Re: [tor-relays] Network Bandwidth Fine Tuning

2016-02-28 Thread Moritz Bartl
t; you should actually throttle your relay to be around for some more days. I would suggest something like 800 KB/s and a cap on total amount of data per month, which means it will be pushing data for ~15 days per month. RelayBandwidthRate 800KB AccountingMax 2000GB AccountingRule sum -

Re: [tor-relays] Light Bandwidth Monitor (like Munin)

2016-02-26 Thread Moritz Bartl
produces graphs in the form of images, and you can also just redirect the unfancy text output from vnstat into "html", but there must be some more fancy html generators for vnstat data, too. Example vnstati generated output: http://nforce1.torservers.net/ -- Moritz Bartl h

Re: [tor-relays] please send me the hosters you use

2016-03-19 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi Harvie, Thanks for this effort! This is greatly appreciated. Can you add your findings to https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs ? This page could also use some general overhaul. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net

Re: [tor-relays] Search warrant and house search because of an exit in DE

2016-05-04 Thread Moritz Bartl
not willing to do that. No, it won't. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Best bandwidth setup for exit node

2016-07-14 Thread Moritz Bartl
service. The relay will not accept any new connections, and thus slowly "fade out" for the period. There is no one valid answer to this question. I would say limiting it so it stays around for 15-20 days per month is a good compromise. -- Moritz Bar

Re: [tor-relays] Got a visit from the police this morning..

2016-07-31 Thread Moritz Bartl
ost of the time they request information via fax. They never came to the address(es) of the board members, just to the formal address of the association. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.

Re: [tor-relays] More than one instance with Debian Jessie

2016-07-02 Thread Moritz Bartl
figuration of a separate DataDirectory and PidFile, eg.: DataDirectory /var/lib/tor/2 PidFile /var/run/tor/tor2.pid -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-

Re: [tor-relays] Shutdown of TorLand1

2017-02-15 Thread Moritz Bartl
tional -- in a positive sense. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Intrusion Prevention System Software - Snort or Suricata

2016-10-04 Thread Moritz Bartl
liably detect *and block* bad behaviour. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] numtcpsock prevents relay from working properly.

2016-10-07 Thread Moritz Bartl
customer asks. You don't necessarily have to mention Tor in your request. > IMHO this kind of knowledge should be spread more "pro-actively", which > is why I'm posting this on a public list. Always a good idea to remind people. Maybe this encourages someone to submit a patch for th

Re: [tor-relays] Tor abuse complaints (per MBit/s)

2016-09-28 Thread Moritz Bartl
rigin" of complaints, even though they send zero abuse complaints -- they are just two of our largest and very friendly ISPs, and they show up because all of that are complaints they forward to us. [1] https://collector.torproject.org/ -- Moritz Bartl h

Re: [tor-relays] LLC vis-à-vis Nonprofit

2016-10-27 Thread Moritz Bartl
Which guide is that? You might like https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorExitGuidelines . It does not mention LLCs, but instead mentions non-profits. :-) And what Nick said. :-) -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mail

Re: [tor-relays] ISP, Abuses , Intrusion Prevention etc.

2016-10-11 Thread Moritz Bartl
pace, the place to go to depends on _your_ jurisdiction: ARIN (US/CAN), RIPE (EU), APNIC (Asia), LANIC (Latin America), AFRINIC (Africa); IP ranges and ASNs can then be announced by any hosting provider. For examples, see https://apps.db.ripe.net/search/query.html?searchtext=ZWI

Re: [tor-relays] Network scan results for CVE-2016-5696 / RFC5961

2016-12-11 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 12/10/2016 09:52 PM, pa011 wrote: >> btw, it would be awesome to give away t-shirts or something for running >> diverse relays. > that was a least a promise the year ago (its not any more) > - and I believe one should stand to his promises I don't know where this idea is coming from that it's

Re: [tor-relays] 'MyFamily' .... torworld.org

2017-01-10 Thread Moritz Bartl
So they are not setting MyFamily properly or someone else is using their >> contactInfo. This is correct; our MyFamily settings are very out of sync. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.o

Re: [tor-relays] 22% of bridges run by a single entity?

2017-03-30 Thread Moritz Bartl
people who wanted to be part of the grant didn't do it. I don't think they ever worked well anyway, and weren't supposed to be used in that way. We should just shut them down finally. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays maili

Re: [tor-relays] Relay installation instructions

2017-03-19 Thread Moritz Bartl
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). https://gitweb.torproject.org/project/web/webwml.git/ -- Moritz Bart

Re: [tor-relays] Aggressive abuse report

2017-03-14 Thread Moritz Bartl
away. In many cases, ISPs are OK if you explain your options, they just want to see you "dealt with it" within a reasonable timespan (~24 hours) and are in touch with the sender of the complaint. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ t

Re: [tor-relays] Some n00b questions about exits

2017-04-14 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 14.04.2017 19:27, Mirimir wrote: > For exits, speed is better than persistence, right? There is no scientific answer to that, but I would say aim for at least 10 days per month. > Also, I can choose VPS in UK vs DE vs US. Which is needed most? And am I > right that a DE exit will generate the

[tor-relays] IP space for Tor exits - any takers?

