Re: [tor-relays] Problem with relay and ovh??

Of course, did so and problem still got occurs? Thanks. --Keifer On Tue, Feb 20, 2024, 8:09 PM Keifer Bly wrote: > Thanks. How in torrc to configure no ipv6? Thanks. > > --Keifer > > On Sat, Feb 17, 2024, 4:42 PM Keifer Bly wrote: > >> Hi, >> &g

[tor-relays] Relay again saying it's new

Hi, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D is again saying it's new despite that it's been running for a few years now. Second time this has happened. Thanks. --Keifer ___ tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Problem with relay and ovh??

Thanks. How in torrc to configure no ipv6? Thanks. --Keifer On Sat, Feb 17, 2024, 4:42 PM Keifer Bly wrote: > Hi, > > So my relay at > > > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D > > > Goes offline at sporadic times

[tor-relays] Problem with relay and ovh??

Hi, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D Goes offline at sporadic times. Upon checking the tor log file, there does not appear to be anything written causing tor to crash: Feb 18 00:36:34.000 [notice] Tor 0.4.8.10 opening new

Re: [tor-relays] Way to be notified when relay goes offline?

Thanks for the responses all. --Keifer On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 9:19 PM Chris Enkidu-6 wrote: > Or, like me, you can run your own monitoring service: > > https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma > > docker-compose.yml content: > > ``` > > version: '3.8' > > services: > uptime-kuma: >

[tor-relays] Way to be notified when relay goes offline?

Hi, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D went offline for a few days, and I was unaware. Is there a way to be notified when a relay goes offline? Thanks. --Keifer ___ tor-relays mailing

Re: [tor-relays] Relay that's been running for a long time suddenly saying it's new?

ming it's just a reporting issue and Authorities don't see your > relay as new. > > > On 1/12/2024 1:00 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Hi, > > > > So my relay > > at > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D > &g

[tor-relays] Relay that's been running for a long time suddenly saying it's new?

Hi, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D is suddenly saying it's a new relay. Don't know why this would happen as it's been running for a few years, but suddenly saying it's new? Thanks. --Keifer

[tor-relays] Is there a way to update obfs4 using chocklatey?

Hi, So on Windows, it is possible to install the tor relay software using Chocolatey https://chocolatey.org/. Once it is installed, tor can be installed by using choco install tor and updated using choco upgrade tor in Windows powershell. But I am wondering, is there a way to install and update

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?

It did also (just now) say the transport exited with code status 1 I don't know what that means.. --Keifer On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 7:05 PM Keifer Bly wrote: > Now its more confusing. That tool says the port is not reachable for both > port 8080 and 8081. But the notices.lo

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?

Now its more confusing. That tool says the port is not reachable for both port 8080 and 8081. But the notices.log says the port is reachable. And apparently the accountigmax is being reached. --Keifer On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 8:06 AM meskio wrote: > Quoting Keifer Bly (2023-04-19 16:46

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?

Yes, there is nothing in the log and the firewall is configured to allow that port. --Keifer On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 3:21 AM meskio wrote: > Hello, > > Quoting Keifer Bly (2023-04-03 21:11:21) > > So for my bridge at > > > https://metrics.torpro

[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?

Hi, So for my bridge at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D4C8C91923AB Despite my newest torrc, which is here: Nickname gbridge ORPort 8080 SocksPort 0 BridgeRelay 1 PublishServerDescriptor bridge BridgeDistribution email ServerTransportPlugin obfs4

Re: [tor-relays] Notification when tor relay goes offline

Thanks. I am wondering why the bridge may be doing this as well? --Keifer On Fri, Mar 24, 2023, 1:54 AM Georg Koppen wrote: > Keifer Bly: > > Hi, > > > > So I am still working on the issues for my relays, but am wondering, is > it > > possible to sign up for em

[tor-relays] Notification when tor relay goes offline

Hi, So I am still working on the issues for my relays, but am wondering, is it possible to sign up for email notifications when a relay goes offline? Also, for my gbridge relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D4C8C91923AB, it still says the bridge

