Re: [tor-relays] Middle relay IP blocking

On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 10:24:44 AM MDT, wrote: On Dienstag, 8. August 2023 00:30:38 CEST Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: > > In addition to network diversity, there is the fact that most individuals > > find it necessary to run an at Home internet connection 24 x

Re: [tor-relays] Middle relay IP blocking

On Monday, August 7, 2023, 2:28:56 PM MDT, s7r wrote: li...@for-privacy.net wrote: > On Samstag, 5. August 2023 08:40:42 CEST Marco Predicatori wrote: >> secureh...@gmail.com wrote on 8/4/23 01:46: >>> I tried reporting a similar issue a few months ago (post wasn’t approved >>> by >>>

Re: [tor-relays] Middle relay IP blocking

As an at-Home, Middle-Relay operator, I experienced similar issues. Initially, I attempted to solve the problem by using dnsmasq + nginx to reverse proxy the blacklisted sites through a dedicated vpn, which worked... with some issues. As the issues increased, I decided to secure a new IP Address

Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

On Wednesday, August 2, 2023, 10:09:06 AM MDT, meskio wrote: > Quoting li...@for-privacy.net (2023-08-02 17:13:53) > > On Dienstag, 1. August 2023 23:22:12 CEST Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: > > > On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 10:54:40 AM MDT, >wrote: > > &g

Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 10:54:40 AM MDT, wrote: On Montag, 31. Juli 2023 23:06:54 CEST Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: >> Please let me know, if you are able to get the OBFS4 >> bridge working without exposing the ORPort. Respectfully, > Yes, that's work

Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

On Monday, July 31, 2023, 2:11:52 PM MDT, li...@for-privacy.net wrote: > On Montag, 31. Juli 2023 00:55:15 CEST Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: > > On Sunday, July 30, 2023, 3:30:55 PM MDT, li...@for-privacy.net wrote: > > > I don't know if I should ignore that o

Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

On Sunday, July 30, 2023, 3:30:55 PM MDT, li...@for-privacy.net wrote: > I don't know if I should ignore that or better configure it that >way: > ORPort 127.0.0.1:8443 NoListen > ORPort 8443 NoAdvertise > ORPort [::1]:8443 NoListen > ORPort 8443 NoAdvertise Other way around: ORPort 8443 

Re: [tor-relays] Receiving abuse reports for Non-Exit Relay

the issue is confirmed, you can configure the machine layer firewall to block all outbound tcp/22 traffic initiated from the server in question with iptables, etc. I doubt it is Tor related. Best Wishes! Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x

Re: [tor-relays] For some reason, my bridge is still saying it has no distribution mechanism, despite it is listed as email in my torrc and says it is overloaded?

io.net/crypto.txt > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Nos vamos a Croatan. meskio, I’m facing a similar issue with rdsys reporting "no resources for the given id" for my relay. Are there any common causes for the "no resources for the given id" message? Respectfully, Gary ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!

Bridge distribution mechanism - None I have confirmed that I am able to manually connect and successfully browse using the obfs4 bridges in question. Suggestions? Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks =

Re: [tor-relays] Confusing bridge signs...

: /opt/sbin/tor -f /tmp/torrc Starting Tor manually is a great way of diagnosing torrc startup issues. Keep at it. You're almost there. Kind Regards, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS

Re: [tor-relays] Status of Bug #7349 - Obfsbridges should be able to "disable" their ORPort?

On Friday, December 16, 2022, 8:07:46 AM PST, meskio wrote: Quoting Gary C. New via tor-relays (2022-12-10 04:20:48) >> What is the status of Bug #7349 - Obfsbridges should be able to "disable" >> their ORPort? >> https://bugs.torproject.org/tpo/core/

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 07:35:23 PM MST, David Fifield wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 07:29:45PM +, Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: >> On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 10:11:41 AM PST, David Fifield >> wrote: >> >> Am I correct in assuming extor-static-cook

Re: [tor-relays] Multiple ServerTransportListenAddr OBFS2|3|4 Configuration

eciate you confirming the obfs4proxy -enableLogging question as well. It seems like a symlink will have to do. Thank you for your time and assistance. Respectfully, Gary On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 at 10:02, Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: > > All: > > I noticed that the obfs2, obfs

[tor-relays] Multiple ServerTransportListenAddr OBFS2|3|4 Configuration

ServerTransportOptions that can force the obfs4 protocol on the legacy obfs2|3 transports? Also... It wasn't clear in the manual whether obfs4proxy -enableLogging takes an optional path/file? I appreciate any knowledge on the subjects. Respectfully, Gary ___ tor

Re: [tor-relays] Are HTTPTunnelPort and SocksPort Disabled in Bridge Mode?

