Re: [tor-relays] Relay migration

2024-06-17 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 05:24:50PM GMT, Roger Dingledine wrote: > Having a relay downtime of 2-4 weeks though could really increase the time > until you get flags like Guard back, due to some design flaws in how the > directory authorities track stability. I don't mind about the Guard flag, the re

[tor-relays] Relay migration

2024-06-04 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello everyone. I have to move somewhere else a a (middle) relay I have been running for a few years. It will be down for 2-4 weeks, then be back online in a different location, with different ISP, at better speed. But it will run on the same hardware and software. Should I keep the same keys, or s

[tor-relays] Running an exit relay in Italy

2023-08-17 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello there and thanks everyone for your answers to my message about middle relay blocking. Reading them I feel trying to solve the blacklisting of my IP would be overkilling. Since I have a chance to get a cheap VPS, I will try to migrate the relay on it. And since the relay would be on a dedicate

[tor-relays] Middle relay IP blocking

2023-08-03 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello there! I've been running for over 1.5 year a middle relay on an IP address I also use to browse, withous issues. However it's now some weeks since many websites that always refused tor traffic started to also refuse normal traffic from my IP. I suppose this is related to the relay, because I

[tor-relays] Relays at universities campaign

2023-02-02 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello everyone. At last Saturday's Tor Relay Operators Meetup, ongoing work on a "relays at universities" campaign was announced. I am interested in it as I may be able to help a little, so I'd like to receive any news, but I don't remember any message about it on tor-relays@lists.torproject.org l

Re: [tor-relays] PSA: Tor 0.4.5 reaches end of life (EOL) on 2023-02-15

2023-01-24 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 08:41:39AM +, Petrarca via tor-relays wrote: > I'm running a relay on Debian (flavor) - all software is up-to-date and the > tor version installed is 4.5.16. So I think it's up the Debian admins to > update tor on their repositories (?); that way at least the Debian rela

Re: [tor-relays] Need a little assistance with a relay

2022-11-04 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello Ron, thank you for setting up a relay. What have you tried so far? You followed the instructions at [1]? How do you know the relay is not functioning? Is there anything in tor logs? [1] https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/guard/ On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 10:32:48PM +, Ronvau via

Re: [tor-relays] Strange entries in notices.log

2022-08-23 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
On Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:49:13 +, toritdown via tor-relays wrote: > I am suddenly finding numerous entries in my /var/log/tor/notices log > that look like this: > > Aug 22 01:21:46.000 [warn] Unable to store router descriptor > Aug 22 01:21:46.000 [warn] Error writing to > "/var/lib/tor/cached

[tor-relays] Refuse Guard flag

2022-08-02 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello there. I have been running my (non-exit) relay without issues for some months. Recently I noticed that my ISP started to reset my IP a few hours after the node gets the Guard flag, thus making it lose such a flag (as well as Stable and HSDir). I am not sure if the Guard flag is the real cause

Re: [tor-relays] Error 403 connecting to Sysadmin 101 Workshop

2022-06-07 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
:56:43 +0300, Raya Sharbain wrote: >Hello hello! > >So the workshop happened on Saturday at 2000 UTC, the BBB room wasn’t >live yesterday. Sorry about that! Hopefully there’ll be another one >soon :-) > >Cheers, > >Raya > >> On 4 Jun 2022, at 22:16, Eldalië vi

[tor-relays] Error 403 connecting to Sysadmin 101 Workshop

2022-06-07 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello there, I'm trying to connect to the Sysadmin 101 Workshop, but after waiting for moderator approval I keep getting the following error (also in the attached image): You have been removed from the meeting User has an invalid sessionToken due to ejection --- 403 Any idea about

Re: [tor-relays] Newbie needs help

2022-03-22 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello, thanks for running a relay. > I am getting a warning that my contact info isn't set. I uncommented > that section and put a name and email address. Have you reloaded the configuration after editing torrc? In Debian you can do so with sudo systemctl reload tor > Also uncommented the N

Re: [tor-relays] Good hosting providers for an exit node

2022-03-06 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
I don't have much experience, but I think you may do a first selection from https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/good-bad-isps/. However you should check provider's conditions anyway, as many items in this list are some years old and may be outdated. Good luck! Eldalië On F

Re: [tor-relays] Odd network activity

2022-03-04 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Thanks very much. The anomalous peaks disappeared for most of the days indeed, it remained only for 26/02. Eldalië On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 07:26:26 + Georg Koppen wrote: > Eldalië via tor-relays: > > Hello there. > > > >> I see on every exit node I check on the

Re: [tor-relays] Odd network activity

2022-03-03 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello there. > I see on every exit node I check on the metrics page, a massive bump > in bandwidth used without a change in exit probability. I just checked the metrics page for the relay I operate (791E637A38C715336290E8AC0EB6C99BD02A5F0E) and I noticed a bump similar to the one from FDAA4F76F77

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

2022-02-04 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
Hello there. > And generally, what's more needed atm: bridge, non-exit, exit or > snowflake? I'm not an expert at all, but the most needed type of relay is exit ([1]) and I suppose always will be, as they are the most prone to raise legal issues ([1]) and have the highest requirements ([2]). Also