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

Well so the bridge now jumped to being online for 18 days. But despite the torrc it is now saying it's still no distribution mechanism?? Thanks. --Keifer On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 10:23 AM Keifer Bly wrote: > Ok, so when this happens, what would be the best command to use for > r

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

. Thanks. --Keifer On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 3:39 PM wrote: > On Sonntag, 12. März 2023 04:45:21 CET Keifer Bly wrote: > > I do not use any scripts to start tor, I just type tor to start the > process > > on debian. > That's where your problems begin. You start a 2n

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

och, 8. März 2023 18:13:01 CET Keifer Bly wrote: > > > Strangely, nothing whatsoever is being written to the notices.log file, > > upon checking it it is completely empty, nothing there. > That can't be, please post: > ~# ls -A /var/log/tor > > In general, everything is alw

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

is running as root so it's not a permission issue, and I also set up a port forwarding rule for the obfs4 port. Thanks. --Keifer On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 7:47 AM wrote: > On Dienstag, 28. Februar 2023 19:02:38 CET Keifer Bly wrote: > > Yep, and after that the same still happens, it is st

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

Wheres the pastebin page? Thanks. --Keifer On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 7:47 AM wrote: > On Dienstag, 28. Februar 2023 19:02:38 CET Keifer Bly wrote: > > Yep, and after that the same still happens, it is still going offline > In the syslog is why tor aborts. > > To help you, yo

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

Yep, and after that the same still happens, it is still going offline despite the also different ports and having followed the listed steps. --Keifer On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 9:45 PM Keifer Bly wrote: > Hi, > > So I had changed the listener port for obfs4, it's now 8181. > > Up

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

tag, 24. Februar 2023 04:11:27 CET Keifer Bly wrote: > > Yes, the limit is 50GB per month, but for some reason the distribution > > mechanism is not updating and the bridge keeps going offline despite the > > new torrc. > > What comes to my mind without logs (& your 'killa

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

Yes, the limit is 50GB per month, but for some reason the distribution mechanism is not updating and the bridge keeps going offline despite the new torrc. --Keifer On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 1:43 PM wrote: > On Donnerstag, 23. Februar 2023 13:43:29 CET gus wrote: > > > AccountingStart day 12:00

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

says > that your bridge don't have any 'transport protocol'. > > cheers, > Gus > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 08:23:44AM -0800, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Ok, changed to port 8080 and upped my allowed traffic a bit: > > > > GNU nano 3.2 > > /etc/tor

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

/core/tor/-/issues/7349. > You are better of using 443 for the ServerTransportListenAddr, and > some high port for ORPort. > > On Tue, 21 Feb 2023 at 03:05, Keifer Bly wrote: > > > > Well, > > > > So I just changed my torrc to this: > &g

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

ble (enough that some of my former bridges > ended up tagged "tor" on Shodan) so it should be put on a port that's > less likely to be scanned. > > Regards, > trinity-1686a > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 at 21:29, Keifer Bly wrote: > > > > Where in the torrc file woul

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

: > On Samstag, 18. Februar 2023 18:56:00 CET Keifer Bly wrote: > > Ok. Here is the torrc file: > > > > GNU nano 3.2 /etc/tor/torrc > > > > > > Nickname gbridge > > ORPort 443 > > SocksPort 0 &

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

wrote: > On Donnerstag, 16. Februar 2023 06:15:02 CET Keifer Bly wrote: > > > So my bridge at > > > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D > > 4C8C91923AB says it has “none “, > Well, then you have configured BridgeDistribution (Defau

[tor-relays] Confusing bridge signs...

