Jesse, Thank you for that. I think I can implement it now but I couldn't have set-up second Tor instances without help.
The question to my mind is at what point is it better to use a fast connection for two Tor instances? Isn't it always better to have faster relays rather than more relays? Robert > In case anyone is interested in running two Tor instances (regular, > bridge, relay, exit) on one machine, I've successfully made an init.d > script to do just that. From searches on Google it looks like others > have asked about this in the past, so I'm sharing this for them. Tor > only allows two Tor instances per IP. When the TBB came with Vidalia it > was much easier to casually run a couple of relays per IP, but with the > service it's a bit more tricky. Nevertheless it is possible: > > Instructions are here: https://gist.github.com/Jesse-V/11007048 > Tor should be stopped and be sure to make a backup of /etc/init.d/tor > before doing this in case things go south. Be sure to set up the folders > and separate torrc file before replacing the /etc/init.d/tor script. The > commands will be the same as before, so "service tor start" launches > both. The script is a fork of the one that's packaged with Tor 0.2.4.21. > > Use your own judgment with this, but I'm just posting this for anyone > interested. > > Jesse V. _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
