Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-14 Thread Tora Tora Tora
On 03/14/2014 02:45 PM, Roger Dingledine wrote: ... See https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9969 for one case. I wonder if these are clients running Tor versions from back before we did directory fetches tunnelled over the ORPort -- clients from that long ago would launch quite a f

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-14 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:23:50PM -0400, Tora Tora Tora wrote: > Why would any IP address need > more than one (or several simultaneous) connection is beyond me. See https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9969 for one case. I wonder if these are clients running Tor versions from back b

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-14 Thread Greg W
Those don't match up with any of the weird connections I've been seeing. *shrugs* On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Tora Tora Tora wrote: > Not sure I should disclose them in a public forum, but somewhat obfuscated > they are: > > 5.0.137.xx - Syria - 455 connections > 66.150.6.xx - Groundspea

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-14 Thread Tora Tora Tora
Not sure I should disclose them in a public forum, but somewhat obfuscated they are: 5.0.137.xx - Syria - 455 connections 66.150.6.xx - Groundspeak, Inc - 108 connections 72.78.110.xx - Verizon - 202 connections 68.101.234.xx - Cox Communications - 51 connections etc. It seems there were attem

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-14 Thread Greg W
What are the IPs connecting to you? I've been watching my firewall logs here recently and see several hosts from several distinct subnets consistently trying to connect to TOR related ports. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 5:50 AM, I wrote: > One of mine is being DDOSed today. > Zenaan Harkness wrote:

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-14 Thread I
One of mine is being DDOSed today. Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >>> I think it is unusual. >>> >>> Are you just checking the tor log to see this? >> >> OK, so I am being DOSed then. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lis

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 3/14/14, Tora Tora Tora wrote: > On 03/13/2014 09:37 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> I think it is unusual. >> >> Are you just checking the tor log to see this? > > OK, so I am being DOSed then. Sorry I can't say, it just doesn't sound right. I've only run a relay for a few weeks, and down the

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-13 Thread Tora Tora Tora
On 03/13/2014 09:37 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: ... I think it is unusual. Are you just checking the tor log to see this? OK, so I am being DOSed then. Maybe try installing some ip blacklist or dynamic firewalling? rblcheck is a debian package which may be relevant. Maybe time to do some

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-13 Thread Zenaan Harkness
> On 03/10/2014 01:14 PM, Tora Tora Tora wrote: >> I just recently allowed the directory ports of my relay to be listed and >> noticed that some IPs are a bit overzealous in connecting to the >> directory port. As in 108 connections within a minute zealous. >> >> Is this unusual? I think it is unu

Re: [tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-13 Thread Tora Tora Tora
Anyone knows the answer? It happened again with another IP establishing 400+ connections to directory port within a minute. Me thinks it was not a good idea to display the directory port. On 03/10/2014 01:14 PM, Tora Tora Tora wrote: I just recently allowed the directory ports of my relay to

[tor-relays] Are zealous connections to directory port common?

2014-03-10 Thread Tora Tora Tora
I just recently allowed the directory ports of my relay to be listed and noticed that some IPs are a bit overzealous in connecting to the directory port. As in 108 connections within a minute zealous. Is this unusual? ___ tor-relays mailing list tor