Re: [tor-relays] botnet? abusing/attacking guard nodes

2017-12-17 Thread teor
> On 18 Dec 2017, at 02:45, Logforme wrote: > > My relay ran out of connections once and also crashed once so I followed the > suggestions in the "DoS attacks are real (probably)" thread and implemented > connection limits in my firewall. Everything have run smoothly since. > >

[tor-relays] Tor Advocacy, Political & Artistic

2017-12-17 Thread Kenneth Freeman
I've recently touted establishing a Tor exit node at the inaugural Boise organizing committee of the Democratic Socialists of America. The idea was considered esoteric, but such anonymity craft is useful for activists of all stripes. Too, performing artists (neo-burlesque, LGBTQ comics, etc.),

Re: [tor-relays] botnet? abusing/attacking guard nodes

2017-12-17 Thread starlight . 2017q4
>My relay ran out of connections once and also crashed once so I followed >the suggestions in the "DoS attacks are real (probably)" thread and >implemented connection limits in my firewall. Everything has run >smoothly since. I missed this thread, thank you for highlighting it! >My only

Re: [tor-relays] botnet? abusing/attacking guard nodes

2017-12-17 Thread Logforme
My relay ran out of connections once and also crashed once so I followed the suggestions in the "DoS attacks are real (probably)" thread and implemented connection limits in my firewall. Everything have run smoothly since. My only concern is how low I can set the number of connections per IP

[tor-relays] botnet? abusing/attacking guard nodes

2017-12-17 Thread starlight . 2017q4
Guard relay here appears to have come under steadily increasing abuse over the last several months. Belive the two previous threads relate to the same issue: Failing because we have 4063 connections already // Number of file descriptors DoS attacks are real Several times a day a

Re: [tor-relays] Failing: 4063 Connection error

2017-12-17 Thread Steve Snyder
Your kernel version ("2.6.32-042stab125.5") indicates that you are running in an OpenVZ container. The maximum number of file descriptors is set by the host configuration and cannot be increased from within the container. Run 'cat /proc/user_beancounters' to see the hard limits. Note in

[tor-relays] Failing: 4063 Connection error

2017-12-17 Thread Kurt Besig
Where can I set the connection limit higher or is this a result of max bandwidth allowed? This relay was up for over a year with no issues, however since updating the Tor version it's been problematic at best. Thanks. Linux version 2.6.32-042stab125.5 (r...@kbuild-rh6-x64.eng.sw.ru) (gcc version

Re: [tor-relays] #34C3 Tor Assembly

2017-12-17 Thread yl
Hello together, just a thought, if you want to use the assembly space or the workshop area in our hall, please add some information in the Wiki or here. If you want to give a introduction to Tor or explain how to setup a tor relay that would be great for many of he visitors. I think there is many

Re: [tor-relays] #34C3 Tor Assembly

2017-12-17 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti - Lists
I'll be there, also around the Rights & Freedoms with few conversation on privacy-dataretention as Hermes Center! There's also an interesting Hackers Tour organized to make Stasi Museum Visit in Leipzig: https://hackertours.de/ -naif (twitter @fpietrosanti) On 13/12/2017 22:46, Artikel 5 e.V.