On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:31:43 +0100 Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 10:44:17PM -0800, algenon flower wrote: > >> Because of difficulty in the past when I was using minimum hardware >> specs, I now will be setting up my TOR server on a dedicated machine >> with this physical architecture: >> P4 processor @ 3GHZ, Intel MB, 2GB DDR2 RAM, 80 GB SATA HD, all > >That's a bit of an overkill for a dedicated machine, unless you want >to serve multiple MBytes/s. The system could easily double as a home >fileserver, etc. > >> behind a Linksys Firewall Router. > >Make sure this is not your weak spot. OpenWRT is a good firmware here. >In general, it is always a good idea to buy a WRAP or ALIX (or its >Soekris equivalent) piece of kit, and flash it with a decent firewall, >like m0n0wall or pfSense.
I've had problems with every Linksys router I've dealt with so far, but mainly with wireless service. The built-in DHCP server, when presented with a request from a machine to which it has already issued a lease, fails to recognize that that machine is a current leaseholder and to issue it a copy of the existing lease. Instead, it denies the request. This is a worse problem for Windows than for FreeBSD in that Windows is far more likely to decide it has lost contact with a Linksys wireless router than FreeBSD is. > >> My service provider will most likely be Comcast cable broadband. > >How much upstream do US cable modem providers offer? My provider >so far has stepped up to 2/30 MBit. They do up to 100 MBit/s in France >(upstream unknown). Comcast's speeds seem to depend upon overall traffic load in the neighborhood, varying from ~300 KB/s at busy times to ~900 KB/s at off times for reception, and varying from ~40 KB/s to ~90 KB/s for transmission. The providers in the U.S. are not at the forefront, obviously. Unlike France, Japan, etc., an intermediate-speed, asymmetric model is used for residential service in the U.S. If you have, say, $1200/month to blow, you can get a T3 line and call yourself a business, but then you need a much classier modem+router to deal with it. > >> **Comcast always adds their own modem, I am wondering if the usual Not necessarily so. We saved a small amount per month by providing a modem and router ourselves. Comcast's equipment was returned to them, and they stopped billing for it. >> modems they provide will be adequate for use with a TOR server.** >> My main question here is whether or not Comcast's modem will work >> well with a TOR server, or, if I need to upgrade *that too*... If >> anyone knows if there is something wrong here, or something I >> seriously need to improve upon, please reply. I don't know of any problems of that sort, but if you're planning to stay with Comcast a year or more, you'd be better off providing your own equipment and saving the $4 - $8 per month per item yourself. Ten to twelve months of that pretty much pays for the equipment, and then you still own the equipment at the end. >> The whole thing will be on RedHat Enterprise Linux. > >I personally find Debian apt-get upgrade type of system installs >preferrable, especially for headless machines/from distance. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************