Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Mirimir
On 09/21/2018 08:32 PM, Dave Warren wrote: > On 2018-09-21 08:57, Ralph Seichter wrote: >> On 21.09.18 16:40, Dave Warren wrote: >> >>> It would be fantastic if the list operators were to track this down >>> and kill it off. >> Imagine an address A subscribed to this mailing list in a read-only >>

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Dave Warren
On 2018-09-21 08:57, Ralph Seichter wrote: On 21.09.18 16:40, Dave Warren wrote: It would be fantastic if the list operators were to track this down and kill it off. Imagine an address A subscribed to this mailing list in a read-only fashion (a.k.a. "lurker"). A uses list posts as triggers to

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Mirimir
On 09/21/2018 04:33 PM, Mirimir wrote: > First you get all of the spam from addresses. I did that by exporting > from Thunderbird to text files, and then using grep to grab all of the > "From:" lines. Then I massaged the data in gnumeric, to pull unique > "f...@bar.baz". I have 43 so far, and 65

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Mirimir
On 09/21/2018 05:17 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: >> In Thunderbird, one can create a filter on Inbox that selects messages > by from address, forwards them somewhere, and then puts them wherever > you like, or deletes them. So you configure a filter for each one, and > forward messages to the appropriat

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Keifer Bly
> In Thunderbird, one can create a filter on Inbox that selects messages by from address, forwards them somewhere, and then puts them wherever you like, or deletes them. So you configure a filter for each one, and forward messages to the appropriate abuse address. Yes, Gmail allows to create filte

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Mirimir
On 09/21/2018 02:42 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: > I do agree. I had said before that this could possibly be an attempted > attack on the network by trying to infect relay operators machines with > spyware, etc. > >> Sure. For those, you just keep filing abuse reports. Just automate it, > so every messag

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Keifer Bly
I do agree. I had said before that this could possibly be an attempted attack on the network by trying to infect relay operators machines with spyware, etc. > Sure. For those, you just keep filing abuse reports. Just automate it, so every message triggers a report. If enough list members do that,

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Mirimir
On 09/21/2018 01:24 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: > > ➢ There are lots of technical folk on these tor lists. > There ought to be at least a few who'd enjoy killing some spam servers. > > What exactly do you mean by “killing them”? If you are referring to forcibly > taking the servers offline, that would

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Mirimir
On 09/21/2018 01:40 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: > I just had another thought. Is it possible to block certain keywords on the > list? I just thought one thing that could be worth doing is filtering > emails sent to the list that contain words like "sex", cusswords and words > that are names of body parts

Re: [tor-relays] [SPAM] Re: Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Nathaniel Suchy
I use Google’s G Suite with my personal domain name for email. They let you drop emails or send them to spam if they contain certain words or phrases. Beyond that disable conversation view and press report spam on the individual emails and hope the spam filter improves to the point you no longer ge

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Keifer Bly
I just had another thought. Is it possible to block certain keywords on the list? I just thought one thing that could be worth doing is filtering emails sent to the list that contain words like "sex", cusswords and words that are names of body parts, etc. Again this wouldn't do much in terms of the

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Keifer Bly
➢ There are lots of technical folk on these tor lists. There ought to be at least a few who'd enjoy killing some spam servers. What exactly do you mean by “killing them”? If you are referring to forcibly taking the servers offline, that would most likely be illegal. Not to mention an amount of

Re: [tor-relays] Relay out of consensus after node migration

2018-09-21 Thread T0r-n0d3
That did the trick, thanks. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, 21 de September de 2018 18:29, nusenu wrote: > T0r-n0d3: > > > Hi Teor, > > I've restarted tor, please see attached the notice logs I've uploaded to > > debian's pastebin: > > https://p

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 21.09.18 19:50, Andreas Krey wrote: > Create a dummy mail address. Make the list server send out mails from > that address very slowly at random times to the recipients. Ah, now you're changing the whole situation. We were talking about using existing ("real") subscribers, and relying on them

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Mirimir
On 09/21/2018 10:50 AM, Andreas Krey wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:23:48 +, Ralph Seichter wrote: > ... >> I'm not sure what type of spam you are referring to, but when I post to >> this mailing list I see spamming attempts that are directly targeting my >> MX, without using the mailing list

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Andreas Krey
On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 18:23:48 +, Ralph Seichter wrote: ... > I'm not sure what type of spam you are referring to, but when I post to > this mailing list I see spamming attempts that are directly targeting my > MX, without using the mailing list infrastructure. The list admins would > not be able

Re: [tor-relays] Relay out of consensus after node migration

2018-09-21 Thread nusenu
T0r-n0d3: > Hi Teor, > > I've restarted tor, please see attached the notice logs I've uploaded to > debian's pastebin: > https://paste.debian.net/hidden/133a9cb5 some observations: - "ORPort is reachable from the outside. Excellent." -> good - you have an IPv6 ORPort: Common issue: IPv6 enable

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 21.09.18 17:43, Andreas Krey wrote: > On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:57:29 +, Ralph Seichter wrote: > > > How would the list admins ever be able to connect A to B? > > Traffic modulation and analysis. Unfortunately that requires that > every spam addressee to respond quickly [...] I'm not sure wha

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Andreas Krey
On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:57:29 +, Ralph Seichter wrote: ... > Imagine an address A subscribed to this mailing list in a read-only > fashion (a.k.a. "lurker"). A uses list posts as triggers to send spam > from address B, which does not even need to be subscribed. How would > the list admins ever b

Re: [tor-relays] Relay out of consensus after node migration

2018-09-21 Thread T0r-n0d3
Hi Teor, I've restarted tor, please see attached the notice logs I've uploaded to debian's pastebin: https://paste.debian.net/hidden/133a9cb5 Thanks & best regards. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, 21 de September de 2018

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays

2018-09-21 Thread Ralph Seichter
On 21.09.18 16:40, Dave Warren wrote: > It would be fantastic if the list operators were to track this down > and kill it off. Imagine an address A subscribed to this mailing list in a read-only fashion (a.k.a. "lurker"). A uses list posts as triggers to send spam from address B, which does not e

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays (was Re: Fwd: Tor GuardRelay)

2018-09-21 Thread George
Dave Warren: > It would be fantastic if the list operators were to track this down and kill > it off. My guess is that there is an address subscribed which receives the > list and triggers the spam to be sent (at least based on seeing this type of > thing on a few other lists over the years). Q

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays (was Re: Fwd: Tor GuardRelay)

2018-09-21 Thread Dave Warren
It would be fantastic if the list operators were to track this down and kill it off. My guess is that there is an address subscribed which receives the list and triggers the spam to be sent (at least based on seeing this type of thing on a few other lists over the years). ___

[tor-relays] Mexico City operator meetup (October 2nd)

2018-09-21 Thread Colin Childs
Hello tor-relays, At 6:30PM on October 2nd, the Tor Project will be hosting a relay operator meetup in Mexico City, at the Sheraton Maria Isabel[1][2]. Come along and meet other relay operators and hear the latest news from Tor — we’ll also have T-shirts and stickers to kit out your devices. If

Re: [tor-relays] Jerk spammers on tor-relays (was Re: Fwd: Tor GuardRelay)

2018-09-21 Thread Mirimir
On 09/20/2018 09:33 PM, Keifer Bly wrote: > So, for me, it appears that the jerk spammers have advanced, Instead of > sending spam to the tor-relays@lists.torproject.org email address, they are > now directly sending spam to specific addresses subscribed to the list. I > got one today from coleman