, the HTTPTunnelPort and SocksPort successfully work along side BridgeRelay 1 Mode. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 3:56:26 AM PST

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

ful within the context of bridging connections between snowflake-server and tor (not as a pluggable transport similar to obfs4proxy)? What about a connection flow of haproxy/nginx => (snowflake-server => extor-static-cookie => tor) on separate servers? Thanks, again. Gary

[tor-relays] Are HTTPTunnelPort and SocksPort Disabled in Bridge Mode?

no longer client connect over them. However, I am able to successfully client connect over the new ServerTransportListenAddr and Port. Is it possible to use HTTPTunnelPort and SocksPort in Bridge Mode (BridgeRelay 1)? Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

On Monday, December 12, 2022, 08:31:43 AM MST, David Fifield wrote: On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 04:25:06AM +, Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: >> I was successfully able to get Snowflake cross-compiled and installed for >> OpenWRT and Entware as a package. > Thanks, nice w

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

configuration. Thanks, again, for your guidance. Respectfully, Gary P.S. I posted the Snowflake Package Makefile on the OpenWRT forum for reference: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/snowflake-makefile/145259 On Saturday, December 10, 2022, 12:05:51 PM MST, Gary C. New wrote: On Saturday, December

Re: [tor-relays] inet_csk_bind_conflict

ave exhausted > the 5-tuple space. Please check the discussion at #40201 again, because > I documented this detail there. > I urge you to run an experient yourself, if these observations are not > what you expect. I was surprised, as well. I wonder if IP_BIND_ADDRESS_NO_PORT is better impl

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

On Saturday, December 10, 2022, 8:01:15 AM MST, David Fifield wrote: On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 05:19:43AM +, Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: >> I'm in the process of trying to cross-compile snowflake for OpenWRT and >> Entware. Are there any other dependencies to compile sno

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

. Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Friday, December 9, 2022, 8:43:03 PM PST, David Fifield wrote: On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 08:43:26AM +, Gary C. New wrote

[tor-relays] Status of Bug #7349 - Obfsbridges should be able to "disable" their ORPort?

ks to make this possible have been implemented, but it isn't clear whether everything needed is in place as I receive a bridge/relay down status on metrics.torproject.org when the ORPort isn't exposed to the World. Thank you for your assistance. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iB

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

configuration is set to "none?" BTW... I have the loadbalanced OBFS4 configuration up and running, and am able to manually confirm loadbalanced OBFS4 connections are successfull. nginx => obfs4proxy => tor I believe it's time to enable a DistributionMethod. Thank you for the clarifications. Res

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

the World. Is it truly necessary to expose the ORPort to the World in a pluggable transport configuration? Thank you for your assistance. Respectfully, Gary — This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Wee

Re: [tor-relays] Identifying a relay

on my local network even knowing. Seems to work fairly well. Best of luck. Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 11:56:37 PM PDT, Eddie

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Exit: Complaints of IP being used for "spam" despite exit policy

and you can adjust your Exit policies from there. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 1:20:17 AM MDT, Neel Chauhan wrote

[tor-relays] Tor 0.4.5.8 died: Caught signal 7

)[0x2a09e6b8] /opt/sbin/tor(hs_intro_received_introduce1+0x0)[0x2a09e6b8] Anyone experience similar issues? Respectfully, Gary ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Moving Bridges

Marco, You are absolutely correct. I had relays on my mind. Thank you for the correction. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Friday, March 11, 2022

Re: [tor-relays] Moving Bridges

Toralf, It's to allow a Tor Relay to continue to build on an established reputation and avoid the ramp-up cycle of a new Tor Relay. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2

Re: [tor-relays] Moving Bridges

and group are appropriate for the transplant server. I hope that makes sense. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 1:00:01 PM MST

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

t; You could conceivably do it by analyzing the periodicity of different instances' publishing schedules. (Start one instance on the hour, another at :10, another at :20, etc.) But that seems fragile, not to mention annoying to deal with. I agree. I'd rather manage unique nicknames. Thanks, again.