Hi, So my bridge at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D4C8C91923AB says it has “none “, though the torrc file has it set to be distributed publicly. I'm wondering why the bridge would say that, when it obviously is being used as it's apparently blocked

[tor-relays] Tor process sporadically gets hung on cloud server

Hi, So I have been being careful to keep tor as well as Debian up to date, however, both my middle relay "udeserveprivacy" and my bridge "gbridge", running on two different cloud services (OVH and Google Cloud respectively), the tor process gets hung and the relay become unreachable. Upon

[tor-relays] Considering running a relay on AWS Free tier

Hi, So I don't know if I will do it, but I am considering setting up a tor middle relay on AWS free tier. I have been asking their support tem regarding how much traffic one can push and remain free tier, their response was: If your microservice application is using an RDS or Amazon DynamoDB

[tor-relays] My bridge has no distribution mechanism

https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D4C8C91923AB Hey, So my bridge, listed above, says it has no distribution mechanism. Does this mean it is not currently being used? Thank you. --Keifer ___ tor-relays mailing

Re: [tor-relays] Setting a bridge to automatically change IP adresses

kio wrote: > Quoting Keifer Bly (2022-07-22 18:42:57) > >Says it is blocked in Russia. I take this as a good sign that the > bridge > >is being used, as it is being picked up. But I am wondering is there > a way > >to set the bridge to automatically chan

[tor-relays] Setting a bridge to automatically change IP adresses

Hello, so my bridge relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4D6E3CA2110FC36D3106C86940A1D4C8C91923AB Says it is blocked in Russia. I take this as a good sign that the bridge is being used, as it is being picked up. But I am wondering is there a way to set the bridge to

Re: [tor-relays] Update on tor issue on my debian

a bridge to get a new IP address automatically every once in a while so it will have a new, unblocked IP address? I think this would be a good idea. --Keifer On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 10:25 AM Keifer Bly wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > So upon trying all of the mentioned commands

Re: [tor-relays] Update on tor issue on my debian

, 2022 at 9:48 AM wrote: > On Wednesday, June 1, 2022 7:25:44 PM CEST Keifer Bly wrote: > > > So upon trying all of the mentioned commands, my tor installation still > > encounters an error when trying to update. Attached is a photo of my > > sources.list.debian.templ and s

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

at deb.torproject.org Port 443 root@vps-3e661acc:/ho Thanks very much. --Keifer On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 4:19 AM wrote: > On Tuesday, May 10, 2022 10:51:23 PM CEST Keifer Bly wrote: > > This is what that returns, > > > > Debian GNU/Linux 10 \n \l > OK, the version

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

This is what that returns, Debian GNU/Linux 10 \n \l Running the command you listed returns: Err:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease Temporary failure resolving 'ftp.debian.org' Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease Temporary failure resolving

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

I have done all these and it still happens. Is there perhaps a tool that will set this up? Thanks. --Keifer On Sat, May 7, 2022, 10:54 AM Keifer Bly wrote: > I am running as the root user. > > --Keifer > > On Sat, May 7, 2022, 10:50 AM Keifer Bly wrote: > >> Ok wil

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

I am running as the root user. --Keifer On Sat, May 7, 2022, 10:50 AM Keifer Bly wrote: > Ok will try these things. Does that it's an ovh debain have anything to do > with it? Hosted by them and they may frown on tor. > > --Keifer > > On Thu, May 5, 2022, 8:41 AM ben wr

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

.torproject.org/torproject.org/ > > If that final curl now works, run apt-get update and you should find apt > no longer complains about the tor repo > > > -- > Ben Tasker > https://www.bentasker.co.uk > > On Thu, 05 May 2022 13:21:22 +0100 * &

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

I am slightly confused, thank you. --Keifer On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 5:29 PM Keifer Bly wrote: > Ok. I have tried different things. And the same is still happening: > > sources.list file: > > ## Note, this file is written by cloud-init on first boot of an instance > ## modif

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

: > On Tuesday, May 3, 2022 7:10:00 PM CEST Keifer Bly wrote: > > I am not sure how to get rid of the trusty / ubuntu packages? > > You just have to write 'buster' instead of 'trusty'. Either in /etc/apt/ > sources.list or you have created the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tor.list? >

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

I am not sure how to get rid of the trusty / ubuntu packages? I simply followed the instructions here: https://support.torproject.org/apt/tor-deb-repo/ Thanks. --Keifer On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 10:31 PM Keifer Bly wrote: > Hi all, > > > > So I am running a tor relay on Debian

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

What is the command for doing that? Thanks. --Keifer On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 12:00 AM Toralf Förster wrote: > On 5/3/22 07:31, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Err:15 https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org amd64 Release > > > > Certificate verification failed: The certi

Re: [tor-relays] Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

Just did this, and it says its up to date. Thanks. --Keifer On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 1:17 AM ben wrote: > >> Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The > >> certificate chain uses expired certificate. Could not handshake: Error > >> in the certificate verification.

