread Mass Tor
Hey all, I was wondering what the minimum exit policy was (wrt port 80 and 443) for a Tor exit relay. I cant find any documentation about the minimum exit policy. Is it possible to have an exit relay exit only to a /16 or a /8 on port 80 and 443? I've tried having an exit policy that allows

[tor-relays] Updates removes status flags

2017-01-26 Thread a tor op
Hi When a tor admin updates a tor node, what is the reasoning for punishing the status by removing flags like the guard flag? The node may have been up for months on end without issues and goes down for a few minutes during install and restart and comes up with a newer version, hence

[tor-relays] Some thoughts from a tor bridge op

2017-01-08 Thread a tor op
Hi I am a TOR bridge operator running a bridge with 8 Mbps advertised BW and having obfs4 installed. Been up a year or so on this install. I'll put a few misc thoughts out here, only been lurking on list earlier. I have been thinking a little about how useful this system is (MY bridge

Re: [tor-relays] Running a relay with low transfer limits

2017-01-04 Thread Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator
RelayBandwidthRate 400 KBytes BandwidthRate 400 KBytes there are running other services too. Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator Am 04.01.2017 um 21:18 schrieb ike: I apreciate I'm not going to keep a relay running 24 hours on this server but I'd like to know

Re: [tor-relays] Running a relay with low transfer limits

2017-01-04 Thread Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator
there is no speed limit? I am the opinion that I have read something about 250 kb / s! Random Mirror / Tor Node Operator Am 04.01.2017 um 20:55 schrieb Toralf Förster: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 01/04/2017 07:54 PM, ike wrote: say less than

Re: [tor-relays] DoS from my tor guard VPS

2016-11-15 Thread tor-admin
On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 12:41:09PM -0800, Arisbe wrote: > One of my tor guard relays is a medium size VPS operating in the Czech > Republic. It's been up and stable for several years. Several weeks ago I > was notified that my VPS was a source of UDP DoS traffic. It was shut down. >

Re: [tor-relays] Research project - comparing abuse complaints on Tor exits to those of regular ISPs

2016-10-24 Thread tor admin
anks! [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy -- 1AE0 322E B8F7 4717 BDEA BF1D 44BB 1BA7 9F6C 6333 ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] relay lost most of its consensus weight

2016-10-19 Thread Tor User
This is the same tor box we had at the other place when we had much much better bandwidth measurement on our relay - reported bandwidth was a lot closer to what I had the limits set to in torrc. Google fiber is in mid-deployment now in our neck of the woods but I think we would probably have

Re: [tor-relays] relay lost most of its consensus weight

2016-10-14 Thread Tor User
ed bandwidth might end up being used as your consensus weight. The long-term fix for bandwidth measurement this is for the Tor network to geographically distribute more bandwidth authorities, or use a distributed bandwidth measurement system (this is an unsolved problem for untrusted distributed

Re: [tor-relays] Relay uptime after restarting Tor service

2016-10-07 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
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Re: [tor-relays] How to include files into torrc?

2016-09-09 Thread tor-admin
On Friday 09 September 2016 20:22:47 Ralph Seichter wrote: > # /etc/tor/torrc > ORPort 443 > # Policies are kept in separate file for readability > Include /etc/tor/policies > There is a ticket that handles this feature: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticke

Re: [tor-relays] minor typos in tor-instance-create

2016-08-06 Thread tor relay
> fixed, thanks. https://gitweb.torproject.org/debian/tor.git/commit/?id=040fffc07b430d825e5acc88e6d2085a17b718fa There is a little typo in the fix tor@$name " vs tor@$name" _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproj

[tor-relays] tor-instance-create users: beware all your instances are always started

2016-08-06 Thread tor relay
This is only relevant for debian users. If you assume you can manage your instances with the usual systemctl commands like systemctl disable/enable tor@myinstance beware that they have no effect. Note: systemctl start/stop works as expected. This is important to know especially if you have

[tor-relays] minor typos in tor-instance-create

2016-08-06 Thread tor relay
https://gitweb.torproject.org/debian/tor.git/tree/debian/tor-instance-create#n89 is: systemctl tor@$name start should be: systemctl start tor@$name mailto:tor@$name https://gitweb.torproject.org/debian/tor.git/tree/debian/tor-instance-create.8.txt#n18 brdige -> bri

