Re: [tor-relays] Old version in Debian/Ubuntu repo?

2021-09-05 Thread Matthew Smith
Hi Eric, On Sun, 22 Aug 2021, at 16:41, Eric Jacksch wrote: > Just a heads-up that a fresh install on Ubuntu 20.04 as per > > https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/guard/debianubuntu/ > > Results in a version warning in the log file: > > "Please upgrade! This version of Tor (0.4.2.7) is

Re: [tor-relays] Question about Tor updates

2021-07-31 Thread Matthew Smith
Hi Potlatch, On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, at 02:01, potlatch wrote: > When I update my ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa) I get the following > message: > > Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository > 'https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org focal InRelease' doesn't

Re: [tor-relays] ISP

2021-04-05 Thread Matthew Smith
On Sat, 3 Apr 2021, at 03:07, Андрей Гвоздев wrote: > Which ISP is better? Scaleway or OVH? They are both quite friendly to Tor relays, but there are already many Tor relays running on these ISPs. I think it's better to go with a smaller ISP to keep the network healthy.

Re: [tor-relays] I was banned from PayPal

2021-03-12 Thread Matthew Smith
potlatch writes: > Today I received a message from PayPal that paying for Tor relay > server leases was a direct violation of my usage agreement. I have > been paying off-shore VPS hosts for my Tor server leases with PayPal > for at least ten years. Very interesting that they act now. That's

Re: [tor-relays] Shutdown of my digital ocean guard relay

2020-10-15 Thread Matthew Smith
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, at 13:09, Dr Gerard Bulger wrote: > Why not run it until they spot it and shut it down?! I assume they'll send him a big bill for all of the bandwidth that he uses :). ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org

Re: [tor-relays] Does this mean upgrades are working?

2020-05-17 Thread Matthew Smith
Keifer Bly writes: > How will running upgrades every day effect my uptime? Thx. When an update to Tor is available, it will be applied and then your Tor daemon will be restarted. It will affect your uptime, but all of your relay's flags (like fast, stable, ...) will still be there when it comes