Re: [tor-relays] Which OS gives usually the best performance for a relay?

2016-09-07 Thread Kenneth Freeman
On 09/07/2016 10:34 AM, George wrote: > On 09/07/16 11:54, Farid Joubbi wrote: >> I had not thought of the diversity that way. > > There's a host of diversity issues with Tor to cover, but I tend to > think OS diversity is one of the more critical. With apologies to Akira Kurosawa, I think of

Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 68, Issue 22

2016-09-07 Thread teor
> On 7 Sep 2016, at 22:01, daniel boone wrote: > > > tks John. I am not interested in sticking my neck out like that so I hope the > project moves forward. I just don't understank why the top 10 relays never > show anything like that. Likely because they run out of a

Re: [tor-relays] Which OS gives usually the best performance for a relay?

2016-09-07 Thread nusenu
George: > On 09/07/16 11:54, Farid Joubbi wrote: >> I had not thought of the diversity that way. > > There's a host of diversity issues with Tor to cover, but I tend to > think OS diversity is one of the more critical. > > These are some reports we generate at TDP: > >

Re: [tor-relays] Which OS gives usually the best performance for a relay?

2016-09-07 Thread George
On 09/07/16 11:54, Farid Joubbi wrote: > I had not thought of the diversity that way. There's a host of diversity issues with Tor to cover, but I tend to think OS diversity is one of the more critical. These are some reports we generate at TDP: https://torbsd.github.io/dirty-stats.html > >

Re: [tor-relays] Which OS gives usually the best performance for a relay?

2016-09-07 Thread Farid Joubbi
I had not thought of the diversity that way. Thanks for pointing it out. I am still interested in the subject though, if anyone has any specific examples of some kind of general rules of why one OS usually performs better than some other OS as a tor relay... I realize that I might not get

Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 68, Issue 22

2016-09-07 Thread jensm1
I don't understand what you're saying. Of course the top 10 relays are also showing their IP address, country and provider (or rather AS name). Am 07.09.2016 um 14:01 schrieb daniel boone: > > tks John. I am not interested in sticking my neck out like that so I > hope the project moves

Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 68, Issue 22

2016-09-07 Thread daniel boone
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Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 68, Issue 21

2016-09-07 Thread jensm1
This. Also, I'm not sure, why this info would even concern you (especially since you're from the US, if I remember correctly). It's not like you're giving away your home adress or something. If you keep your real name out of the various configuration fields like relay-nickname and contact-email,

Re: [tor-relays] Which OS gives usually the best performance for a relay?

2016-09-07 Thread jensm1
Hi! All modern Operating Systems should be up to the task of running a Tor relay, if configured right. The question about which one will work best has probably no general answer, but will depend on the hardware (and software) configuration used, the quality of the drivers for your specific

Re: [tor-relays] Tor and Diplomatic Immunity

2016-09-07 Thread Dave Warren
On 2016-09-06 11:29, Green Dream wrote: The whole idea doesn't sit right with me. For one, I'm not sure I'd want any more Five Eyes entities running Exit nodes. Most embassies are already a haven for espionage activity. You'd pretty much have to assume they'd be sniffing the exit traffic. All