[tor-relays] debian: log messages when upgrading tor package

2016-08-05 Thread tor relay
When upgrading the tor package on debian I get the following syslog messages: systemd[1]: Failed to reset devices.list on /system.slice: Invalid argument systemd[1]: Failed to reset devices.list on /system.slice/system-tor.slice: Invalid argument Should I be concerned

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-05 Thread tor relay
made a ticket: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19847 ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-05 Thread tor relay
> So there is no way to disable the default instance using systemctl after all? To answer my own question: systemctl mask tor@default disables the default instance for real. ..but I'm still curious why tor@default is a static unit (without [Install] section) https://bbs.archlinux.

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-05 Thread tor relay
> > > > Also: you can not start/stop/restart tor.service separately without > > > > leaving all other tor instances untouched. > > > > > > tor.service is *not* the default service. tor.service is the collection > > > of all service instan

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-05 Thread tor relay
> On August 5, 2016 at 1:24 PM Peter Palfrader <wea...@torproject.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, 05 Aug 2016, tor relay wrote: > > > Also: you can not start/stop/restart tor.service separately without leaving > > all other tor instances untouched. > > t

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-05 Thread tor relay
ice specific ways like "if you want to disable it you have to move away its configuration file). Simply moving away its configuration file will cause unnecessary logs since systemd will attempt to start tor.service every time: Unable to open configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc".

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-05 Thread tor relay
> > On August 4, 2016 at 10:23 AM Peter Palfrader <wea...@torproject.org> > wrote: > > On Thu, 04 Aug 2016, tor relay wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On August 3, 2016 at 11

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-04 Thread tor relay
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19825___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-03 Thread tor relay
gt; Since it is reproducible in my case as well I assume you do _not_ have the following constellation: tor.service is disabled and stopped (I don't use the default instance) tor@1 mailto:tor@1 .service is enabled and running tor@2.service mailto:tor@2.

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-03 Thread tor relay
> On August 3, 2016 at 11:04 PM Green Dream <greendream...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > When upgrading, all running tor instances are stopped (not restarted, > as expected) > > > syslog shows: > > > Interrupt: we have stopped accepting ne

[tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-03 Thread tor relay
the upgrade. (I expected a simple restart of all running tor instances) I use debian's multi instance systemd service file. When upgrading, all running tor instances are stopped (not restarted, as expected) syslog shows: Interrupt: we have stopped accepting new connections, and will shut down in 30

Re: [tor-relays] Exit relay funding

2016-08-03 Thread tor
as much as a > > "thank you!" from anyone. > > Operating tor nodes is - like operating any > invisible infrastructure - inherently thankless. Absolutely. Most of the infrastructure we provide on that basis and it is ok! The reason for running that exit node was that we bel

Re: [tor-relays] Exit relay funding

2016-08-03 Thread tor
This makes no sense. It's good for the network if that happens and allows diversity. > Maybe a change in your strategy would make the life of your precious > and fast relays a bit easier... I have shut down our "precious and fast relays" recently as we decided unanimously that th

Re: [tor-relays] cheap unmetered non-exit VPS offers

2016-07-28 Thread Tor-Node.net
Markus Koch <niftybu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > exit allowed? I can vouch for www.stayon.no VPS with dedicated, unmetered 1 Gbps connection. 1 GB RAM / 1 CPU @ 2.6 GHz Price: 149 NOK/month (~ 16 EUR / 17 USD). Tor exit friendly. Their abuse departement will ask you to block destin

Re: [tor-relays] cheap unmetered non-exit VPS offers

2016-07-28 Thread tor relay
> On July 28, 2016 at 2:48 PM Markus Koch <niftybu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > exit allowed? no, that is why I put "non-exit" in the subject of my email. https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs#Italy1 And yes, their support is poor, but

[tor-relays] How to find (and test) my obfs4 bridge?