[tor-relays] Tor respority can't be updated from securly on debian

Hi, so I am trying to update tor to the newest version on my debian vps, only to receive this error: Reading package lists... Done E: The repository 'https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org st retch Release' no longer has a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done

Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

10, 2021 at 4:48:47 AM UTC-4 Keifer Bly wrote: > >> I am wondering, is there a way configure tor (via the torrc file) to >> restart automatically once a month? Thank you. >> > > Before you implement a time-based service restart, you may wish to check > that y

[tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

Hi, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D Seems to periodically go down once a month or so. I am wondering, is there a way configure tor (via the torrc file) to restart automatically once a month? Thank you. --Keifer 

Re: [tor-relays] Help with running a Tor Bridge

Well, it looks like your router or firewall is blocking it. You need to configure your firewalls to allow tor. As well if your running from a physical network, many routers need to be configured for port forwarding as well. --Keifer On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 2:50 AM Cor.ling wrote: > > Hi, I

Re: [tor-relays] A report on running a bridge on google cloud

wrote: > > > On 4/26/21 1:40 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: > > So for a little bit over a week now, I have been running a bridge on > > Google Cloud and it has charged less then $5. So, while too expensive > > for running relays, it seems to be an ok service for running bridges o

[tor-relays] A report on running a bridge on google cloud

Hi List, So for a little bit over a week now, I have been running a bridge on Google Cloud and it has charged less then $5. So, while too expensive for running relays, it seems to be an ok service for running bridges on.  I think we need as much diversity as possible so having nodes running on as

[tor-relays] Running a bridge via google cloud

Hi all, So I am well aware, google cloud is too expensive to run a relay on, but I wonder are they expensive to run a bridge? They are on 1GB eqauls a few cents model. Thank you. --Keifer ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org

[tor-relays] Possible to give something I made to tor? (message for roger digeldine and other tor project heads)

Hi all, So for the sake of diversity, as well as helping out Windows users who want to contribute to tor, this is a tool I have created which makes running tor relays on Windows very easy. The features are: Auto installs tor and keeps it up to date. Easy relay configuration with provided torrc

Re: [tor-relays] Relay Name Change

Hi, for the few relays I run Ive noticed it can take up to about 3-4 hours for a relay status change to show. Cheers. --Keifer On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 4:33 AM Kathi wrote: >I changed the name of my relay nick name from to (Correct > Name) after >I got it to operate correctly. The relay

Re: [tor-relays] tor relay issue on windows 10

Traudt wrote: > On 4/7/21 23:15, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > So I am attempting to start a new relay on Windows Server 2019. The > > issue is though for an unspecified reason, the tor process just quits > > when starting the relay: > > >

Re: [tor-relays] Is OVH a safe vps provider to run an exit relay on?

ml#search/as:AS197019 > > If this was a bit too much, I apologize - I will gladly answer any > questions you have. > > - William > > On 30/03/2021, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am wondering if OVH is a safe VPS provider

Re: [tor-relays] Is OVH a safe vps provider to run an exit relay on?

Does that include exits? Thx On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 1:59 AM wrote: > Hi Keifer. > > > > There are a lots of relays on OVH  > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > volker > > > > *Von:* tor-relays *Im Auftrag > von *Keifer Bly &g

[tor-relays] Is OVH a safe vps provider to run an exit relay on?

Hi, I am wondering if OVH is a safe VPS provider to run an exit relay on? Thank you. --Keifer  ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] My tool I made which makes running relays on Windows very simple.

