Re: [tor-relays] Consensus weight fraction dropping

2015-04-08 Thread James Murphy
I too am experiencing a recent and significant drop in bandwidth, and have previously had problems gaining and losing the guard flag repeatedly (though not recently). I wonder if these issues are somehow connected, or if there is some kind of new attack/exploit that decreases relay consensus to al

[tor-relays] Consensus weight fraction dropping

2015-04-08 Thread Tim Sammut
Hi. My relatively new, non-exit relay has seen its consensus weight fraction drop and a corresponding substantial drop in traffic. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/83F56335F5E3615B8855EEC7AA5D6A0BAD010C56 It briefly had and then lost the guard flag, so I don't believe the drop as described

Re: [tor-relays] Relay from home

2015-04-08 Thread David Serrano
On 2015-04-08 12:57:20 (+0200), Jannis Wiese wrote: > > > Does it make sense to start operating a non-exit relay > from home for a longer term? I’m thinking about at least getting a T-Shirt > (the more uptime, the better). Sure it does. I signed up for a 200mbps symmetric fiber line only to help

Re: [tor-relays] Relay from home

2015-04-08 Thread Jannis Wiese
Thanks Markus, looks good! > On 08.04.2015, at 14:21, Markus Hitter wrote: > > Signed PGP part > It's a 20 Mbit down / 1 Mbit up connection without daily disconnect. Other > than DSL you keep your connection for months with a cable ISP. I’ve got 50Mbit down/10Mbit up at home and planned to giv

Re: [tor-relays] Relay from home

2015-04-08 Thread Seth
On Wed, 08 Apr 2015 03:57:20 -0700, Jannis Wiese wrote: maybe this is a dumb question, but as I couldn’t find any real advise anywhere on the net: Does it make sense to start operating a non-exit relay from home for a longer term? I’m thinking about at least getting a T-Shirt (the more u

Re: [tor-relays] Relay from home

2015-04-08 Thread Markus Hitter
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 08.04.2015 um 12:57 schrieb Jannis Wiese: > Does it make sense to start operating a non-exit > relay from home for a longer term? Here is such a thing: https://globe.torproject.org/#/relay/A52C51551F3BD6A68E778720E02B53303F014EB2 It's a 20 Mbit d

[tor-relays] Relay from home

2015-04-08 Thread Jannis Wiese
Hi operators, maybe this is a dumb question, but as I couldn’t find any real advise anywhere on the net: Does it make sense to start operating a non-exit relay from home for a longer term? I’m thinking about at least getting a T-Shirt (the more uptime, the better). However, my concerns are the