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

r Network Resources and assist DirectoryAuthorities in making more informed decisions. I would be happy to open an "Issue" on the topic for official Request For Consideration. Thank you and the Tor Metrics Team for all that you do in improving the Tor Network. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Origin

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

, again, for your efforts. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Thursday, March 3, 2022, 6:59:26 PM MST, David Fifield wrote: On Thu, Mar 03, 2022

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

are still only being reported for a Single Tor Node. A BIG Thank You to the Tor Metrics Team for the Issue-40022 implementation. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Wee

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

, now. Have you run into any issues? Thank you for your response. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 11:49:47 PM MST, Gary C

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

David, Excellent Documentation and References! I hope the proposed RFC's (auth, key, and metrics) for loadbalanced Tor topologies are seriously considered and implemented by Tor Core and Tor Metrics. Great Work! Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array

[tor-relays] ExitNodes Directive Evaluated Dynamicly or Bootstrap Only?

All: Is the ExitNodes Directive evaluated Dynamicly or only during Bootstrap? What happens if an exit in the ExitNodes list is down when selected? Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

y and secret_onion_key_ntor files. Appreciate the input. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) ___ tor-re

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

t;step. Understand. I appreciate the work you have done and the opportunity to compare and contrast Loadbalanced Tor Bridges vs Loadbalanced Tor Relays. Please update the tor-relays mailing-list with any new findings related to subversion of the onion keys rotation. Excellent Work! Respectfull

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

not being updated over time? Excellent Work! Much Respect. Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged)___ tor-relays mailing list tor-

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

vironment, with the same provider, on a separate VLAN, allowing route/firewall access between the two VPS environments? This way you could test loadbalancing a Tor Bridge over a local network using multiple virtual environments. Perhaps, the Tor Project might even assist you with such a sho

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

u's only single cores? Is it too difficult to upgrade with your VPS provider? The O/S should detect the virtual hardware changes and add them accordingly. My current resource constraint is RAM, but I'm using bare-metal machines. Great Progress! Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

will happen with metrics, but we'll see after a >few days. With regard to loadbalanced Snowflake sessions, I'm curious   to know what connections (i.e., inbound, outbound, directory, control, etc) are being displayed within nyx? Much Appreciated. Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

oryAuthorities? My Tor instances have issues if I don't have them all report to the same DirectoryAuthority. Keep up the excellent work. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 5

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

wever, from my observations, I would assume that connects will eventually start bleeding off any instances that fail to update the key. We really need a long-term solution to this issue for this style of deployment. Keep up the Great Work! Respectfully, Gary — This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigB

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

On Monday, January 17, 2022, 11:47:11 AM MST, David Fifield wrote: > Gary, I was wondering how you are dealing with the changing onion key issue, >and I suppose it is >[this](https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-relays-how-to-reduce-tor-cpu-load-on-a-single-bridge/1483/13): >

Re: [tor-relays] Home Tor Middle Relay Blacklisted

network devices to IPv6. Hmm... Fork in the road. Which to take? Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Monday, January 10, 2022, 4:41:50 AM PST, zorc via

[tor-relays] Home Tor Middle Relay Blacklisted

, even after migrating to a Tor Bridge? What are best practices in moving an existing Tor Relay to a new address, while avoiding the loss of flags? As always, I appreciate the feedback. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

topic of Loadbalancing Tor Relays; especially, with regard to Bridging and Exit Relays. Keep up the Great Work! Respectfully, Gary On Tuesday, January 4, 2022, 09:57:52 PM MST, Roger Dingledine wrote: [I'm about to go off-line for some days, so I am sending my current suboptimally-organ

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

imited address space, so it is more suited to my needs. > In that area I am a little bit old school, and I am indeed running them > manually for now. I don’t think there is a technical reason for it. It’s just > me being me. I'm a proponent of individuality. Keep being you. Respe

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

you mind disclosing what all your screen instances are for? Are you running your Tor instances manually and not in daemon mode? "Inquiring minds want to know."  As always... It is great to engage in dialogue with you. Respectfully, Gary On Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 1:39:31

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

machines) and start them up? Do they bind to a different or the same cpu core? Respectfully, Gary On Monday, December 27, 2021, 2:44:59 PM MST, Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote: David/Roger: Search the tor-relay mail archive for my previous responses on loadbalancing Tor Relays, which

