For what it's worth, in addition to my Tor Bridge Relay, I also run two Snowflake Proxies on my home LAN.
Malcolm On 6 July 2024 19:14:23 GMT-03:00, "Gary C. New via tor-relays" <[email protected]> wrote: >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 > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 06, 2024 at 06:34:37PM +0000, Alessandro Greco via tor-relays > wrote: >> I have some experience running a Tor relay, and I am now interested in >> setting up another one. I plan to do this using my home internet connection, >> which is an FTTH line with bandwidth up to 2 Gbps. > >Thanks for running a relay! > >> I have read that it is possible to run multiple relays on the same node, but >> I am unsure how to configure this. > >If you're using the tor deb (e.g. on Debian or Ubuntu), it comes with >a tool to set up multiple tors. "man tor-instance-create" to get started. > >There is also the possibility of using the fancy automated >deployment tools that some of the bigger relay operators here >use, which probably only makes sense if you are already familiar >with these automation tools (a popular one based on ansible: >https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor ). > >In either case, make sure you have enough memory in your system to >handle each Tor relay: relays can use 1 or 2 gigabytes of memory each >during normal operation, but when the network is under load it can go >much higher than that. > >> Additionally, I am curious about what would be most beneficial for the Tor >> network today: a highly resilient bridge or multiple relays managed from the >> same node? > >If you have the bandwidth (which it sounds like you do), the multiple >fast relays will be much more useful to the network. > >See also https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge > >> Is it feasible to operate both at the same time? This is probably not the >> best idea since the bridge's IP address would be public, right? > >It is technically possible yes, but as you say, having a public relay >on the IP address will undermine the effectiveness of your bridge on >that IP address. > >The same logic is also why we don't recommend running two different >kinds of bridges on a single IP address: if one of them gets discovered >and the censor blocks by IP address, then the other will stop working too. > >> I am looking for guidance on the best course of action to support the Tor >> community. >> Thank you in advance for your assistance,Aleff. > >Thanks for wanting to help! > >--Roger > >_______________________________________________ >tor-relays mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >
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