Good observation Nusenu
> when the tor network needs most bandwidth
> during the day it might makes sense to set AccountingStart accordingly
> - - to add bandwidth when most users need it.
Would it be possible for dozing relays to be brought in to action by the Tor
network when needed?
Robert
Universal Studios has demanded that Google remove from its search results links to Jurassic World seeds. Including http://127.0.0.1.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/23/movie_studio_finds_pirated_jurassic_world_on_localhost/Robert
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Moritz and all,
I mean no offence to anyone since we're all in this for the greater good, but
really approaching joining the Tor community is pretty hard if you are not a
Linux wiz and know about servers or a number of other things.
I have tried to look around the multitude of interconne
https://www.torservers.net/wiki/setup/server has excellent guidance for
setting-up relays seriously.
Would those at Torproject think about linking to it from their installation
guides?
Robert
>
> We have https://www.torservers.net/wiki/setup/server . Most of the high
> bandwidth optimizatio
The VPS business was happy for me to sign on and pay knowing it was for exits.The black list operator they rely on [https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl ] checks hourly for Tor nodes to match against the VPSs.What could be the motivation of the black list operator! If he answers I will let you know
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=DGN1000+open+ports may give you a start.Robert
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...an excellent point
Robert
> From: swsny...@snydernet.net
> Sent: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 22:09:48 -0400 (EDT)
>
> I worry about those relays with a heroic uptime. How is it that they
> haven't needed to reboot in, say, nine months? No security updates to the
> kernel or
Trillium,
I hope this advances your knowledge.
A couple of days ago one of my exits was threatened with suspension for being
'blacklisted'.
The VPS business gave me this (below) and was happy when I blocked the ports.
It is more limiting of TOR but the exit survived.
" Listing
That was rubbish so ignore it.Rob
-Original Message-From: li...@revi.pe.krSent: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 12:49:51 +0900To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.orgSubject: [tor-relays] (n00b) Exit node questionHello, it's my first time running an exit. (Well, I'm n00b in running a relay too :
ng an exit. (Well, I'm n00b in running a relay too :p)
I think I followed the guidelines correctly to be an exit (with some modification from reduced exit policy on trac), but atlas and globe reports that my exitpolicy is "reject *:*".
My configuration is at [1].
Please tell me what
d bags, and then ship them
> again to the relay operators. That seems like it will become expensive.
> I would love to find a better solution than Printfection, so if anyone
> has suggestions we'd love to hear about it.
>
> - Matt
Everyone,
Could the relay log have something copied (such as the key) from it and emailed
with the claim as only the operator can see the relay?
Robert
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me address
isn't that proof enough?
As I haven't received a message yet and my details are plain and simple I
wonder what could have gone wrong.
Robert
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Why not have the Printfection order link in the Tor Weather "Have a shirt!" message to exclude the approval step causing the delay?Robert
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You don't need sudo if you're root.You could have a look at unattended-upgrades or cron but don't set cron to run too frequently or the hoster may object.
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Good, Sharif.
Thank you
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Roger,
Thank you.
I guessed that sudo was missing was part of it but I thought there was a
problem with the keys which might be important.
"not ultimately trusted keys found"
Robert
gpg: key 886DDD89: public key "deb.torproject.org archive signing key" imported
gpg: no ult
Where is the pipe that is broken?or What should be done about this?Robertroot@LXI:~# gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89gpg: directory `/root/.gnupg' createdgpg: new configuration file `/root/.gnupg/gpg.conf' createdgpg: WARNING: options in `/root/.gnupg/gpg.conf' are not yet activ
Juris,
Is the reason so much is going through it that it is in a data centre?
I thought Raspberry Pis would only let through so little that they were
dragging the speed down.
Have you put up anything on the web on it?