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

it will be very similar. Keep in mind it's critical to configure each Tor instance to use the same DirectoryAuthority and to disable the upstream timeouts on Nginx/HAProxy. Happy Tor Loadbalancing! Respectfully, Gary P.S. I believe there's a torrc config option to specify which cpu core a given Tor instance

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] Make HTTPS/Moat captcha more complex?

some light on my previous comment. Respectfully, Gary "It seems to be an inherent obstacle in design attempting to anonymize a sub-network within an established known super-network." –Gary C. New On Monday, December 27, 2021, 7:03:34 AM MST, Dave Warren wrote: On 2021-12-22 2

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] Make HTTPS/Moat captcha more complex?

attempting to anonymize a sub-network within an established known super-network. Thank you for your response. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Thursday

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] Make HTTPS/Moat captcha more complex?

. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Thursday, December 16, 2021, 4:43:29 AM MST, meskio wrote: Quoting Space Oddity via tor-relays (2021-12-16 11:35:10

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

, and configure Timeout to a Large Value (e.g., 5 minutes or 300 seconds) to allow the Tor instances to detect and deal with any overload state themselves (not the Loadbalancer) Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

reported for a single Upstream Tor Node, but that's not a big deal. It would be helpful if metrics were pulled remotely instead pushed. Please provide your email address and I'll be happy to message you directly with the name of my Tor Meta Relay. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun

Re: [tor-relays] Tor not starting but log inconclusive

a DNS timeout error. As I do not operate an exit relay, I don't know whether the DNS timeout error would cause Tor not to start. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

ges). Whichever the situation, it's nice to know there are multiple solutions to Tor. Thank you for the overview of your Tor deployments. I hope that I have answered your question regarding my Tor implementation. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 H

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

look forward to hear more of your Tor farming practices. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Sunday, December 12, 2021, 1:31:09 AM PST, abuse--- via

Re: [tor-relays] Fw: is my tor bridge running ok ?

On Sunday, December 12, 2021, 1:32:09 AM PST, Natus wrote: >> As for finding out if anyone is using it or not, I use: >> netstat -n |grep ESTA|wc -l >This one does not limit to tor bridge Pipe the bridge's destination port (i.e., ) through grep as well: netstat -anp | grep : | grep EST

Re: [tor-relays] Recent rejection of relays

, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Thursday, November 11, 2021, 5:59:45 AM PST, gus wrote: Hi, On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 09:14:58PM +, z-relay--- via tor

Re: [tor-relays] Questions about my tor node

Bobby, I run a Tor relay on dual core 256MB devices with  a 250Gb fiber connection and they are  adequate to operate as a fast middle relay. Monitor your relay on https://metrics.torproject.org/  to verify. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 2:36:13 AM MST, failing.flyaway443--- via tor-relays wrote: Hi Gary, thank you for your response. I think I just worry too much. I

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

It's surprising that you're running into CPU issues. It's typically RAM that is exhausted first. I have 5 x Dual Core 256MB Tor Relay Nodes loadbalanced as a Single Middle Relay that never have CPU issues. It's always a matter of running out of RAM for me. The loadbalanced Tor Relay

Re: [tor-relays] DirectoryAuthority & FallbackDir Only at Startup?

atly appreciated. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Weeks Charged) On Monday, October 18, 2021, 2:10:12 AM MDT, Gary C. New via tor-relays wrote:

[tor-relays] DirectoryAuthority & FallbackDir Only at Startup?

ider the way metrics are reported in the future to accurately report loadbalanced Tor Relays. As always, thank you for all the work you do. Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun. iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge) + 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks = iPhone XS Max 512

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge showing offline

The log you provided shows 0 circuits open. Something is not right with that instance. I know 124 days of uptime is a great achievement, but it might be time to restart that instance. Did a medium-term key not update properly or the like? Respectfully, Gary— This Message Originated by the Sun

Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

iple relay nodes within my portion of the Tor network. I would like to add redundant ISP's and routers to my topology, as well. Respectfully, Gary—This Message Originated by the Sun.iBigBlue 63W Solar Array (~12 Hour Charge)+ 2 x Charmast 26800mAh Power Banks= iPhone XS Max 512GB (~2 Week

