[tor-relays] Snowflakes
Hi everybody, I'm not sure this is the right list to ask, but is it useful to run snowflake proxies? I only recently realized they can be run by ordinary people. On the new website I don't see how you would find that out, there doesn't seem to be any link pointing to them. Metrics only shows a hundred snowflake users. What is the reason they are not advertised for? (towards humans) Have a nice day! ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] recently saw 4 tor relays in row on tails. bug in tor?
ORBot for Android has a related bug? David Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, October 22, 2020 8:42 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2020 at 04:19:35AM +, BRBfGWMz wrote: > > > I recently saw a series of 4 relays connected to each other: > > itomori, MediumSlesmn, hotbrownie, pellidos > > itomori, docto, Geheimschreiber, 420isGay > > Dont most relays in the network of length 3? Bug in tor? > > Your Tor picks three hops that it controls, and if it needs to build a > circuit that involves a relay that it didn't pick, it uses that other > relay as a fourth hop. > > So you didn't tell us what you were doing, but this is normal behavior > for example when you're loading an onion service, because the rendezvous > process involves building circuits to relays that the onion service > picked. Your first three relays are for protecting you, and the later > relays in the path are there for other goals. > > --Roger > > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays publickey - atuaruk@protonmail.com - 0x4CA600D0.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] relay got suspended
Dear Adam & Paul, There have been a quite unusual traffic here in Denmark too, I am situated on the island of Als running on STOFA A/S and TDC Yousee A/S networks, which are being redirecting as if the relays were under DDoS attack, by taking over the link and be a man in the middle? Relays, bridges and exits have been not trustable and many certificates are wrong, so do a double, trible check even if you are connected to tor networks! Regards David Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday, October 25, 2020 8:15 PM, Paul Geurts wrote: > hi y'all, > > one of my relays got suspended today, because of heavy ddos traffic. > > Hello, > > Today your VPS IP address was heavily attacked by a large DDoS, so we were > forced to suspend the VPS and null the IP for the time being, since it had > overloaded our upstream provider. We are keeping an eye on the situation, > however in the meantime you will want to get your site behind a DDoS filter > such as CloudFlare. > > Let us know if you have any further questions. > > Thank you! > > Adam > > has any of you see this behauvior? I think there is no use in putting a relay > behind a ddos filter, or is there? In that case I'll just spin up another one. > > relay in question is this one, almost 7 months with no interuption what so > ever, no indication in the (munin) monitoring for high or higher traffic... > because the vps is suspended I don't have the latest syslog so I don't know > for sure whether anything has shown up there, but I am quite sure that > yesterday there were no abnormal logging entries on this server. > > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/CDE4149F0DC65A7BE1AE440340BE1C7A18135E29 > > rgds,. Paul publickey - atuaruk@protonmail.com - 0x4CA600D0.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] relay got suspended
Paul Geurts wrote: > *Today your VPS IP address was heavily attacked by a large DDoS, so > we were forced to suspend the VPS and null the IP for the time being, > since it had overloaded our upstream provider. We are keeping an eye > on the situation, however in the meantime you will want to get your > site behind a DDoS filter such as CloudFlare.* Just because they are suggesting you to rush to centralization and Cloudflare is already enough reasons to flee them. Also, it is legitimate that they block traffic to that IP for the time of the attack but suspending the whole service permanently is irresponsible. The attacker must be very satisfied. Based on the relay's page, it looks like it was IPv6 capable which means that they could have blocked the v4 traffic while keeping your VM up and reachable in v6... ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Re: [tor-relays] relay got suspended
Hello Paul, On 10/25/20 9:15 PM, Paul Geurts wrote: has any of you see this behauvior? I think there is no use in putting a Right, there is no point in doing that. Usually such DDoS last a few hours max. relay behind a ddos filter, or is there? In that case I'll just spin up another one. Not necessary in this case, just ask them when they remove the Null route and try if the relay is reachable again. If it happens frequently then you should revisit this problem. relay in question is this one, almost 7 months with no interuption what so ever, no indication in the (munin) monitoring for high or higher traffic... because the vps is suspended I don't have the latest syslog so I don't know for sure whether anything has shown up there, but I am quite sure that yesterday there were no abnormal logging entries on this server. For the next time you can try to setup SSH as a hidden service, then you can probably still connect to the relay by SSH via Tor, as they usually don't suspend the VPS but just don't route the incoming traffic. Outgoing traffic usually works, so the .onion SSH should work. Regards yl ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