Hi all, So this is a tool I developed for tor which makes running relays on Windows very simple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpk6yvUWQqU Features: Example torrc file which can be configured as wanted. Automatically checks if tor is running the newest version on startup, if not updates to

[tor-relays] My relay software gets hung up on OVH

Hi, so my relay running on OVH at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D Sometimes gets hung up. About every two weeks or so, the relay software gets hung up, causing the relay to go offline. I notice when this happens, the tor log file becomes

Re: [tor-relays] I created a way of running tor relays on Windows easier

Here it is, thank you. https://github.com/thecomputermaster/TorWrapperWindows/blob/main/WindowsTorRelayWrapper.zip --Keifer On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:39 AM Gisle Vanem wrote: > > This is a project I have been working on which allows users to run > relays on Windows with ease. Made this for >

[tor-relays] I created a way of running tor relays on Windows easier

Hi all, This is a  project I have been working on which allows users to run relays on Windows with ease. Made this for volunteers who want  to run relays, but only have Windows. See here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpk6yvUWQqU  Features:Easy configuring of torAuto installation of tor or

[tor-relays] My app which makes running tor relays on Windows Very Simple

Hi all, So this is a software peice I have been developing which makes running tor relays on Windows very easy. All the user needs to do is write their torrc. The app installs tor, and configures all once the torrc is written by itself. Here is a video showing the app: Features Automatic Tor

Re: [tor-relays] So my relay is apparently being attacked

0A11D113DF4F5C8 > > -Will > > On Thu, 12 Nov 2020, at 7:09 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:52:47 -0800 > > Keifer Bly wrote: > > > > > I am wondering, are relays being ddosed a normal thing? Thank you. > > > --Keifer > > > > DDoS

Re: [tor-relays] So my relay is apparently being attacked

Thanks very much. --Keifer On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 11:21 AM wrote: > Keifer Bly wrote: > > > I am wondering, are relays being ddosed a normal thing? Thank you. > > Yes it's common. We have many users operating Tor relays on our network > and we see

[tor-relays] So my relay is apparently being attacked

Hi, So twice this week I've gotten this email from OVH: Dear Customer, We have just detected an attack on IP address 51.68.197.220. In order to protect your infrastructure, we vacuumed up your traffic onto our mitigation infrastructure. The entire attack will thus be filtered by our

Re: [tor-relays] Possible compression bomb, abandoning stream message received

Thanks very much. --Keifer On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 1:30 AM mpan wrote: > > Suddenly received a message saying [warn] Possible compression bomb, > abdnoning > > steam. Not sure what this means, but the bridge does appear running, > saying it > > has pushed 3 GB within the last 7 days. It just

[tor-relays] Possible compression bomb, abandoning stream message received

 Hi, My bridge at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/EF36AE38C162E96E0645E1DF25EF19522ADBAF90   Suddenly received a message saying [warn] Possible compression bomb, abdnoning steam. Not sure what this means, but the bridge does appear running, saying it has pushed 3 GB within the last

Re: [tor-relays] Can't update tor relay on Debian, and notice about tor log file

I sorted it, thank you. --Keifer On Sun, Nov 1, 2020 at 5:51 PM wrote: > On 27.10.2020 21:30, Keifer Bly wrote: > Can't update tor relay on Debian, and notice about tor log file > ^^^ > > deb https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org [1] focal m

Re: [tor-relays] Fw: Can't update tor relay on Debian, and notice about tor log file

up to notices.2.tgz, and so on, and > the last 5 days of files are kept before being deleted. > > --Torix > > > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Tuesday, October 27, 2020 8:30 PM, Keifer Bly > wrote: >

[tor-relays] Can't update tor relay on Debian, and notice about tor log file

Hi all, so for my bridge at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/EF36AE38C162E96E0645E1DF25EF19522ADBAF90 I am some reason unable to update tor and obfs4 to the newest version. Upon running sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y --only-upgrade tor I am getting an error saying that

[tor-relays] Odd error with tor 4.3 log file

Hi,  So for both my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D and my bridge on a separate machine, something strange  is happening. It opens a new log file in /var/log/tor/notices.log. For some reason, the file works fine at first, but then

[tor-relays] Possible to run multiple tor instances from one machine?