Robert
> -Original Message-
> From: ju...@torservers.net
>
I meant you should look at that being the problem as well as the rules on the router.Robert
-Original Message-From: iamthech...@gmail.comSent: Sun, 5 Apr 2015 13:31:49 -0600To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.orgSubject: [tor-relays] Unreachable ORPort - Potential ISP block?I'm attem
un a Relay but I haven't been able to get it the ORPort to be confirm as reachable. I've tried lots of things but I'm hoping there is something I haven't thought of yet that can make this work! I've got a 50Mbps symmetrical connection (without data caps) that I would love to ha
large relays for a couple months,
>> although I also wouldn't mind paying for an official tor shirt.
>>
>> My email to Tor Weather went unanswered.
>
> There was a change at Tor recently. The new email address at
> https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/tshirt.html
Not that I wanted them all but I qualified for 22 t-shirts at one stage and had to push to get one after months.It would seem to me to be a good idea to make the shirts a trophy that was valued and long-lasting and awarded for more uptime but awarded promptly when deserved.Robert
Roger,
Thank you.
Would you look at how or when the second design which Jacob wears would be
available again, please?
Robert
> We indeed have a stack of tshirt requests queued up. I've been
> working on spinning up another volunteer to help answer all of them.
> Soon I
OVH says no to Tor exits openly doesn't it?
> Quote:
> "Rest assure that, in case of an abuse, we will not terminate your
> account without notice. In fact we may not even terminate your VPS. You
> will receive a warning from our Abuse department giving you a choice to
> resolve the abuse case"
>
Thanks for being the one to start on it.
I think there ought to be some specific help for people like me who want to do
the best to contribute.
I did search in many ways for hardening tips but it takes a lot of nous to make
some of the leaps expected by uber-cool-already-knowing authors
Robtex.com and traceroute came up as London if I am reading them correctly
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> Someone just got 149.08 MB/s on a non-exit relay.
I would dearly love to know how to get anything over the 24 MB Australia is
limited.
How is there such speed in Liberia is another question?
Robert
>
> https://globe.thecthulhu.com/#/relay/F528DED21EACD2E4E9301EC0AABD370
I'd be happy to sneak it onto my VPSs with help to remotely get it going via
SSH.
Rob
> Dear list members,
>
> I would like to invite any operator, who has some idle Cores (CPU or GPU)
> left,to join the folding@home distributed computing project:
>
> http://folding.s
A VPS in a foreign country can be very cheap hired on an annual basis.
I'm paying $14 for 5 TB a month with little trouble and nil risk.
Rob
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How many instances could this run?
Intel E3-1240 Dedicated Server Special
Server Location: Buffalo USA
Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 3.40 GHz
HDD: 500GB 7200RPM
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Bandwidth: 10TB Monthly Traffic
IP: /29
Port Speed: 1Gbit
Price: $119/Month
Sale Price: $59/month
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"..to Tor users and the Tor system"?
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I would happily chip in to a node like that.
One thing, though, about USA is their fickleness when shown a legal letter.
I increased VPSs to more than ten paid a year in advance with GreenValueHost
because they were so helpful they even reinstalled Tor and sorted some Linux
problems for me. Then
That's a good point.
The VPS people might cooperate though and give me a new IP.
Robert
> > -Original Message-
I:
>> Unused slower middle nodes would be better turned into bridges wouldn't
>> they?
>> From: flapf...@riseup.net
> I doubt that
Unused slower middle nodes would be better turned into bridges wouldn't they?
What is the threshold speed for being useful as a middle node?
Robert
Julien wrote
> May be it's because of the oversupply of "middle nodes" on the network
> (there is so much middle nodes that most of them - the slo
>
> Did you have trouble reaching www.bbc.co.uk as well as iPlayer? That
> would be strange. I haven't seen them block Tor relays & exits simply
> getting to www.bbc.co.uk.
>
> --Matt
Matt,
Going for bbc.co.uk from Australia I was redirected to the Australian ve
that meant
Being part of Tor the ideal is available to anyone just by downloading and
running it.
