[tor-relays] New Relay

2018-02-16 Thread Gary
Hello. I recently set up a new relay, jaffacakemonster2, I would be grateful if someone could answer some questions for me. 1. The bandwidth on Atlas is listed as "0". Is this a wait a few days/new relay issue or a configuration issue. I was surprised to find exit relays are default now, I hope I

Re: [tor-relays] New Relay

2018-02-18 Thread Gary
Hi thanks for getting back to me. > Right now I only see 2 on jaffacakemonster2 and 1 on jaffacakemonster. > Seeing 3 would be weird, because in order for a pair of relays to be in > the same family, they must both list each other in their torrcs. > My family thing has settled now, I think this

[tor-relays] Exit Relay

2018-03-05 Thread Gary
Hello. I have configured my relay (jaffacakemonster2) to be non exit, however arm shows me the following (I edited out IPs' & some lines after copy/paste from connection screen for others security / brevity) Connections (1878 inbound, 2113 outbound, 19 exit, 1 control) IP--> :443 (HTTPS)

Re: [tor-relays] Exit Relay

2018-03-05 Thread Gary
Hello, On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:49 AM, teor wrote: > I think this is a bug in arm. > Try nyx. I switched to nyx and it is fine allthough on deeper inspection the IP to is actually my IP so clearly this is a bug. On 5 March 2018 at 18:18, Damian Johnson wrote: > Oops! Actual

Re: [tor-relays] Exit Relay

2018-03-06 Thread Gary
Hello, On 6 March 2018 at 00:06, Damian Johnson wrote: > > > I switched to nyx and it is fine allthough on deeper inspection the IP > to is actually my IP so clearly this is a bug. > > Hi Gary. Sorry, not sure I follow. Are you saying Nyx (not arm) is > labeling these as

Re: [tor-relays] Cloud question

2018-03-10 Thread Gary
Hello, On 10 March 2018 at 04:48, Arisbe wrote: > > Simple question: Do Tor middle relays and bridges work on cloud systems? > I use AWS, I and it is fine, they also have a fat internet connection :-). Amazon have EC2 and Lightsail. EC2 is more for hosting many servers/VM's, Lightsail is basic

Re: [tor-relays] middle relay connexions dropped in half

2018-03-11 Thread Gary
Hello On 11 March 2018 at 02:50, wrote: > Dear All, > On March 5 I changed to the newest version 3.2.10 on a middle relay I > run. I went away for a few days, checked today, and found that my traffic > is down, and my connexions, which were around 2,000 since December, are now > about 1,000. C

Re: [tor-relays] middle relay connexions dropped in half

2018-03-12 Thread Gary
Hello, On 11 March 2018 at 22:02, wrote: > Thanks, Gary; I was just wondering, since I think of mine as a typical > small relay, and wondered if others had noticed the same differences. > > Before December, my accountingmax was 3GB, I had to increase it to 8GB stop it from hibern

[tor-relays] Hidden service error in log

2018-03-14 Thread Gary
Hello. I made a "hello world" hidden service and I had to following message in the logs about exceeding launch limit. I have not seen this before. I had one onion for a while and added a second one recently - not sure if that matters as it is only complaining about the first one. I am not sure wh

Re: [tor-relays] arm crashes

2018-03-20 Thread Gary
Hello On 20 March 2018 at 18:31, smichel0 wrote: > Hello, > from time to time, arm looks like below: > https://smichel.ocloud.de/index.php/s/q2knnq3AD67rPjK > But with a simple keystroke (arrow) it runs again. After a few days it > seems to crash completely: > https://smichel.ocloud.de/index.php

Re: [tor-relays] Hidden service error in log

2018-03-20 Thread Gary
Hello On 20 March 2018 at 11:01, George Kadianakis wrote: > Gary writes: > Hmm, > > this could be explained by a few different reasons and this could be a > hint that we should make this log a bit more silent instead of having it > bark loudly for no reason. The onion serv

Re: [tor-relays] arm crashes

2018-03-21 Thread Gary
un its the same as arm, for example: sudo -u debian-tor nyx Hope that helps. Gary ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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

2018-03-21 Thread Gary
Hello. The ultra-paranoid would comment that it is better to have dedicated machines / VM's for each instance, and that machine should do nothing more than be a relay. However sometimes that isn't an option so instead there is tor-instance-create. It sounds like your problems are in a file at /us

Re: [tor-relays] arm crashes

2018-03-23 Thread Gary
Hello. It is good you got it working, On 23 March 2018 at 05:04, smichel0 wrote: > > Tor has now a uptime of about 22 hrs, it ran with an up-/download-average > of about 47 KB/sec which is really low. > Now there is no up- or download at all. If it is a new relay it takes at least a week for fo

Re: [tor-relays] arm crashes

2018-03-23 Thread Gary
Hello. On 23 March 2018 at 21:13, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 11:53:08AM -0400, smichel0 wrote: > > Yes, thank you. Nyx is running, but the relay is down again. It was down > in the morning. I restartet it and now it's obvisely down again since noon. > But nyx is still OK.