2016-07-27 Thread Tor-Node.net
Hi! I know the format for an obfs4 bridge is obfs4 IP:port fingerprint cert=XX iat-mode=0 I know my IP, port and fingerprint, but where can I find the "cert"-value? Kind regards Tor-node.net _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torp

[tor-relays] Two bridge relay questions

2016-07-21 Thread Tor-Node.net
Hi! I run an obfs4 bridge. 1) Why is the advertised bandwidth 56.72 KB/s when the relay is on a (shared) gigabit connection? According to my experiments it should be several MB/s. 2) Where can I submit my bridges to help people in Iran, China etc, besides the Tor BridgeDB? Kind regards Tor

[tor-relays] Best bandwidth setup for exit node

2016-07-14 Thread Tor-Node.net
Hi! I have a VPS on a 6 TB (rx + tx) per month plan. What is most useful for the Tor network: a) Run it at full speed for about seven days per month (AccountingMax) or b) Throttle network speed by setting RelayBandwidthRate and always be online? Kind regards Tor-node.net

Re: [tor-relays] VPS for Exits

2016-07-06 Thread tor relay
<20MBit/s (per direction) weekly average If anyone can recommend any other hosters, please come forward. _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] British Airways website blocking non exit relays IPs?

2016-05-20 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
ime. Please quote support ID 13240401227566764688 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

[tor-relays] OpenSSL Padding oracle in AES-NI CBC MAC check (CVE-2016-2107)

2016-05-04 Thread Dhalgren Tor
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20160503.txt In general I understand that padding oracle attacks are principally a hazard for browser communications. Am assuming that updating OpenSSL for this fix is not an urgent priority for a Tor Relay. If anyone knows different please comment

Re: [tor-relays] Slow bandwidth, bridge + obfsproxy project (+Socks for LAN?)

2016-04-30 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
On 25.04.2016 11:45, Petrusko wrote: > 4. I'm confused, the "bridge" is acting like a relay ? (like a router on > a network, 50% upload / 50% download...?). Or like a hidden door to > contact the Tor network, and the client will only use relays after > without the br

[tor-relays] important DNS tuning for high volume exit relays, fix for Unbound DNS DOS problem

2016-04-10 Thread Dhalgren Tor
for the above recommendations found at https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18580#comment:11 https://unbound.net/pipermail/unbound-users/2016-April/004301.html ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https

Re: [tor-relays] Relays by AS Names

2016-04-06 Thread Tor-Node.net
wikisend.com/download/498630/ExoticVPS.ods http://wikisend.com/download/894542/ExoticVPS.xlsx http://wikisend.com/download/789008/ExoticVPS.txt ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Relays by AS Names

2016-04-06 Thread Tor-Node.net
separated txt file) Kind regards tor-node.net ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Relays with broken DirPorts

2016-04-01 Thread tor-contact
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Re: [tor-relays] Running 5000 relays...

2016-03-21 Thread tor-server-creator
option, but that's now obsolete.   See ticket 16543 and commit 2f8cf524b.   Tim   Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)   teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP 968F094B teor at blah dot im OTR CAD08081 9755866D 89E2A06F E3558B7F B5A9D14F _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@list

[tor-relays] GoDaddy null-routing Tor Exit IPs

2016-03-20 Thread Dhalgren Tor
FYI Tor-Relays GoDaddy AS26496 is null-routing selected Tor Exits, presumably in response to abuse originating from them. Know of two thus far FE67A1BA4EF1D13A617AEFB416CB9E44331B223A 2016/01/26 ashtrayhat3 A0F06C2FADF88D3A39AA3072B406F09D7095AC9E 2016/03/16 Dhalgren though probably more exist

Re: [tor-relays] unbound bogs down strangely, degrading exit relay

2016-03-20 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Possibly this incident is the result of some malware attempting to use some sort of domain "fast flux" or DGA algorithm. Seems improbable anyone would be dumb enough to try to DDOS GoDaddy DNS using Tor. _______ tor-relays mailing list

Re: [tor-relays] unbound bogs down strangely, degrading exit relay

2016-03-19 Thread Dhalgren Tor
ost to this thread. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] unbound bogs down strangely, degrading exit relay

2016-03-19 Thread Dhalgren Tor
was in the bogged-down state and was failing to service Tor Browser requests. If developer is interested in taking a look at this please contact me directly. This issue is a PIA and if it continues I'll give up on 'unbound' and follow the previous operator, switching to bind9 despite the lesser performance

Re: [tor-relays] fast exits running 'unbound' should switch to 'named'