Robert
(you can't imagine how much I envy Roger Dingledine's clarity of expression)
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Thomas,
Excellent fellow!
I agree that a little more appearance of coherence would do well for us but one
great strength of such ideas as Tor is the absence of formal structure and that
should be retained.
The idea is available to be put into practice by anyone by themselves without
Thomas,
That sounded so reasonable and persuasive that would it be a good idea to have
a formal opinion written to give to server companies early on?
They might still be looking at the time it takes to deal with notices or police
queries but they must accept that the risks of allowing Tor are m
[immured to dopey snipes]
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/tiny-box-can-anonymize-everything-online/
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Could it be fast enough to be valuable?
-Original Message-From: franklincha...@gmail.comSent: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 09:32:13 +0800To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.orgSubject: [tor-relays] Nokia n900 relayHiHow to setup relay address on nokia n900?
Hej,
Reportedly Pirate Bay runs virtual machines in someone else's clouds dodging
revealing their IPs because traffic is handled by a load balancer.
Why couldn't Tor be run in China, for example, using that method as there are
cloud companies there?
Robert
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possible to run and control programmes remotely so
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> -Original Message-
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> Sent: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:49:36 +0200
> To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] VPS in China
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 20
Hej,
Does anyone have an idea what might be done with a VPS in China?
Robert
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Hej,
Following the installation on CentOS instructions on
https://www.torproject.org/docs/rpms.html.en it appears there is no package for
CentOS 5 only 6 and 7.
"http://deb-master.torproject.org/torproject.org/rpm/el/5/i386/repodatarepomd.xml:
[Errno 4] IOError: "
Could someone tell me wheth
Hej,
(With very little knowledge) I can not get Centos 6 VPS to update to the newer
version of Tor.
Would someone please help me to do that? off list of on
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Perhaps it is worth a discrete try with a reduced exit policy.
I have several VPS exits running against stated bans.
The superficial legal statements apparently are not the entire story.
Robert
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> I wrote:
>
>> Why only one relay on a whole server?
>>
>> I was thinking of doing the same but because on a dedicated server
>> mulitple relays and exits would be more economical than the same
>> number of VPSs.
>
>> Robert
David wrote:
>
Why only one relay on a whole server?
I was thinking of doing the same but because on a dedicated server mulitple
relays and exits would be more economical than the same number of VPSs.
Robert
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Julien,
That is very useful and well explained.
Thank you.
Robert
>
> The problem with Tor is the "single-thread working" for
> encryption/relaying, so if you have a second CPU core available, may be
> you can open a second Tor instance in order to use the second core
> capacity.
>
> In fact,
Matt,
No, I mean every ab initio Tor relay operator.
>From my experience getting into Tor and from watching the list it is obvious
>that there is quite often a chasm between those with the goodwill to run a
>relay and those confident with Linux and Tor jargon/lexicon.
Even asking que
I would like to see that become the standard for checking newboys's relays.
It makes a lot of sense to collect the whole set of data and save tentative
questions and possibly wrong answers on this list (by well meaning people
nonetheless).
No one knows what security weaknesses exist by acc
"At about 02:00 UTC June 18th 2014, changes at the domain registrar
caused the CentOS.org domain to get marked as Inactive. This caused
widespread outages, with all services in centos.org including:
- - Mirror Network ( internal centos.org as well as external )
- - All mirrorlist
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That is clear and consise and well needed.
Robert
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Andreas,
> 'Can't have tor' and 'can't have exit nodes' are two separate things.
> Middle nodes (aka non-exits) are helpful as well.
>
The meaning of 'can't have Tor' in their eyes is any form of Tor at all
absolutely. They don't want to think about it whatsoever.
Spineless.
_
> So can you post some provider names?
Comsitec.de is one which is ok with exits but I have a lot of trouble getting
their attention when it stops.
It is in Germany which is much better than being in USA because the mentality
is better.