Re: [tor-relays] arm crashes

2018-03-26 Thread Gary
Hello. On 25 March 2018 at 07:46, smichel0 wrote: > Things getting slower and slower. "Fast"-, "V2Dir"- and "stable"-flags are > gone. > Speedtest (netztest.at): 24 Mbit/s down and 6,2 Mbit/s up, ping: 43 ms. > I'm sorry I should of said speedtest-cli / speedtest.net is not the most scientific

Re: [tor-relays] My middle relay has 2x the no. of incoming as outgoing connexions

2018-03-31 Thread Gary
Hello. I too have noticed this, and have been keeping track. The number of users has gone up slightly yet number of relays has said roughly the same, I don't think this is enough to explain what is going on though. On Fri, 30 Mar 2018, 18:09 , wrote: > I'm asking because before the update to th

[tor-relays] Outdated relay versions are they secure to use?

2018-04-03 Thread Gary
Hello. Go to https://check.torproject.org > "...for more info about this relay...relay search" link If I receive a message saying this relay uses an outdated version does that mean that my traffic is any less secure? Does Tor take potentially insecure relay versions in to account when creating c

[tor-relays] Tor Browser and Relay

2018-04-09 Thread Gary
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 chec

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Browser and Relay

2018-04-11 Thread Gary
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 Browsers settings alone. Gary __

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Relay Stable Flag

2018-04-11 Thread Gary
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] nyx tor controller password

2018-04-27 Thread Gary
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 as user, but it > didn't h

Re: [tor-relays] Nyx and Arm

2018-05-21 Thread Gary
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 / helped me, Arm is old and

[tor-relays] Home router keeps failing.

2018-07-16 Thread Gary
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 t

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

2018-08-30 Thread Gary
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. T

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

2018-08-31 Thread Gary
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 this

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

2018-09-01 Thread Gary
f 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 acco

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

2018-09-02 Thread Gary
oint out what you are doing is good - I apologise 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 b

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

2018-09-02 Thread Gary
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). W

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

2018-09-04 Thread Gary
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] The Assistance and Access Bill 2018

2018-09-04 Thread Gary
"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

Re: [tor-relays] Issues with faravahar?

2017-12-12 Thread Gary Smith
Hello. I am getting this too, I saw this the logs a few months ago and didn't think anything of it, this time though I ran Wireshark while started tor, and it appears tor is transmitting encrypted info over port 80. I have the .pcap file to prove it. I started / stopped the relay a few times so I

Re: [tor-relays] exit relay

2017-12-15 Thread Gary Smith
Hello. If it is not set in your torrc, try looking in the torrc-default file /usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc If you forget where this file is, look in the log where for two lines near the top for "loading torrc" or something If nothing is there, write EXITRELAY 0 yourself, right at

Re: [tor-relays] New Relay Online/Working on AWS Cloud Torproject

2017-12-22 Thread Gary Smith
Hello. I use AWS to test the alpha release, on the free tier. If you dont mind me asking, I am interested to know what you are doing to avoid a bill Amazon bill at the end of the month. I think I had about 30GB data transfer or so & a few other things and they sent me a bill for USD 0.70 ish (not

Re: [tor-relays] Decline in relays

2017-12-26 Thread Gary Smith
I can only spare a few GB or so day from my home internet, so I set the ACCOUNTING MAX daily limit to 3GB (in + out = 6GB) and RELAYBANDWIDTHRATE to 200KB (BURST 400KB), after much experimenting this was the balance between not hibernating before the 24hr are over and leaving enough bytes left over

[tor-relays] When is 0.3.2.9 available to download?

2018-01-15 Thread Gary Smith
Hi, Firstly, on 9th of this month, tor 0.3.2.9 was released, I was wondering when it is available the official repos via apt-get? I'd rather not compile from source because its on a its on a pi and will takes ages and I will be effectively loosing auto-updates for tor. I have been testing the 0.3

Re: [tor-relays] When is 0.3.2.9 available to download?

