Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-05 Thread Michael Armbruster
Am 05.08.2016 um 18:27 schrieb tor relay: > Also: you can not start/stop/restart tor.service separately without > leaving all other tor instances untouched. tor.service is *not* the default service. tor.service is the collection of all service instances. >>> >>> >>> Gosh, y

Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from deb.torproject.org

2016-08-06 Thread Michael Armbruster
Hi Paul, You have applied a wrong ExitPolicy entry somewhere in your torrc for the default instance. You wrote "ExitPolicy reject x.x.x.x/80" though most probably you wanted to block the port 80 on a specific address, so you have to provide "ExitPolicy reject x.x.x.x:80" instead, with a colon

Re: [tor-relays] High speed Tor relay advice

2016-08-15 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-08-15 at 08:52, Roman Mamedov wrote: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabyte: "The megabyte is a multiple of the > unit byte for digital information. Its recommended unit symbol is MB." > MB/s is a long-accepted shorthand for Megabyte per second, and yes, Mb/s is > megabit per second. But

Re: [tor-relays] HALP!

2016-08-23 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-08-24 at 00:41, Markus Koch wrote: > Okay :( > > http://i.imgur.com/r1ZxAAH.png Is there anything important missing? Well, it looks like wrong permissions to me. The files and the directory is owned by your current user "bunny". Is this also the tor user, or is tor using the user "tor" (w

Re: [tor-relays] Cheapest HW to get 20Mbit?

2016-08-29 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-08-30 at 01:40, Joel Cretan wrote: > Having run a relay on an older RPi with standard Raspbian, I would > caution you to look carefully at the packages you're using, if you > choose that hardware. Of course the Tor package itself is woefully out > of date, so you have to build from source.

Re: [tor-relays] total relay bandwidth

2016-09-02 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-09-02 at 13:18, jensm1 wrote: > Hi, > > > (rather new relay operator here, so excuse me, if this is a dumb question) > > I just saw this (https://metrics.torproject.org/bandwidth.html) graph, > which shows that the advertised relay bandwidth in the whole network is > more than double the

Re: [tor-relays] DigitalOcean pricing (Re: tomhek - the (new) biggest guard relay operator)

2016-09-11 Thread Michael Armbruster
Am 11.09.2016 um 15:53 schrieb Ralph Seichter: > On 11.09.2016 14:30, Markus Koch wrote: > >> So around 90 terabyte a month for $5. Seems fair :) > > Yeah, it does, doesn't it... ;-) Leaves me with figuring out what Linux > distro to use, as D.O. does not offer Gentoo. Debian or Ubuntu? Exclusive

Re: [tor-relays] DigitalOcean pricing

2016-09-13 Thread Michael Armbruster
Am 13.09.2016 um 12:32 schrieb Ralph Seichter: > On 13.09.2016 00:01, Dave Warren wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016, at 06:53, Ralph Seichter wrote: >> >>> Leaves me with figuring out what Linux distro to use, >>> as D.O. does not offer Gentoo. >> >> D.O. has images for Debian (8.5, 7.11), Ubuntu (

Re: [tor-relays] Dealing with OVH Abuse Complaints

2016-10-05 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-10-05 at 09:55, teor wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have experience running a long-lived Exit on OVH / So You Start? > > We've just received a threat to shut down our OVH Exit due to abuse > complaints. > We were responding to these automated reports (mainly SSH brute force) with > templa

Re: [tor-relays] Relay uptime after restarting Tor service

2016-10-08 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-10-09 at 01:56, Tristan wrote: > I can't believe people are still whining about t-shirts. It's a freaking > t-shirt. > But it's a good looking t-shirt and it is an honor to be able to wear one that officially is from Tor. Furthermore, most of us aren't whining but patiently waiting. Take

Re: [tor-relays] Stats not updated for several days?

2016-11-01 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-11-01 at 10:34, Pascal Terjan wrote: > For example > https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/20462CBA5DA4C2D963567D17D0B7249718114A68 > says uptime is 12 days and current version is 0.2.6.10 but I upgraded > the machine and updated tor to 0.2.8.9 over a day ago: > I currently have problems

Re: [tor-relays] Stats not updated for several days?

2016-11-01 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-11-01 at 11:16, Karsten Loesing wrote: > Hi everyone, > > can you check once again? > > There was a problem with the data-collecting service that silently > died on October 30 at around 23:00 UTC. I have been working on that > problem for an hour or two, and it should be resolved by now.