Two I have which now say exits are not accepted
> Dear exit node operators,
>
> Could you please recommend vps providers allowing to run tor exit nodes?
>
> I checked many vps operators but most of them allow relays but not exit
> nodes according to AUP or ToS.
I can only say I have exits running on VPSs which either h
It looks like VPS/Debian says differently.
It was solved by installing sudo which I would not have guessed was the problem.
One thing which is curious and a problem for Linux ab initios is the VPS
operating system installations can be irregular and may not have all the bits
even on several
Help please getting past this?root@a cheap vps:~# gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add --bash: sudo: command not foundgpg: [stdout]: write error: Broken pipegpg: build_packet(2) failed: file write errorgpg: WARNING: nothing exportedgpg: key export failed: fil
In relation to SSH peculiarities such as a great number of outgoing SSH
connections apparently involved in attacks and one SQL injection attack
(outgoing) what does the collective intelligence think of this SSH rootkit:
Ebury.
White Paper:
http://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/
Kurt Besig wrote
>>
> Your points are well taken, Robert. I'm a relative newcomer to running
> a relay so unfortunately don't have the answers you seek, however I'm
> in agreement that more help and less bashing is in order if the
> bashers want to keep Tor alive../mini-rant
Thanks Kurt.
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The original point has drifted over the horizon.
I asked what could be done, in my case, to stop SSH attacks originating FROM my
VPS which is running as an exit.
There was another VPS emanating SQL injection attacks.
The problem is that volunteering a cheap VPS to run as a Tor relay or exit is
Mike,
Yes but the goal is to have more relays, exits and bridges and if commercial
server operators are very low on spine we have to keep them onside carefully.
I have just been kicked of another one after paying a year in advance.
If we have no authoritative retort when they raise the first
Scott,
What do you suggest I missed in the documentation?
Robert
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I first thought that the numerous complaints of my VPS being the source of the
SSH (outgoing) attacks was that I hadn't done the things you suggested below
and been 'hacked' but now one VPS business has looked at the VPS processes and
said it must be coming out of Tor as I run an
One VPS company has just asserted that SSH scans are being run from my Tor exit rather than another process on the VPS.Is this happening to anyone else?Does anyone know what can be done to stop it?Robert
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Chuck,I'm only a step ahead of you in Linux but I found it dead easy to get an exit going using the instructions at https://www.torproject.org/docs/rpms.html.en once I worked out to use /el/6/ as the distribution when the os is Centos 6.Robert
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Jeroen,
How can the unnecessary services be disabled?
One Debian VPS is the source of SQL injection attacks and I have no idea how
that happened.
Robert
>> for the purpose of running tor relays I would immediately want to
>> change their distro to Debian.
>
> Or easier: mak
>>>
> Wow, I always thought that *was* the "safe" way to run arm. I wonder
> where we both got the advice to do it the dangerous way.
from ARM
[ARM_NOTICE] Arm is currently running with root permissions. This is not a
good idea, and will still work perfectly well
What can I do about this?The VPS business keeps saying this is reason to suspend?
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:05:04 -0400 VPS 11028 (192.3.42.25) has 24676 conntrack sessions
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:05:09 -0400 VPS 11028 (192.3.42.25) has 24648 conntrack sessions
Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:05:14 -0400 VPS
Thanks!Concise and precise.If only there were more such explanations on this list.
It used to mean the chip/circuitry sealed by a lump of black plastic which made it inaccessible to tinkering such as might be found in a musical chrismas card.Blob = proprietary binary package. Packages where no
What the heck does blob free mean?
Beaglebone Blacks are impossible to get for some reason. They seem good for the
job with more stability for equal power consumption.
Has anyone got Tor running on something similar in price?
Robert
> I don't know if someone else already tried that,
There is a DDOS on some NTP servers.
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Jesse,
What's the test that there are two instances running?
top? Are they visible in arm?