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

I have to agree with Bleedangel on both points that they make: 1. Attempting to troubleshoot a relay every 3 days takes some serious patience and 2. Guidance in setting up PortMetrics is as important as understanding is output. Excellent Suggestions! Respectfully, Gary On Wednesday

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

Hiro, It took me a minute to find the newly added causal information inline with the example PortMetrics output. I was expecting two distinct sections: Possible Causes and Possible Remedies. Either way, thank you for adding the information. Respectfully, Gary On Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

I right in thinking the answer to this question is... It is what it is? Respectfully, Gary On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 12:01:13 AM PDT, Georg Koppen wrote: Gary C. New via tor-relays: > > David Goulet: > > > > > Will you confirm whether the Advertised Ban

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

in, but I would expect better than 4MB/s. I believe I remember reading it was based on an average 10 second burst rate, but in what direction is the connection initiated? Thanks, again. Gary ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

appreciated. Respectfully, Gary P.S. This is all being done on ASUSWRT-Merlin using AiMesh nodes, but isn't limited to that architecture. I hope to publish a tutorial, after ironing out all the kinks. On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 7:01:04 AM MDT, David Goulet wrote: On 27 Sep (14:23:34

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

) is/are a maximum timeout value and/or reoccurrence value, etc. By knowing what the overloaded state metric is, I can tune my Tor relay just short of it. Thank you for your reply. Respectfully, Gary On Monday, September 27, 2021, 2:44:35 AM PDT, Georg Koppen wrote: Gary C. New via tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

an overloaded state. Thank You. Respectfully, Gary On Saturday, September 25, 2021, 7:11:31 AM PDT, Silvia/Hiro wrote: Hi, I went back in history and tried to find out whenever your node FriendlyExit1 was overloaded. I couldn't find the exact descriptor. One thing I can think

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

Hi All! Curious... What are the magic numbers (i.e., max timeout, reoccurrence, etc) that earn a relay overloaded status? I'm trying to tune my portion of the Tor network and finding that sweet spot has proven elusive. Thanks! Gary On Friday, September 24, 2021, 3:48:18 AM MDT, Silvia

Re: [tor-relays] router_do_orport_reachability_checks()

be verified within the debug logs and viewing the connections section of the nyx application. Apologies, if this is common knowledge. We needed to confirm the procedure to resolve issues related to Tor's Self-Test. Respectfully, Gary On Sunday, August 29, 2021, 10:02:52 PM MDT, Gary C. New

[tor-relays] router_do_orport_reachability_checks()

All: Does anyone here know the procedure of the  router_do_orport_reachability_checks() function? I've increased logging of my Tor Relay to info and taken several packet-captures, but can't seem to identify connections initiated by my Tor Relay when verifying my ORPort reachability. I just see

Re: [tor-relays] ORPort NoAdvertise & NoListen Not Working

All: Nevermind... After roughly 48 hours, the written/read bytes per second graph, on the metrics.torproject.org site, began showing normal activity, again. Please consider this thread resolved. Respectfully, Gary On Monday, August 23, 2021, 2:15:07 AM MDT, Gary C. New wrote: All

Re: [tor-relays] ORPort NoAdvertise & NoListen Not Working

, dropping to zero. Any idea why PortForwarding would cause the written/read bytes per second graph to drop to zero? Respectfully, Gary On Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 7:43:22 AM MDT, Gary C. New wrote: All: After reviewing several packet-traces of Tor bound directly

Re: [tor-relays] ORPort NoAdvertise & NoListen Not Working

their configuration? Is there a way to force the External Tor Nodes that initiate the measurement connections to use TLSv1.2 or TLSv1.3 with the Private Address:Port binding and  Public Advertised Address:Port combination? Thanks, again, for your assistance. Respectfully, Gary On Saturday, August 14

Re: [tor-relays] ORPort NoAdvertise & NoListen Not Working

David, The ISP has port 9001 blocked to the Public Address. Do the ports have to be the same, when using NoAdvertise & NoListen with the ORPort directive? Thanks! Gary On Saturday, August 14, 2021, 12:20:36 AM MDT, David Figuera wrote: > ORPort 198.91.60.78:443 NoListen &