2017-06-12 Thread Moritz Bartl
e for a /24, please contact me off-list and explain what exactly you would like to do with it. If we have three other organizations (or reliable individuals) and a couple of good use cases, we're willing to apply for the /22. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ _

Re: [tor-relays] torservers.net relays still putting tor users at risk

2017-06-24 Thread Moritz Bartl
pt. Should be good now -- all relays that we directly have control over are in one family now. (There are a bunch of 3rd party relays that contain our contact info without us being responsible for them...). Thanks nusenu for watching out. -- Moritz Bartl https://

Re: [tor-relays] torservers.net: some exits became guards? (deanonymization risk)

2017-06-10 Thread Moritz Bartl
next week. We had to temporarily disable some of our exits due to ongoing negotiations with the provider. Thank you nusenu for watching out! -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.

Re: [tor-relays] Two-step abuse management?

2017-09-13 Thread Moritz Bartl
Mind sharing that configuration, and maybe even the filters you already set up? -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Two-step abuse management?

2017-09-13 Thread Moritz Bartl
hands, it's fun, and it teaches you a lot about Tor exit operation. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

2017-10-01 Thread Moritz Bartl
Here also, I would suggest to first (without making a lot of noise about it) to find out what the rules around Internet usage are, and just set one up. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject

Re: [tor-relays] Looking for a 34C3 Voucher

2017-10-09 Thread Moritz Bartl
e mail. See you there! -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Looking for a 34C3 Voucher

2017-10-09 Thread Moritz Bartl
inutes (!) for each of the announced times. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] torservers.net MyFamily Configuration

2018-02-14 Thread Moritz Bartl
tching! -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Is it possible to run a Web server and tor ORPort on the same port?

2018-02-21 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 21.02.2018 20:38, pikami wrote: > I was wondering if it's possible to run a Web server and tor ORPort on > the same port. Not easily. There is sslh, a "port multiplexer", but I have no experience with it: https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh -- Moritz Bartl https://ww

Re: [tor-relays] Torservers relay family decreased?

2018-09-08 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 08.09.2018 22:19, Paul wrote: > i am glad that somebody else got notice and i agree, suspecting > something nasty (or highly unusual) is going on. There was a discussion > about that in Berlin in July already >

Re: [tor-relays] Torservers relay family decreased?

2018-09-08 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi! On 08.09.2018 09:43, Tobias Westerhever wrote: > (a) Torservers relay family decreased? > The organisation used to maintain much more relays than their > family [1] currently contains. At the moment, only four relays > located in NL belong to them, while the Metrics page indicates > some

Re: [tor-relays] tor-instance-create vs. /etc/tor/torrc

2018-03-22 Thread Moritz Bartl
t seen this happening ever) than to have outdated packages/kernels. See https://torservers.net/wiki/setup/server for some references. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] FreeBSD 11.1 ZFS Tor Image

2018-03-03 Thread Moritz Bartl
k into the provider pool, so some other customer might be in for a surprise...). In that case, a relay operator may decide to use disk encryption for integrity reasons: They at least have to ask you for the decryption key and cannot silently copy content or easily manipulate the file sys

Re: [tor-relays] New Exit-Relay / First abuse issues

2018-09-26 Thread Moritz Bartl
se the law requires you to not interfere with forwarded traffic. There's a section in the "Exit Guidelines" document listing relevant laws for various jurisdictions: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorExitGuidelines#Legal Good luck! -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torserver

Re: [tor-relays] Questions to ask exit node providers

2018-11-22 Thread Moritz Bartl
y. That way many of the abuse complaints will go directly >> to you and not to the ISP. >> >> See also >> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorExitGuidelines >> and >> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/

Re: [tor-relays] Zwiebelfreunde: "shutting down more and more because, of lack of time"

2018-09-18 Thread Moritz Bartl
since 2014 is to "shut down" Torservers, to make it clear that it is in no way achieving its goals due to lack of time. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Zwiebelfreunde: "shutting down more and more because, of lack of time"

2018-09-18 Thread Moritz Bartl
already "shut down" since we don't do much actively any more, neither as association nor as umbrella. We still perform the functions claimed on the website, and we still convert donations to exit traffic, but there's a lot more we could be doing. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/

[tor-relays] 10 Years Torservers.net: Death or Future?

2019-05-04 Thread Moritz Bartl
tl;dr: torservers.net needs a new home! I started torservers.net after a random chat at a local bar some time early 2010. I wore a Tor shirt, and the guy next to me asked if that was "The Onion", the satire magazine. He became pretty excited about Tor after I told him what it was about, opened

Re: [tor-relays] 10 Years Torservers.net: Death or Future?

2019-05-05 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 04.05.19 17:21, Ralph Seichter wrote: >> This is a call for help! > I offered to help last year, but my email to your support address did > not result in an answer, so I pretty much shrugged it off. I'm sure I > can find that message and forward it to you. > > -Ralph Thank you. This is a good

Re: [tor-relays] Why MyFamily?

2020-02-23 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 22.02.20 15:51, Michael Gerstacker wrote: > I am the operator of my relays so if i for whatever reason decide to not > publish that i run a bigger family then this should be my own decision.> > If the torproject needs these information urgently they need to force it > for example with a relay

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