Robert
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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 m
Jann,
I don't understand but I really want secure relays.
All my relays are on VPSs running Debian 6/7 64 and I only know enough Linux to
get Tor going.
Is being updated enough?
If not would you explain how to remedy the problem you've outlined as it seems
quite serious?
Robert
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How?
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Roger,
I beg your pardon. I would not want "fud" to deter new relays. I think the
risks are overplayed as it is.
It was only that it was published on this list. I published the relay nickname
somewhere and regret it.
I suggested the port change because that is what the VPS oper
Gordon,
Have you evaluated the Riotboard(.org) for your idea of plug in Tor relay?
It looks like it uses about the same amount of energy as the Cubieboard but for
a little more money would be a lot more capable.
Robert
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...and the t-shirt counter at Atlas.torproject.org resets
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You should at least change the ssh port immediately now that you have published the address.
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Does ExtORPort replace Orport xxx?
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One of mine is being DDOSed today.
Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>
>>> I think it is unusual.
>>>
>>> Are you just checking the tor log to see this?
>>
>> OK, so I am being DOSed then.
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Tor hidden services – a safe haven for cybercriminals
https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/8187/Tor_hidden_services_a_safe_haven_for_cybercriminals
The inevitable move - 64-bit ZeuS has come enhanced with Tor
https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208214171/The_inevitable_move_64_bit_ZeuS_has_come_enh
What is the response to this news?http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2014/Number-of-the-week-an-average-of-900-online-resources-are-active-on-TOR-daily
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What is this list for? It appears I have repeatedly misconstrued its purpose.
> Support questions should be addressed to the Tor help desk reachable at
> .
>
> --
> Lunar
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Roger,
That was it! Thank you.
I had looked for an accidental 3 but missed it before a hidden services line.
Robert
> Sounds to me like you have a line in your torrc that starts with "3",
> and of course Tor doesn't know what to do with it.
>
> Did you edit your
All,What is the problem? What is unknow option 3?It was working until changed to 2.5.2-alpha.RobertFeb 22 20:14:38.436 [notice] Tor v0.2.5.2-alpha (git-7d29e36edb6d0cf0) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.19-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1c and Zlib 1.2.7.Feb 22 20:14:38.436 [notice] Tor can't help you
Iinet are having some sort of problem this morning which was just resolved a
short while ago.
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I was told by a network engineer that recently there have been attacks
targetting ntp.
It may or may not have anything to do with your relay though.
Robert
>
> My tor logs (running on Debian) are showing this warning:
> [WARN] Your system clock just jumped 100 seconds forward;
1.When installing it on several supposedly identical VPSs ARM won't start on
one because it can't find components where they should be. I got a limited,
incomrehensible (to me) response from the author so it stays unresolved.
2.ARM asks for a password which doesn't exist which
Also, if you know how set the operating system to update automatically to keep
it secure.
Robert
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be glad to be better informed but so far I have found:-use a substantial password or key authenticationchange the port you SSH in todon't allow logging in as rootinstall DenyHosts and Fail2banRobertHi all,I've been running a few fail relays over the past few years. All relays I run they b
It might be better at the top of the page.
> Hi,
>
> I really wonder why we even bother to have a FAQ:
>
> http://torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#RelayOrBridge
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> On 01/30/2014 10:52 PM, K. Besig wrote:
>> Is anyone having luck setting up a mid-relay within the latest Tails
>> build?
>> I'm finding no joy..
>
> You might find more joy with tor-ramdisk. Tails seems to be targeting
> the client side.
_
Ramo,
Thanks!
I don't know Linux very well at all so iptables, ssh, fail2ban lighttpd help
would be good.\
Robert
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ve as
> much freedom of accesses as us.Question if I just set my computer to not
> go into sleep mode is that all that is needed to let people use my
> connection when I am not using it.Specs home built as-rock 787 pro3 8gig
> of ram dsl connect low speed att offers.
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