Re: [tor-relays] new Tor exit

2018-03-14 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
2018-03-15 7:03 GMT+01:00 Arisbe : > > Here is my problem: The aforementioned relay has been on for nearly > 24-hours and not a single user has frequented my doorsteps. https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-new-relay ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-r

Re: [tor-relays] 100K circuit request per minute for hours killed my relay

2017-07-27 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 27.07.2017 um 19:48 schrieb Vort: >> This sort of thing has been going on for many years. I used to refer >> to it as "mobbing". As nearly as I was ever able to determine, the behavior >> is an unintended consequence of hidden services. > > Same thing started to happen today and I have n

Re: [tor-relays] Upgrading a relay and changing IP address

2017-05-18 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
2017-05-18 13:15 GMT+02:00 Cristian Consonni : > > I am running the relays on VPS providers so, I can choose (only) among > the versions of Debian that are provided by the services as templates. > > It should be possible to upgrade to Jessie from the template. At least that is what I did on my masc

[tor-relays] Lost guard flag, IPv6 problem?

2017-02-26 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Hi, my relay lost its guard flag and I don't know what might be the reason. The flag was lost before the last reboot (due to kernel upgrade) https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7A32C9519D80CA458FC8B034A28F5F6815649A98 Any ideas on that? What bothers me too is: there is no IPv6 "Dir Address"

Re: [tor-relays] Reminder: If you are on 0.2.9.x, make sure you are running 0.2.9.9

2017-02-09 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
2017-02-09 20:48 GMT+01:00 mick : > > Attempting an upgrade from 0.2.9.8 I get nothing. > > I have Jessie and tor from jessie-backports, tor version is 0.2.9.9. Sebastian ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproj

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay from home - end of experiment?

2016-12-14 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 14.12.2016 um 11:46 schrieb Rana: > They do, however, have different numbers as to how much traffic they can > carry; which in view of the above IMHO can be attributed only to the > difference in how well their respective IPSs connect with the ISPs in places > where DirAuths are located. W

Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay from home - end of experiment?

2016-12-13 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 13.12.2016 um 20:01 schrieb Rana: > Any other advice / ideas welcome. You have been asked for fingerpring or atlas link several times. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org

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

2016-12-04 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 04.12.2016 um 19:46 schrieb Rana: > Paul, you may be a very, very smart dude who needs no clarifications and I > may be a passive aggressive liberal fascist but you are totally wrong - I > have NO idea what "submit a patch" means https://lmgtfy.com/?q=submit+a+patch! signature.asc Descri

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

2016-12-04 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 04.12.2016 um 20:24 schrieb ane...@tutanota.de: > In Germany, it's quite usual that you have a dynamic IP and unusual that > you have static IP. Not just a few relays are located in Germany. It's > not just a question of frustration of owners of dynamic IP relay, but > also a matter of bandwith

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

2016-12-04 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 04.12.2016 um 19:50 schrieb Rana: > Since when is there a requirement for a relay operator to have "programming > skills"? This requirement does not exist. But there if you want make tor behave differently than it does, programming skills are welcome (but not necessary). > [tor] should sa

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

2016-12-04 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 04.12.2016 um 17:54 schrieb Rana: > In short, if Tor Project does not want relays with dynamic IP, it > should say so and I would stop wasting my time. Otherwise, Tor > should fix what's broken. Please submit a patch. Thanks. Crying about what tor shold do to please you seems not very pro

Re: [tor-relays] Useful metrics for relay operators

2016-09-04 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 01.09.2016 um 05:36 schrieb I: > Did someone mention t-shirts? I got my weather notification in January, recieved the t-shirt one week ago. Thanks! Sebastian signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-re

[tor-relays] DoS on my non-exit relay? Or just oversensitive DoS "protection"?

2016-08-10 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Hi, The provider of my non-exit "silentrocket" told me they temporarily disconnected the server from their network because of a DoS attack against the machine. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7A32C9519D80CA458FC8B034A28F5F6815649A98 They sent me some details of what they think is a DoS att

Re: [tor-relays] TOR router install without access to root

2016-05-25 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 25.05.2016 um 10:28 schrieb Markus Koch: > Thank you. What about the config filez in /etc/tor/ ... /etc/ should be root > only? The user runnng tor must be able to read them. $DataDir has to be rw Sebastian signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature __

Re: [tor-relays] TOR router install without access to root

2016-05-25 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 25.05.2016 um 10:16 schrieb Markus Koch: > Linux, would like to upgrade my accounts at feralhosting.com with tor > nodes. It must be possible because there are a lot of TOR nodes on > feral. No clue what kind of linux they are using but you are right, I > needed root for my other 6 TOR servers a

Re: [tor-relays] Weird relay outage

2016-03-26 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 26.03.2016 um 13:38 schrieb Xza: > Suddenly my relay lost all it's flags plus weird bandwidth drops while the > network is fully intact. > Tor version 0.2.7.6 - Ubuntu server 14.04 Do you have any question? Just want to share an observation? Anything we might have a look on? Sebastian s

Re: [tor-relays] Bandwidth Fallen Off Drastically

2016-03-14 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 14.03.2016 um 17:19 schrieb Daryl Styrk: > Didn't some University just drop 5000 relays into the network? Not sure if this might be the reason but I obeserved the consensus weight of my mittle relay drop to half of its previous value. Server and network configuration has not been changed, no

Re: [tor-relays] Network Bandwidth Fine Tuning

2016-03-02 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 02.03.2016 um 15:25 schrieb Tristan: > Maybe this article from the Tor FAQ will help: > http://archives.seul.org/or/relays/Aug-2010/msg00034.html Thanks. > According to the article, Tor can only get 100Mbps per CPU core, and Tor > doesn't use any more than 2 cores because it's not fully multit

Re: [tor-relays] Network Bandwidth Fine Tuning

2016-03-02 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
d) [0.00 km]: 7.529 ms Testing download speed Download: 385.85 Mbit/s Testing upload speed.. Upload: 242.09 Mbit/s niehaus@rocket:~$ Anything I can do to donate more bandwith? Any more information you need? --

Re: [tor-relays] Network Bandwidth Fine Tuning

2016-03-02 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 28.02.2016 um 02:14 schrieb stea...@nym.mixmin.net: > root$ speedtest-cli Do not do ervrything as root ... -- Sebastian Niehaus Am Freibad West 80 38440 Wolfsburg signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing l

Re: [tor-relays] tor middle node question

2016-01-27 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 27.01.2016 um 06:22 schrieb Operator AnonymizedIoExitCA1: > [ http://project.torstatus.kgprog.com/ ] > at the end of the website does not work. Anybody know where/how > the source code is available? https://github.com/KenanSulayman/torstatus HTH, Sebastian signature.asc Description: OpenP

Re: [tor-relays] tor middle node question

2016-01-27 Thread Sebastian Niehaus
Am 27.01.2016 um 09:39 schrieb Sebastian Niehaus: > Am 27.01.2016 um 06:22 schrieb Operator AnonymizedIoExitCA1: >> [ http://project.torstatus.kgprog.com/ ] > >> at the end of the website does not work. Anybody know where/how >> the source code is available? > > ht