2016-03-19 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Nothing wrong with 'unbound'. Problem is bug in Tor daemon interaction with 'unbound' that brings exit effectively offline when GoDaddy blocks requests from it. This can happen to any fast exit anytime. GoDaddy has been blocking high-volume DNS requesters since 2011, and recent activity by some

[tor-relays] unbound bogs down strangely, degrading exit relay

2016-03-18 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Hit a repeat of an earlier incident: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2016-January/008621.html message from tor daemon is Resolved [scrubbed] which was already resolved; ignoring About 5400 of these messages over 37 hours, during which the relay dropped down to 30% of usual

Re: [tor-relays] unbound bogs down strangely, degrading exit relay

2016-03-18 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Gave up switched to 'named' and now it's working fine. Entered BUG: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18580 Be advised, anyone running a fast exit with 'unbound' should switch to using 'named'. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Exit relay funding

2016-03-09 Thread tor
es, then an upgrade happens. (as september last year) Other factors probably also play a role. If anyone can contribute their opinion based on their experience and the publicly available data, feel free! Cheers. _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.t

Re: [tor-relays] relay maintenance without losing consensus weight?

2016-03-08 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
On 08.03.2016 19:30, Volker Mink wrote: > You can take it down for some days without losing any flags or consensus > weight. > Had it with my exit i have at home. > I had to reinstall it and i have the same stats as before. The HSDir flag will be cleared after each restart of th

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Process Being Killed on VPS

2016-02-26 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
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Re: [tor-relays] Feedback

2016-02-26 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
On 26.02.2016 13:50, Roman Mamedov wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:27:07 +0100 > Random Tor Node Operator <t...@unterderbruecke.de> wrote: > >> So in terms of censorship resistance, bridges with occasionally changing >> IP are better for the Tor network than those wit

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback

2016-02-26 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
On 26.02.2016 11:54, Tim Wilson-Brown - teor wrote: > >> On 26 Feb 2016, at 11:52, Random Tor Node Operator >> <t...@unterderbruecke.de <mailto:t...@unterderbruecke.de>> wrote: >> >> On 26.02.2016 05:15, torser...@datakanja.de >> <mailto:torse

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback

2016-02-26 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
On 26.02.2016 05:15, torser...@datakanja.de wrote: > * Next, i noticed a frequent (daily) behavior of the Tor server > dropping traffic to around zero. Inspecting this, let me to > understand, my provider was disconnecting me and reassigning a new > IP on a daily basis

Re: [tor-relays] CVE-2015-7547 Tor network stats

2016-02-23 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
WNFY4VrO9qf2Uoh8VtKbHsGOj+SLdG1nLnQOfELU eaCkGMX0sBif5lhe/Tr+ =v/3o -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] [WARN]Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance

2016-02-21 Thread tor-admin
. [101144347 similar message(s) suppressed in > > last 21600 seconds] > > Are you using tor packages from > https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/ ? I get packages via deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main But I use a custom startup script from torserver

Re: [tor-relays] [WARN]Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance

2016-02-21 Thread tor-admin
On Sunday 21 February 2016 12:57:52 Julien ROBIN wrote: > When I had 2 tor clients running (the second launched manually by a user > named "tor2"), I modified the "limits.conf" file, adding those 2 lines at > the end : > > #* softcore

Re: [tor-relays] [WARN]Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance

2016-02-21 Thread tor-admin
On Sunday 21 February 2016 11:56:37 Jonas Bergler wrote: > https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/doc/TUNING Thanks Jonas for the link. file descriptors should be set to ulimit -n 65535 in the tor startup script. I thought that would work. But checking /proc/PID/limits I saw that f

[tor-relays] [WARN]Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please read doc/TUNING for guidance

2016-02-21 Thread tor-admin
://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16929 which does not help me. I don't find the mentioned branch bug16929 in git. Can someone please advise what has to be done to avoid the warning, or point me where I find can the file "doc/TUNING". Thank

Re: [tor-relays] relays possible sybil

2016-01-19 Thread tor-server-creator
since not declaring $family could cause risk to Tor-Network: action should take place if relayoperator is not responding config, right?   Am Dienstag, 19. Januar 2016 20:28 schrieb nusenu <nus...@openmailbox.org>:     just wondering whats the matter with these 66+ relays &qu