Hi, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D And my bridge at https://metricstorproject.org/rs.html#details/EF36AE38C162E96E0645E1DF25EF19522ADBAF90 Are running on separate networks, but I just found out OVH allows for several different

Re: [tor-relays] What is the command to view the tor log file on Debian?

Thanks! --Keifer On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 11:16 PM Gunnar Wolf wrote: > Keifer Bly dijo [Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 10:09:42AM -0700]: > >Hello, > > > > > > > >So I am trying to view the tor log file (for how much traffic was > sent, > >etc)

Re: [tor-relays] Tor is showing it's running different versions, and continuing previous thread

That returns "reading config failed" so no luck. Thanks anyway though! --Keifer On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 12:43 PM wrote: > On 07.08.20 20:47, Keifer Bly wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > So my relay at > > > > > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html

[tor-relays] Tor is showing it's running different versions, and continuing previous thread

Hi all, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D Says it is running two different versions, on metrics it is showing it is running tor 0.4.3.5 but when I log into the VPS via SSH it says it is running tor 0.4.3.6. It has been

Re: [tor-relays] Should I use Tor Alpha on my relays

This is my opinion. With that said, I would use the stable versions of tor as they are best tested, etc. Cheers. --Keifer On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 2:48 PM nusenu wrote: > Sebastian Elisa Pfeifer: > > I was wondering if the network would benefit if I > > would start using Tor Alpha? > > relay

Re: [tor-relays] What is the command to view the tor log file on Debian?

ontain 'Tor' in it) > > or > > sudo more syslog | grep Tor > (depends on the account you are using) > > > > > gr. Paul > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 8:38 AM Keifer Bly wrote: > >> Hey so upon running the command Matt suggested, this is the return: >

[tor-relays] What is the command to view the tor log file on Debian?

Hello, So I am trying to view the tor log file (for how much traffic was sent, etc) on my relay since start? I am trying using the “less /var/log/tor/torrc.txt” command but this only shows a blank screen with the word END and nothing else on Debian Linux. Thanks very much. --Keifer 

Re: [tor-relays] Heartbeat: It seems like we are not in the cached consensus.

Jul 21, 2020 at 7:46 AM Fran wrote: > Hey, > > the problem persists. upgraded to several new daily snapshots of openbsd > in between, no success. > > On 20.07.20 08:30, Keifer Bly wrote: > > It is worth noting, tor conscious does not immediately update. It can > ta

Re: [tor-relays] Heartbeat: It seems like we are not in the cached consensus.

It is worth noting, tor conscious does not immediately update. It can take 40 minutes up to about 3 hours for an operating status update to appear in the conscious based on my experience from the bridge and middle relay I run. >> Your relay has a very large number of connections to other relays.

[tor-relays] trouble with tor relay software on debian

Hi all, So my middel guard relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D As well as my bridge at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/EF36AE38C162E96E0645E1DF25EF19522ADBAF90 Are not updating, though I had configured them to be

Re: [tor-relays] Fw: So I am moving my bridge to a new OS and have a few questions?

gt; > Sent with ProtonMail <https://protonmail.com> Secure Email. > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Friday, May 29, 2020 11:17 AM, Keifer Bly wrote: > > Hi all, > > So I am switching my OBFS4 bridge that was here > > > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/38

[tor-relays] So I am moving my bridge to a new OS and have a few questions?

Hi all, So I am switching my OBFS4 bridge that was here https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/386E99371B8CD938248940B754F16AAC54B5712B >From running on Windows to running on Debian, as the older computer I was running it on, Windows updates started causing it to not boot correctly

Re: [tor-relays] How do I add relays to a "family" and what are the benefits?

Thanks very much all, as bridges are meant to be kept private as possible. Thanks very much all. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: ger...@bulger.co.ukSent: Friday, May 22, 2020 3:49 PMTo: tor-relays@lists.torproject.orgSubject: Re: [tor-relays] How do I add relays to a "family" and what are the

[tor-relays] How do I add relays to a "family" and what are the benefits?

