Re: [tor-relays] Raspberry Pi Relay Node Performance

2013-08-13 Thread Harold Naparst
I updated my Raspberry Pi to 0.2.4.16-rc as Gordon Morehouse suggested. Almost immediately I can see a big difference. I now have 700 inbound connections, 4 outbound, and 14 circuits. Before it was about 150/15/50 or so. The download and upload rates are lower than before, but that might be b

[tor-relays] RaspPi with -enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128

2013-09-06 Thread Harold Naparst
Yesterday, Nick Mathewson wrote: One thing that you should try is seeing whether the latest 0.2.4.x release does any better for you. In particular, I'd recommend trying the just-released 0.2.4.16-rc, with openssl 1.0.1e, and make sure that openssl 1.0.1e was built with the -enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc

[tor-relays] . Re: Relay security, re: local network

2013-09-26 Thread Harold Naparst
I have been running an exit relay from my home for many years with no issues. If you are willing to support the ideals of the Tor project, you should be willing to run an exit relay. Obviously, without exit relays, the Tor project would be useless. I am unable to surf to exactly one site that I

[tor-relays] enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128

2014-09-08 Thread Harold Naparst
If you want a version of openssl compiled with the enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128 option and you are using Gentoo Linux, you can grab it from my overlay: layman -f layman -a hnaparst emerge openssl The new flag "nist" is turned on by default. I have 1.0.1i and 1.0.2_beta2 in the overlay. Hope it he

Re: [tor-relays] enable-ec_nistp_64_gcc_128

2014-09-09 Thread Harold Naparst
rks for you, and would be interested if it makes a difference. > Thanks for your contribution, can you also add some note to the > underlying bug report https://bugs.gentoo.org/469976 so others may see > it easier? > -Jeremy > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Harold Naparst wrote

[tor-relays] Gentoo overlay

2014-09-09 Thread Harold Naparst
Sorry Jeremy, I didn't realize you were a Gentoo dev. I have added the comment to the Gentoo bug discussion per your wishes. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] boost CPU on a Tor relay

2014-09-09 Thread Harold Naparst
I'll just throw in my datapoint on this subject because it might be of interest. My relay (torpoint) is currently advertising a bandwidth of 58 MB/s according to Globe. Arm reports that it is pushing 50 MB/s and has 12,500 open clients. It has a Xeon E3/1220 with 8 GB ram. The load average is 0