[tor-relays] ORPort NoAdvertise & NoListen Not Working

: None SRP username: None Start Time: 1628842910 Timeout : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 21 (unable to verify the first certificate) --- What am I missing? Am I implementing the NoAdvertise & NoListen options of the ORPort directive incorrectly? Than

Re: [tor-relays] The Assistance and Access Bill 2018

;the laws of mathematics are great - Australian laws are better" (referring to back doors in encryption), perhaps under these new laws they can force a person to work more than 24 hours a day lol. Thanks. On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 at 14:01, teor wrote: > > On 4 Sep 2018, at 21:57, Gary wrote: &

Re: [tor-relays] The Assistance and Access Bill 2018

Hello, On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, 11:20 Paul Templeton, wrote: > But seriously - > > https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 > And - > > https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018 > > The thing that worries me is that

Re: [tor-relays] Policy Question: Tor Exits at Universities, Corporate Networks, etc

On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 at 01:05, Mirimir wrote: > Maybe also an indicator in > Tor browser, showing the censorship level of the exit that they're using. > Good idea, as previously said, different counties block/censor different things, so simply changing a circuit will get around this (for now).

Re: [tor-relays] 4 of Conrad Rockenhaus trial servers are in the top ten exit relays for Canada

gise if I appear to be "trolling" you, I am genuinely interested in learning the technical pro's and con's relating to this topic. Thanks again, Gary. On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 at 02:26, Conrad Rockenhaus wrote: > Gary, > > It’s bad in the same way it’s bad as the other numerous other

Re: [tor-relays] 4 of Conrad Rockenhaus trial servers are in the top ten exit relays for Canada

of the topic. Thanks, Gary On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 at 00:12, Conrad Rockenhaus wrote: > Hi teor, > > It seems the criticism originated from one guy (Ralph) and one troll who > bravely refuses to identify himself. > > You want me to stop talking about even the cool things we’re accomplis

Re: [tor-relays] [tor-talk] Exit in Turkey blocking torproject (komm EA93C), BadExit, Node Subscription Services, Censorship

Hi, Yes I too got messages from Cynthia every few hours (wanting to meet) until I blocked the email address. Thanks On Fri, 31 Aug 2018, 22:52 Matthew Glennon, wrote: > Anyone else getting nude photos and random links from Cynthia Coleman < > cynthiacoleman843...@ru.irzum.com> attached to

Re: [tor-relays] Exit in Turkey blocking torproject (komm EA93C), BadExit, Node Subscription Services, Censorship

Hello On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 3:25 PM grarpamp wrote: > This particular case receiving mentions for at least a few months... > D1E99DE1E29E05D79F0EF9E083D18229867EA93C kommissarov 185.125.33.114 On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 22:11, Nathaniel Suchy wrote: > So this exit node is censored by Turkey.

[tor-relays] Home router keeps failing.

Hi, I keep having issues with my home router - it keeps failing due to the number of connections and I would be grateful for some advice. I have been running a (non-exit) middle relay for some time and up until now my router has mostly coped. It is what is what I got from my ISP, I can't afford

Re: [tor-relays] Nyx and Arm

Hello. On Sun, 20 May 2018, 21:33 , wrote: > Arm says I have 3506 outbound > 354 exit > > Nyx has long blue list but states 50 outbound. No mention of exits. > > What am I doing wrong with Nyx? > > Gerry > As people on this list of said /

Re: [tor-relays] nyx tor controller password

Hello On 27 April 2018 at 06:36, smichel0 wrote: > Thanks for reply! > Cookieauthentication is set on 1. > I did "sudo adduser $USER debian-tor". (https://trac.torproject.org/ > projects/tor/ticket/25890#comment:1) > On Raspbian Pi the default user is pi, so I added it

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Relay Stable Flag

able flag? > I think it is about 4 days but I am sure someone more knowledgeable can provide a more specific number. Gary. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Browser and Relay

't "have a need" for tor myself, there is no need to Torify Netflix lol. Thinking about what someone would see if they could monitor my internet connection, it would be harder to correlate relays than see extra bytes on relay search so I think I will leave

[tor-relays] Tor Browser and Relay

Hello. I wish to know if it is possible to have Tor Browser use my relay for traffic instead of its own client on start up. At the moment if you change the proxy settings to your relay after startup 1) an observer would of noticed the specific Tor Browser traffic AND the relay 2) Tor Browser

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