Hi all, So as I run this bridgehttps://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/386E99371B8CD938248940B754F16AAC54B5712B And this relay https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/79E3B585803DE805CCBC00C1EF36B1E74372861D How do you add these as a “family”? What are the benefits of doing so? 

Re: [tor-relays] tor bridge on windows?

s came back with > Vidalia 2 in 2011. Would a bridge on Win 7x54 work? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 17, 2020, at 10:35 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: > >  > I run an OBFS4 tore bridge on Windowsm which is called torland. > https://metri

Re: [tor-relays] Does this mean upgrades are working?

o mailserver installed on this specific > machine, so there is probably not a way to send an automated mail telling > you the status of unattended upgrades. I normally not use this myself so I > am not completely sure, but that is the most logical thing. > > rgds. Paul > > > On Sun

Re: [tor-relays] tor bridge on windows?

I run an OBFS4 tore bridge on Windowsm which is called torland. https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/386E99371B8CD938248940B754F16AAC54B5712B You just need to make a self generated torrc.txt file with the bridge configuration. I can send you my torrc file if you want an example.

Re: [tor-relays] OVH Service

I started a relay with them recently as well, for me it took about 1 day before I was able to start the VPS. They will send you an email saying it is ready. --Keifer On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 8:10 AM mnlph74 wrote: > This is for Tor Relay Operators with OVH > > A couple of hours ago, I availed a

Re: [tor-relays] Does this mean upgrades are working?

This output does mean it will do this automatically correct? Thx On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 10:29 AM Matthew Smith wrote: > > Keifer Bly writes: > > How will running upgrades every day effect my uptime? Thx. > > When an update to Tor is available, it will be applied and then

Re: [tor-relays] Does this mean upgrades are working?

This output does mean it will do this automatically correct? Thx On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 10:29 AM Matthew Smith wrote: > > Keifer Bly writes: > > How will running upgrades every day effect my uptime? Thx. > > When an update to Tor is available, it will be applied and then

[tor-relays] Does this mean upgrades are working?

Hi, upon configuring unattended upgrades, I am getting this on testing. Does this mean the upgrades are working properly? How will running upgrades every day effect my uptime? Thx. unanttended upgrades.PNG

[tor-relays] Does this mean upgrades are working?

Hi, upon configuring unattended upgrades, I am getting this on testing. Does this mean the upgrades are working properly? How will running upgrades every day effect my uptime? Thx.   Sent from Mail for Windows 10  This email has been checked for viruses by Avast

[tor-relays] Is running an irc only exit relay safe from abuse

Hi all, So my relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/99929040054EC1EF0927467E4588A37879891C9C is configured for IRC only exit, I wanted to ask, is this generally safer from abuse complaints? It is running on OVH, so want to be safe. Thanks. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 

[tor-relays] How Many Mbps Does A Tor Relay Need To Be A Guard?

Hello,  I am wondering how fast (in MBPS) as tor relay needs to be used as a Guard? My new middle relay has about 2-3Mbps, is this enough? Thank you. Sent from Mail for Windows 10  This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

[tor-relays] So running a new middle relay on ovh

 Hi all, So according to documentation here: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ISPCorrespondence#OVH OVS allows for middle relays but exits may be risky. So I started up a new middle relay called udeserveprivacy. I used this configurator here  

Re: [tor-relays] Does OVH cloud support exit relays?

ut 443 and most others open. I am > getting no complaints or comment from OVH. I avoided asking them direct! > > $6 good value but wonder if memory low or bandwidth restriction > > > > > > > > *From:* tor-relays *On Behalf > Of *Keifer Bly > *Sent:* 11 May 2020

[tor-relays] Does OVH cloud support exit relays?

Hello,  So I have been running a bridge relay for over a year now, and recently purchased the $6 per month VPS from https://ca.ovhcom/manager/dedicated/#/configuration I am waiting for the “please wait up to 48 hours to activate your account” and am planning to set up a new tor relay on the vps

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