2018-01-15 Thread Gary Smith
, Jan 15, 2018 at 10:42 AM, teor wrote: > Hi, > > On 15 Jan 2018, at 21:18, Gary Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > Firstly, on 9th of this month, tor 0.3.2.9 was released, I was wondering > when it is available the official repos via apt-get? I'd rather not compile > from sou

[tor-relays] High processor usage - just curious

2018-02-05 Thread Gary Smith
Hi, I have noticed that after a few minutes of becoming online, and randomly perhaps a couple of times every hour (??) tor uses 100 % processor on all cores for about 40/50 seconds. I am curious what is tor doing internally to need so much power? There is normally isn't more than 4 mbits going th

Re: [tor-relays] High processor usage - just curious

2018-02-08 Thread Gary Smith
> > Every hour, Tor downloads directory documents, creates diffs to recent > consensuses, > and compresses the documents (and diffs) using gzip, zstd, and lzma. > > Thanks for getting back to me. Except during the mentioned peaks, the relay only uses 5 - 6 % of available CPU power on a machine tha

Re: [tor-relays] Checking a bridge

2013-11-12 Thread Gary Anderson
I have the same worry as Martin. I set up a bridge on AWS 2 weeks ago by following the instructions here https://cloud.torproject.org/ and choosing a bridge image for Ireland. Setup went well, log files on startup tell me my bridge contacts the tor network, and I checked I could use my bridge b

[tor-relays] ORPort NoAdvertise & NoListen Not Working

2021-08-13 Thread Gary C. New
hint: 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?

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

2021-08-14 Thread Gary C. New
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 &

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

2021-08-17 Thread Gary C. New
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

2021-08-23 Thread Gary C. New
, 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 to the

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

2021-08-24 Thread Gary C. New
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] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

2022-12-08 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
to 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 512

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

2022-12-09 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
flake 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 clarifica

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

2022-12-10 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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

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

2022-12-10 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
nks, again. 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.

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

2022-12-11 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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 compil

Re: [tor-relays] inet_csk_bind_conflict

2022-12-11 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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

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

2022-12-11 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

2022-12-13 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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

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

2022-12-13 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
an 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

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

2022-12-13 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
eful 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 ___

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

2022-12-13 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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

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

2022-12-14 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
s force the corresponding protocol? If so... Are there any 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. Respect

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

2022-12-14 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
lib/tor/pt_state/obfs4proxy.log) I appreciate 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: >

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

2022-12-16 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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] Status of Bug #7349 - Obfsbridges should be able to "disable" their ORPort?

2022-12-18 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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/to

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

2023-03-08 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
)? Example: /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 Ba

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

2023-03-22 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
- obfs4 - 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 26800mA

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?

2023-04-18 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
skio.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] Receiving abuse reports for Non-Exit Relay

2023-07-27 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
f 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)

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

2023-07-30 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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 NoLis

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

2023-07-31 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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 or b

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

2023-08-01 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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

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

2023-08-02 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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] Middle relay IP blocking

2023-08-03 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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] Middle relay IP blocking

2023-08-07 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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 >>> moderat

Re: [tor-relays] Middle relay IP blocking

2023-08-08 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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] Seeking Advice on Running Multiple Tor Relays or A Bridge

2024-07-06 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
Alessandro, I would recommend running bridges (opposed to relays) on a home network to avoid browing issues with your bank, news, etc as these entities often block Tor relays and not bridges. Respectfully, Gary On Saturday, July 6, 2024, 3:07:52 PM MDT, Roger Dingledine wrote: On

Re: [tor-relays] R: Re: Seeking Advice on Running Multiple Tor Relays or A Bridge

2024-07-06 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
, indifferent, or malicious to the purposes of a Middle Relay and block any known Tor relays. There are ways around the issue using a VPN, Reverse Proxy, etc, but I found that running bridges on a home network is more suitable. Good luck in whichever path you decide to pursue. Respectfully, Gary Il

[tor-relays] router_do_orport_reachability_checks()

2021-08-30 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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 co

Re: [tor-relays] router_do_orport_reachability_checks()

2021-09-09 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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

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

2021-09-24 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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, S

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

2021-09-25 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
has reached 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

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

2021-09-27 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
) 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

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

2021-09-28 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
ould be greatly 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:

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

2021-10-04 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
ed 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-r

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

2021-10-05 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
d down. Am 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 Adve

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

2021-10-06 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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

2021-10-07 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
multiple 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] Bridge showing offline

2021-10-14 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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

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

2021-10-18 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
ou might reconsider 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 = iP

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

2021-10-25 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
s greatly 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: All

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

2021-11-09 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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 maintai

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

2021-11-10 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
. 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] Questions about my tor node

2021-11-10 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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] Recent rejection of relays

2021-11-11 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
sh publicly. 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, November 11, 2021, 5:59:45 AM PST, gus wrote: Hi, On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 09:14:58PM

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

2021-12-12 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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] Introduction from lokodlare

2021-12-12 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
proach? I 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, ab

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

2021-12-13 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
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 (

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

2021-12-14 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
ows 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

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

2021-12-14 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
nd is only 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 O

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

2021-12-17 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
esses, 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 268

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

2021-12-23 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
iques. 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:

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

2021-12-25 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
esign 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 Thu

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

2021-12-27 Thread Gary C. New via tor-relays
this sheds 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 20

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