Re: [tor-relays] upcoming directory authority changes

2022-12-08 Thread Tim Kuijsten via tor-relays
(2) Rotate to fresh identity keys for moria1, the directory authority that I run. In early November 2022 there was a remote break-in to the computer running moria1. Based on the evidence and the type of attack, I believe it was a standard automated attack -- that is, I think they weren't targeting

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Relay Internet Speed Much Slower Than Actual Internet Speed

2018-11-16 Thread Tim Kuijsten
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:13:32AM +1000, teor wrote: On 16 Nov 2018, at 06:22, Keifer Bly wrote: But is it normal for the fast flag to be off and on? Thank you. Yes. Change is normal. Embrace change. Do not worry. this one made me laugh. nice one! :) __

Re: [tor-relays] when do dead "Alleged Family Members" disappear?

2018-11-04 Thread Tim Kuijsten
On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 05:55:02PM +0100, niftybunny wrote: you have removed it from your torrc under MyFamily ? Yes I did in the currently active relay. I don't think I had deleted it from MyFamily of the other relay before I shut it down though. -Tim On 4. Nov 2018, at 17:52

[tor-relays] when do dead "Alleged Family Members" disappear?

2018-11-04 Thread Tim Kuijsten
In the past I've shortly ran a relay that I have shut down because of performance issues[1]. But even after a month now it still appears as an "alleged family member" on the Tor metrics website with the relay that I'm still operating[2]. Since the peer is gone for over a month now and won't be

[tor-relays] log "Is your outbound address the same as your relay address?"

2018-08-30 Thread Tim Kuijsten
Hi, I just setup a new relay[0]. One of the messages I got is the following: "Your relay has a very large number of connections to other relays. Is your outbound address the same as your relay address? Found 12 connections to 8 relays. Found 12 current canonical connections, in 0 of which we w

Re: [tor-relays] How long before a new relay shows up in Relay Search?

2018-08-17 Thread Tim Kuijsten
I've recently set up a new relay: Tor 0.3.3.7 (git-035a35178c92da94) on a FreeBSD-11.2 machine. The Tor server's identity key fingerprint is: 'Chiron420 9C7BB4BCB58AC876D83B67277A0CF3BC73F4FDF6' A search for this relay on the metrics site says "No Results found!"

Re: [tor-relays] Exploiting firmware

2016-12-07 Thread Tim Kuijsten
Op 07-12-16 om 23:50 schreef Alex Haydock: AMD is no escape, as they have an equivalent in the form of their "Platform Security Processor" I believe[1] the Athlon 5370 that AMD released this year is without PSP. Suits small form factors and has good performance for the mere 25 Watt that it us