Tor network connections constantly building / failing

2010-10-13 Thread Joe Btfsplk
Recently noticed Tor being slower than usual & network map shows MANY new connections building, then failing VERY quickly. (within a sec or so). Does this constantly - one connection after another. Using Vidalia 0.2.1.26-0.2.9; Torbutton 1.2.5. Sometimes there are at least 3 connections op

Re: Tor network connections constantly building / failing

2010-10-13 Thread Jon
That is normal right after you start Tor up. What your seeing is Tor is still building circuits. After a short period, it does level out, then you should only be showing several circuits. Your dl/up speeds will vary during this and will level off shortly after. After your connection has been up fo

Full bandwidth is not used.

2010-10-13 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Tor folks, I am still seeing the same problem [1]. In April it used the whole limit of 1 TB and hibernated after the limit was reached, but afterward it only came back to around 100 GB per month. Fast IT is not limiting the bandwidth in any way. I tested that. CPU and memory are not utilize

Re: Full bandwidth is not used.

2010-10-13 Thread Jon
Not sure, but mine goes up and down all the time. I am not on a allocation or accounting like you, but I check several times a day generally, but at least once a day the bandwidth usage is different than before. It may still be re-balancing, but I also notice that the mode nodes that are running,

Excessive scrubs

2010-10-13 Thread Jon
I have noticed over the past 2 weeks, I have been getting an unusual amount of scrubs. It doesn't tell me which addresses are being scrubbed, so I don't know if they are the same or different ones. It does not affect the operation of Tor. Just fills up the logs. Is there a way to have the '[scrubb

Re: Excessive scrubs

2010-10-13 Thread Jon
I saw a message from Tor-op in reference to a similar problem and his solution was: Add the below line to your torrc and the scrubbed will be replaced by the domain in question. SafeLogging 0 of which I tried, but it would not stay in the torrc file. It seems to remove it self at some point. As

Re: Tor network connections constantly building / failing

2010-10-13 Thread Joe Btfsplk
What I'm seeing is completely ABnormal from what I've seen for 1 - 2 yrs, over several Tor / Vidalia versions. I often looked at network maps - was never like this. 1) What I described about connections constantly (RAPID fire - dozens, one after another) building, then immediately after 90%

Re: Full bandwidth is not used.

2010-10-13 Thread Thomas S. Benjamin
Paul, Is your relay running on a virtual machine (V-colo)? If so, check your user beancounters, they may show you which resources are being exhausted. Also, do you find any messages in your log? On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Tor folks, > > > I am still seeing the s

Re: Tor network connections constantly building / failing

2010-10-13 Thread Joe Btfsplk
What I'm seeing is completely ABnormal from what I've seen for 1 - 2 yrs, over several Tor / Vidalia versions. I often looked at network maps - was never like this. 1) What I described about connections constantly (RAPID fire - dozens, one after another) building, then immediately after 90%

Harden torrc for hidden services?

2010-10-13 Thread hikki
Are there any extra options you could add in the torrc file to harden hidden services from possible attacks? *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.s

Re: Tor network connections constantly building / failing

2010-10-13 Thread Mike Perry
Thus spake Joe Btfsplk (joebtfs...@gmx.com): > What I'm seeing is completely ABnormal from what I've seen for 1 - 2 > yrs, over several Tor / Vidalia versions. I often looked at network > maps - was never like this. > > 1) What I described about connections constantly (RAPID fire - dozens,

Re: Full bandwidth is not used.

2010-10-13 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Thomas, Am Mittwoch, den 13.10.2010, 10:31 -0400 schrieb Thomas S. Benjamin: > Is your relay running on a virtual machine (V-colo)? Yes, the relay is running on a virtual machine. > If so, check your user beancounters, they may show you which resources > are being exhausted. Xen is used.

Re: Excessive scrubs

2010-10-13 Thread katmagic
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:02:20 -0500 Jon wrote: > I saw a message from Tor-op in reference to a similar problem and his > solution was: > > Add the below line to your torrc and the scrubbed will be replaced by > the domain in question. > > SafeLogging 0 > > of which I tried, but it would not sta

checking new email on adium

2010-10-13 Thread M
When Adium checks for new emails when an acct is routed thru tor.. will the eail checking also be routed thru it, or will it use the global settings?

Re: Full bandwidth is not used.

2010-10-13 Thread Timo Schoeler
thus Paul Menzel spake: > Dear Thomas, > > > Am Mittwoch, den 13.10.2010, 10:31 -0400 schrieb Thomas S. Benjamin: > >> Is your relay running on a virtual machine (V-colo)? > > Yes, the relay is running on a virtual machine. > >> If so, check your user beancounters, they may show you which reso