[tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

2014-01-28 Thread Paul Blakeman
Hi all Wondered if anybody could help out/advise as to what’s happened here… I’m based in UK and have domestic internet with Virgin Media. This service is fibre optic based - config: 30Mbps d/l 2Mbps u/l [mine is the SLOWEST package!] Last year I finally configured a Dell server (running

Re: [tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

2014-01-28 Thread renke brausse
Hi Paul The first one has been Tor itself where I have noticed (using Arm to monitor) that it has been downloading far more data than uploading. A ratio of say 5:1 — it hasn’t always been this way! [..] Access to lovefim.com this weekend has now resulted in no longer able to stream and

Re: [tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

2014-01-28 Thread Matthew Harrold
If possible I'd suggest changing the MAC address of your router or swapping router entirely, unless you are using on of their 'super' hubs with a combined modem/router. This will force a new IP address on Virgin Media. On 28 Jan 2014 19:26, renke brausse re...@mobtm.com wrote: Hi Paul The

Re: [tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

2014-01-28 Thread mick
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:02:32 + Paul Blakeman blakey...@mac.com allegedly wrote: SO… Can using a Tor relay result in your IP getting a “bad” flag? Yes. Running a Tor node on an IP address you share with your domestic usage can result in you being unable to reach sites which blacklist Tor

Re: [tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

2014-01-28 Thread Paul Blakeman
Renke It is a standalone server, therefore no browser runs on the machine. On 28 Jan 2014, at 19:22, renke brausse re...@mobtm.com wrote: Hi Paul The first one has been Tor itself where I have noticed (using Arm to monitor) that it has been downloading far more data than uploading. A

Re: [tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

2014-01-28 Thread renke brausse
It is a standalone server, therefore no browser runs on the machine. Tor can be configured to act as proxy, not restricted to local connections. I'm not sure about the defaults but typically the SOCKS proxy is listening on [torserver]:9050. But as you're not aware of this option my idea in the

Re: [tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

2014-01-28 Thread Mike Perry
mick: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:02:32 + Paul Blakeman blakey...@mac.com allegedly wrote: SO… Can using a Tor relay result in your IP getting a “bad” flag? Yes. Running a Tor node on an IP address you share with your domestic usage can result in you being unable to reach sites which

Re: [tor-relays] Problems with domestic ISP blocking publicly listed relays

2014-01-28 Thread Jobiwan Kenobi
On Jan 28, 2014, at 20:02 , Paul Blakeman wrote: The first one has been Tor itself where I have noticed (using Arm to monitor) that it has been downloading far more data than uploading. A ratio of say 5:1 — it hasn’t always been this way! I see that too from time to time. At the times