[tor-relays] relays possible sybil

2016-01-12 Thread tor-server-creator
hi, just wondering whats the matter with these 66+ relays "cloudvps" ... guess they get vote, should we discard some iprages? thanks _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/li

Re: [tor-relays] Opt-In Trial: Fallback Directory Mirrors

2015-12-17 Thread tor
Mathewson <ni...@torproject.org>:   TL;DR: Stable non-exit relays can help tor clients use the Tor network. Please opt-in! We want to run a trial of fallback directory mirrors (fallbacks) in Tor. Tor clients contact fallbacks to download the consensus during initial bootstrap, before they c

Re: [tor-relays] Relay isn't getting HSDir flags

2015-12-13 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
Hi, you didn't get the V2Dir flag with AccountingMax set on... I had to have the same experience with that. Random Tor Node Operator hi Am 13.12.2015 um 23:32 schrieb Lucas Werkmeister: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi all! For some reason, my

Re: [tor-relays] Unused Tor exit nodes capacity

2015-12-13 Thread tor-server-creator
follwing advice: For each Tor process set in torrc: BandwidthRate 1300 bytes BandwidthBurst 13375000 bytes So you end up with Server1: 4x 1300 bytes = 4x13MB/s Server2: 4x 1300 bytes = 4x13MB/s (in each direction) 104+104=208 MB/s You hopefully will end up with ~540TB per month. (oh

Re: [tor-relays] authority signatures consensus-health

2015-12-10 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
hmm weight-drops again? i am loosing my whole traffic / consensus weight... since 7 pm CET. Random Tor Node Operator Am 09.12.2015 um 01:27 schrieb Tim Wilson-Brown - teor: On 9 Dec 2015, at 06:07, tor-server-crea...@use.startmail.com <mailto:tor-server-c

[tor-relays] Mozilla11

2015-12-08 Thread tor-server-creator
Mozilla <3   ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Custom bandwith for different time ranges

2015-12-07 Thread tor-re...@b4ckbone.de
Hi! > Hi All > Is it possible to schedule the time when bandwith will looks as follow: > > 8:00 - 18:00 - Tor relay bandwith 250kb/s > > 18:00 - 8:00 - Tor relay bandwith 10 000kb/s > > > How may I schedule this in tor relay ? Is it possible to limit traffic >

Re: [tor-relays] Unbelieveable

2015-12-04 Thread tor-server-creator
  Am Freitag, 4. Dezember 2015 08:57 schrieb Josef 'veloc1ty' Stautner <he...@veloc1ty.de>:   Have you restarted Tor after you made changes?   Yes. After ive done changes i always restart the Server hard. Tor is Running As Daemon so hours after restart i just do a

Re: [tor-relays] webiron requesting to block several /24 subnet

2015-11-28 Thread Dhalgren Tor
, Dhalgren Tor <dhalgren@gmail.com> wrote: >>. . .I have to understand how my ISP reacts to this kind of things. > >>For the moment I will keep a low profile and I will block the >>mentioned IP range for a month. > > Webiron's system sends notifications to both th

Re: [tor-relays] simple questions

2015-11-28 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On 28.11.2015 17:43, David Schulz wrote: > can i get problems as an german citizen with an non exit tor relay > in germany with an italien ip? not realy or? i think of TMG § 8. As a non-exit relay operator, you are most certainly not

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Weather not working?

2015-11-20 Thread tor-server-creator
whos then receiving home-addresses from longtime relay-owners earned t-shirts?!   Am Dienstag, 17. November 2015 21:00 schrieb nusenu <nus...@openmailbox.org>:     tor weather hasn't been working for me for a long time and AFAIK it is not main

Re: [tor-relays] webiron requesting to block several /24 subnet

2015-11-16 Thread Dhalgren Tor
n appears to ignore this source and simply construct the abuse@ from the rDNS domain name. _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] 130 "11BX1371" relays joined on 2015-10-30

2015-11-02 Thread tor-server-creator
y honest people" with "grow the network as large as possible, so we can be robust against more subtle attackers".   ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] 130 "11BX1371" relays joined on 2015-10-30

2015-11-01 Thread tor-server-creator
a given circuit (no family set, non-exit + exit relays and more than one /16 network). ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays ______

Re: [tor-relays] HoneyPot?

2015-10-29 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Is the end of the month. Maybe they ran out of bandwidth and will be back 11/1. LeaseWeb over-limit rates are terrifying. BTW the exit policy includes 443. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi

Re: [tor-relays] Free Domain for Tor Nodes

2015-10-25 Thread Tor Relays at brwyatt.net
Link requested subdomains to the relay's fingerprint, and require all change/update requests to be signed by the node's keys, and have some validation that the node can be found on the network (and is an exit node). This will ensure only Tor exit nodes can apply, and that nodes can only change

Re: [tor-relays] webiron requesting to block several /24 subnet

2015-10-21 Thread tor
Dear yl, just a few words from the abuse helpdesk of a larger tor-exit-node... TL;DR: we ignore those requests. they don't even reach a human. While we do handle most genuine/honest/helpful and especially all non-automated abuse reports very diligently. Pointless nagging services like webiron

[tor-relays] webiron requesting to block several /24 subnet

2015-10-20 Thread Dhalgren Tor
>snake oil service like webiron A most excellent characterization! As a sales maneuver WebIron has been grandstanding for months saying that Tor operators are "unwilling to cleanup" when they know full-well that tor operators can not / should not filter traffic due to minor brute

[tor-relays] LeaseWeb automated abuse notifications

2015-10-14 Thread Dhalgren Tor
Any exit operators with relays at LeaseWeb who are not enjoying the new automated abuse-notice system requiring all complaints be acted upon, send a message directly to the above address. Have a solution. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays

[tor-relays] replace BandwidthRate with "traffic control" on busy routers

2015-10-03 Thread Dhalgren Tor
final post https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-October/007901.html initial post https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-October/007863.html _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torp

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-03 Thread Dhalgren Tor
d' replies. Statistics for the filter are viewed with the command tc -s filter show dev eth0 root With the initial settings the bandwidth filter discarded 0.25% of incoming TCP packets--in line with what one sees in 'netstat -s' statistics for a not-overloaded relay. However the 'tor' daemon went str

Re: [tor-relays] how important is configuring DNSSEC root trust anchor for 'unbound' running on an exit node?

2015-10-03 Thread Dhalgren Tor
for thread 0: requestlist max 112 avg 28.1553 exceeded 0 jostled 0 histogram of recursion processing times [25%]=0.00737672 median[50%]=0.0492239 [75%]=0.144125 ... ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-02 Thread Dhalgren Tor
ou're near saturation, > assuming the traffic is not constant Would make it worse, not better. A higher burst rate will allow the measurement to increase; the average limit must stay the same regardless. Best to set burst-max == average max. Tor relays allow some bursting regardless of the Band

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-02 Thread Dhalgren Tor
per-decile 126717 . . .horrible On 10/1/15, Yawning Angel <yawn...@schwanenlied.me> wrote: > On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:05:38 + > Dhalgren Tor <dhalgren@gmail.com> wrote: >> 3) observing that statistics show elevated cell-queuing delays when >> the relay has been

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
vity and low latency of relay. Result is overloaded relay and poor end-use latency. > Is Tor using more bandwidth that the BandwidthRate? No, but relay is loaded to flat-line maximum and clearly is attracting too many circuits. > If so, this is a bug, and should be reported on the Tor Tra

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
>Don't cap the speed if you have bandwidth limits. The better way to do it is >using AccountingMax in torrc. Just let it run at its full speed less of the >time and Tor will enter in hibernation once it has no bandwidth left. Not possible. Will violate the FUP (fair use policy) on th

[tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
to extract proper rating from measurement system? Tried setting TokenBucketRefillInterval to 10 milliseconds for more exact control but this has not helped. Should an IPTABLES packet-dropping limit be established? Can the rating system be fixed? ___ tor

Re: [tor-relays] excessive bandwidth assigned bandwidth-limited exit relay

2015-10-01 Thread Dhalgren Tor
On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Tim Wilson-Brown - teor <teor2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 1 Oct 2015, at 14:48, Dhalgren Tor <dhalgren@gmail.com> wrote: > > A good number appears to be around 65000 to 7, but 98000 was just > assigned. > > > Since I

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