Re: [tor-relays] Unwarranted discrimination of relays with dynamic IP

2016-12-22 Thread David Serrano
tions are not a lot. I used to have a symmetric 20 megabytes/second line and the router provided by my ISP would reboot when reaching around 3600 connections. Happily, they provided FTTH so I was able to put a linux box instead of said router and reach 13k conns. -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F28

Re: [tor-relays] Exit Node Geographical Location

2016-12-08 Thread David Serrano
(network wise) from such locations. This has been explained a couple of times recently (which is why I remember it :^)). Please don't top post. -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-rela

Re: [tor-relays] Really bad ISP

2016-10-26 Thread David Serrano
On 2016-10-26 08:44:00 (+), LluĂ­s wrote: > > I'm very sad Jazztel is the one that turns out to be > **really** unstable for me. You mentioned "VDSL" in the OP, however I'm talking about fiber. Maybe by switching technologies you could get an improved servi

Re: [tor-relays] Really bad ISP

2016-10-26 Thread David Serrano
, 6667" they didn't have the Exit flag, therefore I'm not sure to what extent the exit capabilities were actually used. If Jazztel is an option for you, I'd definitely recommend it. -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [tor-relays] Simplifying ExoneraTor

2015-07-07 Thread David Serrano
instead of keeping it to myself: what about modifying the form to ask also for the destination port? So the investigator would enter source IP, dest port and date. Can be somewhat confusing due to the source/dest mix, but the "Exit" column in this case would be pretty clear be

Re: [tor-relays] Simplifying ExoneraTor

2015-07-04 Thread David Serrano
gt; is only configured as an exit for part of the time, that's a potentially > important part of the historic record. Thanks. I didn't consider the possibility of relays switching between exit/non-exit at some point. -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A0

Re: [tor-relays] Simplifying ExoneraTor

2015-07-04 Thread David Serrano
Maybe a link to a "Technical details" could still be kept for the most weirdos among us :), containing some more details. Not the full gore we have now, but something like platform, bandwidth, exit policy... things that could be explained to your sister in 5 minutes. Just my 2sat,

Re: [tor-relays] Relay from home

2015-04-08 Thread David Serrano
router so, barring a blackout, that is hardly going to happen. And if you get an UPS as I did, you may be in the middle of a blackout but still be connected to the net :^). -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

Re: [tor-relays] Notice

2015-04-07 Thread David Serrano
On 2015-04-08 00:22:08 (+0200), Bandie Kojote wrote: > > Dear list admins, > > I didn't subscribe to the tor-relay mailing list to receive spam. Just my 2 cents: I've been subscribed to this list for 1.5 years and these are the first two instances of spam I've seen

Re: [tor-relays] keeping tor relays operational

2015-03-14 Thread David Serrano
n a --verify-config in the first place, because tor might die if there's something in the configuration that it doesn't like! I learnt that lesson the hard way :^). -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

Re: [tor-relays] EDIS now bans Tor

2015-03-05 Thread David Serrano
On 2015-03-05 19:31:40 (-0500), Dedalo wrote: > > "expect an update on that soon. Relays will be back soon if limited to 5 > Mbps ..." Allowing a full exit (bar smtp), even with the limitation of 5 mbps, would be really nice... -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A0

Re: [tor-relays] Tor and Freenode

2015-01-24 Thread David Serrano
o is teach the IRC client to connect through it. -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Tor and Freenode

2015-01-24 Thread David Serrano
that you're running an /exit/ relay. I just verified that I'm able to connect to freenode from the IP associated with my non-exit relay without issues. -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___

Re: [tor-relays] Tor and Freenode

2015-01-24 Thread David Serrano
se freenode, you will have to [block ports]. Alternatively, you can allow any ports in your exit policy, and always connect to freenode using the hidden service". -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

Re: [tor-relays] Tor in Spain

2015-01-09 Thread David Serrano
ccording to them some new law here in > Spain forbids Tor relays. Then it would be interesting if they were so kind to point to that alleged new law that was put in place. And if indeed no tor relays are allowed, you could update the GoodBadISPs. -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 s

Re: [tor-relays] [tor-talk] Platform diversity in Tor network [was: OpenBSD doc/TUNING]

2014-11-07 Thread David Serrano
y, grabbed from onionoo.tpo/details. -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] [tor-talk] Platform diversity in Tor network [was: OpenBSD doc/TUNING]