Re: [tor-relays] Blocking Domains

2016-11-01 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-11-01 at 12:37, Ralph Seichter wrote: > On 01.11.2016 12:27, Diarmaid McManus wrote: > >> is there a way to dynamically update the exit policy as a relay is >> running? > > There is. Change configuration file on-disk, then send a HUP signal to > Tor process. > > Does anybody have a sugge

Re: [tor-relays] Tor bandwith question

2016-11-01 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-11-01 at 13:29, SuperSluether wrote: > Well, Tor-relay-debian says 250KBps (bytes): > https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian.html.en > > But Tor-doc-relay says 2Mbps (bits): > https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en > Which is exactly the same, so it's ok :) Best

Re: [tor-relays] Questions regarding arm on Debian

2016-11-11 Thread Michael Armbruster
Am 11.11.2016 um 13:51 schrieb Dennis Christ: > Line 118 is actually an empty line, but on 117 is this: > > Nickname "Iridium" Try using your nickname without quotes, like so: Nickname Iridium > > Line 127 is also empty, but on 126 is this: > > RelayBandwidthBurst 1.5 MB You could try to use

Re: [tor-relays] network diversity with freeBSD

2016-12-01 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-12-01 at 23:54, pa011 wrote: > There were some talks about network diversity recently, so I made up my mind > and started a freeBSD server. > > On advice from here > https://gist.github.com/teor2345/c6e2890c44097fd6aaceeedec08c6431 I placed a > line in the torrc file "Log notice file /v

Re: [tor-relays] Outgoing Connections to middle nodes?

2016-12-03 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-12-03 at 12:56, balbea16 wrote: > Hi There, > I've got a quick question. I have been running a tor relay since 3 > months. I don't have a guard flag, however many outgoing connections to > non exit relays (i.e. that should be middles than). Does that mean I > run an entry node (without h

Re: [tor-relays] Exit Node Geographical Location

2016-12-09 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-12-09 at 15:09, Chris Adams wrote: > Okay, > > So I've found a ISP in Kenya that says they're happy to host a tor exit > node. The ping is 270ms from a Canadian ISP, 16 hops. 183ms from > Germany, 13 hops. > > Ultimately, am I making the tor network better or worse, if I were to > set up

Re: [tor-relays] The t-shirt organization thingy (was: Network scan results for CVE-2016-5696 / RFC5961)

2016-12-11 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-12-11 at 22:50, Moritz Bartl wrote: > You need to email tshirts@, include your fingerprints, and then wait > weeks or months until the one poor person that is processing all the > requests and all the requests from the campaign and also has other hats > to get to it. > > It's a thank you g

Re: [tor-relays] All I want for Chrismas is a bloody t-shirt

2017-01-10 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2017-01-10 at 20:52, Petrusko wrote: > Hi all, > > This quick mail to inform the tshirt has arrived successfully here ! > > Sooo many thx for your support, your hard work with all Tor projects, > making the web better for everybody, easily. > > Now I'll be proud to show this tshirt ! (but hav

Re: [tor-relays] All I want for Chrismas is a bloody t-shirt

2017-01-10 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2017-01-10 at 21:24, I wrote: > Michael, > > Jon Selon seems to be the Shirt Commander > > He didn't muck around sending mine. > > Rob Thank you, Rob! I will contact him :) Best, Michael signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature _

Re: [tor-relays] Provider Suggestion, Scaleway -- Online SAS: not so good for diversity

2017-02-24 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2017-02-24 at 12:32, Mattia wrote: > Hi, > for the diversity where i can take one at nearly the same price? Well, you can search for small providers in small countries. I have a Tor relay in Moldavia, for example (MivoCloud). Best, Michael signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signatu

Re: [tor-relays] Provider Suggestion, Scaleway -- Online SAS: not so good for diversity

2017-02-24 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2017-02-24 at 13:50, mick wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:43:20 +0100 > Michael Armbruster allegedly wrote: > >> On 2017-02-24 at 12:32, Mattia wrote: >>> Hi, >>> for the diversity where i can take one at nearly the same price? >> >> Well, you can

Re: [tor-relays] MivoCloud

2017-02-24 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2017-02-24 at 14:02, nusenu wrote: > Michael Armbruster: >> I do know at least 2 exit nodes from that AS, >> though. > > There are no exits in AS39798 as of 2017-02-24 09:00 according to > onionoo data, do they operate on more than one AS? > You are right, there ar

Re: [tor-relays] lets increase Tor's IPv6 exit capacity: list of IPv6 exits that do not allow IPv6 exiting (outdated tor or missing torrc option)

2017-04-04 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2017-04-05 at 01:00, nusenu wrote: > Hi, > > I added a few IPv6 related stats to OrNetStats one of them gives you a > list of exits that have an IPv6 ORPort but do not allow IPv6 exiting, > lets make this list shorter ;) > > https://github.com/ornetstats/stats#ipv6-relay-stats > https://github