2014-11-05 Thread David Serrano
n relays having the exit flag: 93.62% 4459816582 Linux 4.51% 214639363 FreeBSD 1.25% 59672066 Windows 0.25% 11754598 Darwin 0.17%7896687 Bitrig 0.15%6964863 OpenBSD 0.06%3091495 SunOS -- David Serrano PGP: 1BCC1A1F280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Di

Re: [tor-relays] hardening a tor relay

2014-05-24 Thread David Serrano
On 2014-05-24 06:36:41 (-0700), Contra Band wrote: > Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 06:36:41 -0700 (PDT) > > That is a great piece of advice David. No it isn't. Please see Roman's followup to my post. -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description

Re: [tor-relays] hardening a tor relay

2014-05-24 Thread David Serrano
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Re: [tor-relays] Linux CVE-2014-0196

2014-05-13 Thread David Serrano
gt; relevant is this issue? From what I gather, you're only affected if you're not the only user in the box. If you run a system dedicated only to tor, you should be safe. -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [tor-relays] About running an Exit node

2014-05-07 Thread David Serrano
u'll earn the BadExit flag. Read about it in [1] or elsewhere. [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/badRelays -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-re

Re: [tor-relays] Relay down, "rejected", help

2014-04-19 Thread David Serrano
On 2014-04-19 09:19:26 (-0700), kbesig wrote: > > OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/user/.arm/' > Any ideas?? Delete /home/user/.arm. It will be created again. Did you run it as root first? That would explain this problem. -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A0

Re: [tor-relays] Relays vulnerable to OpenSSL bug: Please upgrade

2014-04-08 Thread David Serrano
On 2014-04-08 09:20:28 (-0700), ecart...@riseup.net wrote: > > Update: I now have Running, Unnamed, V2Dir and Valid flags after 90 > minutes of uptime. So I guess all is well. So do I. I guess Named will be the toughest of them all :). -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 sign

Re: [tor-relays] Exiting only port 8333

2014-03-19 Thread David Serrano
tually "exit probability to 80/443/6667 destinations". -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Exiting only port 8333

2014-03-17 Thread David Serrano
ode despite not having the flag. Try waiting some days to see if there's some traffic on port 8333. FWIW I check outgoing connections using netstat instead of arm :). HTH, -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature _

Re: [tor-relays] How long from enabling ExitPolicy's to getting the Exit flag?

2014-02-26 Thread David Serrano
rned that I was in fact being an exit for some of the ports I had enabled. The reason I wasn't getting the Exit flag was because I didn't open two ports among 80, 443 and 6667. A couple of hours ago I opened 443 and 6667 (it was planned anyway) and soon after my relay got the Exit flag.

[tor-relays] How long from enabling ExitPolicy's to getting the Exit flag?

2014-02-26 Thread David Serrano
hence me asking. -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: 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-Bandwith

2013-11-09 Thread David Serrano
few days and this number will increase on its own. https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.or

Re: [tor-relays] max TCP interruption before Tor circuit teardown?

2013-11-01 Thread David Serrano
org/relay-search.html and enter your IP address to figure that out. -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] max TCP interruption before Tor circuit teardown?

2013-10-31 Thread David Serrano
astly, this may give additional ideas: http://thiemonagel.de/2006/02/preventing-brute-force-attacks-using-iptables-recent-matching/ -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] max TCP interruption before Tor circuit teardown?

2013-10-29 Thread David Serrano
u can drop packets in the SYN_THROTTLE chain instead of rejecting them, without fail2ban. Or you can accept them until a threshold is reached, then log/reject them up to a second threshold, then silently drop them. -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signat

Re: [tor-relays] max TCP interruption before Tor circuit teardown?

2013-10-27 Thread David Serrano
rcuits. It all depends on what rules it inserts into its chain. However, do you need fail2ban now that you are throttling SYNs without affecting circuits? -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ tor-rela

Re: [tor-relays] max TCP interruption before Tor circuit teardown?

2013-10-27 Thread David Serrano
You don't need '-m state --state NEW' in lines 17 and 18 because all packets in that chain are already known to be new. I recommend to use always --log-prefix for easy future grepping. -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9 signature

Re: [tor-relays] max TCP interruption before Tor circuit teardown?

2013-10-22 Thread David Serrano
t match this rule and will traverse the rest of the ruleset unaffected. Since I run a new node and discovering this new world I'm somewhat concerned that once I gain the Stable flag I'll be SYN flooded too so I'll pay attention to this too. -- David Serrano Gnu