Re: [tor-relays] Relay traffic went to ~zero

2017-04-21 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2017-04-21 at 11:44, Jan Jancar wrote: > > I would, but I run Arch Linux, well Arch Linux ARM on that machine, > and 0.2.9.10 is still in testing [1][2]. > > [1]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/tor/ > [2]: https://archlinuxarm.org/packages/armv6h/tor > > Cheers, Hi Jan,

Re: [tor-relays] Minimum Relay/Bridge Bandwidth

2016-03-24 Thread Michael Armbruster
e. I would say yes, run a bridge instead. But let's see what other pepole say, eventually. Michael Armbruster ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Minimum Relay/Bridge Bandwidth

2016-03-24 Thread Michael Armbruster
ovide stable 100KB/s or more, or you want to be an exit node (then it's more important to have you listed anyway), you should provide a relay. Other than that, be a bridge, that's important to the network, too. In your case, you should decide for yourself. Just do what you think is righ

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Exclude Nodes Misbehaving

2016-03-25 Thread Michael Armbruster
work, as it prohibits Tor to use nodes that you excluded, even if it means it cannot establish a curcuit to the site you are trying to load. Michael Armbruster signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@

Re: [tor-relays] Guard flag?

2016-04-07 Thread Michael Armbruster
> While I don't have any actual numbers, I'm pretty sure you won't be > getting a guard flag with that kind of speed. Actually, I don't think > you'll get much traffic at all with that slow of a relay, especially > since the recommended upload speed is 2Mbps (1600kBytes/s). No, 2Mbps are 250KBps,

Re: [tor-relays] Guard flag?

2016-04-07 Thread Michael Armbruster
Am 07.04.16 um 20:21 schrieb Michael Armbruster: >> While I don't have any actual numbers, I'm pretty sure you won't be >> getting a guard flag with that kind of speed. Actually, I don't think >> you'll get much traffic at all with that slow of a relay,

Re: [tor-relays] Using your own Relay as Entry Node (Yawning Angel)

2016-04-15 Thread Michael Armbruster
Am 15.04.16 um 11:46 schrieb fr33d0m4all: >> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:24:30 + >> From: Yawning Angel >> To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org >> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Using your own Relay as Entry Node >> Message-ID: <20160414222430.78b92...@schwanenlied.me> >> Content-Type: text/plain; cha

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Weather has been discontinued

2016-06-08 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-06-08 at 19:17, Green Dream wrote: > The T-shirt incentive for relay operators is gone, as far as I know. > > If you donate $100 or more here you can pick a T-shirt as the > gift: https://www.torproject.org/donate/donate.html.en > > There are many alternative ways to monitor the health a

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Weather has been discontinued

2016-06-12 Thread Michael Armbruster
Markus Koch wrote: >> >> I am waiting since January? >> >> Hope has died a long time ago ... >> >> >> >> 2016-06-08 19:23 GMT+02:00 Michael Armbruster : >>> On 2016-06-08 at 19:17, Green Dream wrote: >>>> The T-shirt incentive for r

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Weather has been discontinued

2016-06-12 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-06-12 at 23:29, Green Dream wrote: > Do you guys really run relays just for the t-shirt? Aren't there more > important reasons to run a relay, like serving the community, being an > advocate for privacy, and acting against surveillance and censorship? > > Is this t-shirt issue *really* a p

Re: [tor-relays] Tor Weather has been discontinued

2016-06-12 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-06-13 at 01:08, Moritz Bartl wrote: > On 06/13/2016 12:17 AM, Green Dream wrote: >> As I already said 4 days ago in this thread, all indications are the >> t-shirt program is no longer active. > > Wrong. It's just being handled by one volunteer at the moment. If you > want shirts, go into

Re: [tor-relays] Handling abuse - like to get your help please

2016-06-17 Thread Michael Armbruster
was not found on the server) and the size of the message that was transmitted to the client, 293 bytes in this case. Best Regards, Michael Armbruster signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.tor

Re: [tor-relays] Handling abuse - like to get your help please

2016-06-17 Thread Michael Armbruster
On 2016-06-17 at 22:12, pa011 wrote: > Thank you Michael, solving that obviously easy question :-) > > So what was this "attac" then about, on which way, how can I see that ? > > Nice weekend to all > > Paul > > > Am 17.06.2016 um 21:53 schrieb Micha

[tor-relays] Shutdown of fallback directory mirror armbrust: E781F4EC69671B3F1864AE2753E0890351506329

2019-01-26 Thread Michael Armbruster
any further notice, so I wanted to ask how to further proceed. Kind regards, Michael Armbruster ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays