Re: [tor-relays] An Internet backbone blocklisted my Tor server!

2024-08-20 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Dienstag, 20. August 2024 12:12:22 CEST Tzanca via tor-relays wrote: > > I bet the reason that my server periodically goes offline is because it is > > being blocked and not because it is actually offline! > > It can be the metrics server seeing server down but server actuall

Re: [tor-relays] DDOS alerts from my provider

2024-08-20 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Sonntag, 14. Juli 2024 15:54:45 CEST Toralf Förster via tor-relays wrote: > On 7/12/24 00:14, boldsuck wrote: > > The idea is not bad. But can you simply discard every ≤ 50byte packet? > > Probably not > > > I drop fragments and uncommon TCP MSS values. > > ip

[tor-relays] DMARC helps prevent Tor-exit from being abused for email SPAM.

2024-08-20 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
F to strict adkim=s; aspf=s; and DMARC subdomain policy to reject sp=reject; Since then, emails about Tor-exits have dropped to 0 ;-) -- ╰_╯ Ciao Marco! Debian GNU/Linux It's free software and it gives you freedom! signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed mes

Re: [tor-relays] DDOS alerts from my provider

2024-08-20 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Donnerstag, 8. August 2024 22:20:35 CEST eff_03675...@posteo.se wrote: > Hi Rafo, > > My apologies for the late reply in your request for the code on banning > tor exits into *GUARDS or middle-relays* Before many people copy this, a note: A relay with exit flag is MOSTLY used for

Re: [tor-relays] 2024 : time to stop using Telegram (e.g. in Bridge line communication.).

2024-08-26 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
q I've been using it for a few months. Decentralized, no ID, protected metadata, multiple user profiles, some designs taken from the Tor protocol. All SimpleX servers optionally accessible via Tor and you can run your own private SimpleX server. Jack Dorsey invested a large sum in further

Re: [tor-relays] 2024 : time to stop using Telegram (e.g. in Bridge line communication.).

2024-08-27 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 26. August 2024 17:33:22 CEST Marco Predicatori wrote: > All this is pretty scary. Pretty much any exit node manager can be arrested > on the very same basis. No. A Tor router does not host any data, it is a router like any other ISP or backbone router. I am currently updati

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge node configurations and where to find them (semi quote)

2024-08-27 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
ine too. Also be sure to learn > about 'BandwidthBurst' in case its behavior is surprising to you. > If a bridge reaches 20-30 MBytes, that's already a lot. There are only very few (guard|exit) relays on Tor-Metrics that reach 100 MBytes. > Should an anti DDoS system be configu

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge node configurations and where to find them (semi quote)

2024-08-28 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Mittwoch, 28. August 2024 07:53:21 CEST Alessandro Greco via tor-relays wrote: > > Once your bridge has been running stable for a few weeks, an advanced but > > experimental feature is to hide OrPort. > > So is it possible to remove the ports from the torrc file while keepin

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Tor to support armhf architecture

2024-08-30 Thread DiffieHellman via tor-relays
Hi Landon, >but keeping it up to date is not easy. >Plus, I don't really know how to keep it up to date like that. You check for a tor update every month or three, download the latest archive, compile and install that and as soon as you restart tor, it'll be up to date. It bein

Re: [tor-relays] Bridge node configurations and where to find them (semi quote)

2024-08-30 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Freitag, 30. August 2024 14:35:26 CEST Alessandro Greco via tor-relays wrote: > I noticed that you have a lot of Bridges active and in this regard I wanted I have different subnets on the servers and each bridge has a different IP+IPv6. Until 3 years ago you could get 1 IP for less tha

Re: [tor-relays] Supporting TOR: Seeking Affordable and Reliable Server Providers in Eastern Europe

2024-09-02 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 2. September 2024 14:54:55 CEST gus wrote: Hello Alex, First of all, it's nice that you're on the list. Maybe you would like to listen in on the meeting on Saturday. (It's anonymous and without a webcam) https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2024-August/02

[tor-relays] simple instructions to the expiredkey issue, pls.?

2024-09-03 Thread code9n via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] simple instructions to the expiredkey issue, pls.?

2024-09-03 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 2. September 2024 19:01:16 CEST code9n via tor-relays wrote: > I know I should have sorted this some weeks ago but can anyone tell me a > simple method of dealing with the: As root, one line: wget -qO- https://deb.torproject.org/torproje

Re: [tor-relays] simple instructions to the expiredkey issue, pls.?

2024-09-06 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Freitag, 6. September 2024 08:47:14 CEST eff_03675...@posteo.se wrote: OK, looks like TorProject (Gus) renamed the key and resolved tor-archive-keyring.gpg vs. deb.torproject.org-keyring.gpg mismatch. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/support/-/issues/368 Then I can update my sources

Re: [tor-relays] Next Tor Relay Operator Meetup - September 7th, 2024 at 19UTC

2024-09-07 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Donnerstag, 5. September 2024 19:53:00 CEST gus wrote: > Just a friendly reminder that we're meeting this Saturday, > September 7th @ 1900 UTC. > > Meeting pad: https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-relayop-sept7th-meetup-keep > Room link: https://tor.meet.coop/gus-og0-x74-dzn &g

Re: [tor-relays] Next Tor Relay Operator Meetup - September 7th, 2024 at 19UTC

2024-09-07 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Next Tor Relay Operator Meetup - September 7th, 2024 at 19UTC

2024-09-08 Thread Felix via tor-relays
Am Sat, 7 Sep 2024 15:14:56 -0300 schrieb gus : > > > https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-relayop-sept7th-meetup-keep Room > > Gus Hi Gus During reading through the pad I think I unfortunately deleted the link under "4. New Relay Governance docs" when I clicked the link on

[tor-relays] Relay suddenly pushing very little traffic

2024-09-13 Thread Zachary via tor-relays
. I am running Tor 4.8.12 installed from the official Tor repositories in Ubuntu 22.04 with OR port 9001. The entire network is an EdgeRouter plugged into WAN and then a firewall rule letting traffic hit the host for Tor. The relay is indeed working, but everyday it seems that less and less

Re: [tor-relays] [Important] Update on an upcoming German broadcasting story about Tor/Onion Services

2024-09-16 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 16. September 2024 12:31:24 CEST isabela fernandes wrote: > On September 9, 2024, The Tor Project received a press inquiry from > Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR, part of ARD, a German public broadcaster) with > The reporter claims to have "evidence that shows that in

Re: [tor-relays] [Important] Update on an upcoming German broadcasting story about Tor/Onion Services

2024-09-16 Thread boldsuck via tor-relays
On Montag, 16. September 2024 22:03:02 CEST Toralf Förster via tor-relays wrote: > On 9/16/24 21:13, boldsuck via tor-relays wrote: > > Some court documents are linked here, in the google sheets: > > https://safereddit.com/r/TOR/comments/19benkx/operation_liberty_lane_le_ru >

Re: [tor-relays] [Important] Update on an upcoming German broadcasting story about Tor/Onion Services

2024-09-16 Thread pasture_clubbed242--- via tor-relays
Greetings Marco, Something I always found confusing is what the difference is between the Vanguards Github project, and the version of Vanguards that Tor has implemented. I thought Vanguards was added into Tor no? Is the Vanguards project still useful despite this? I'm not sure if this

[tor-relays] wrong country in METRICS

2020-08-07 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
Hello. I am very new tor operator. For now i have only two relays. And one of them show wrong country in METRICS. I run in Estonia, but it shown as Germany. The same AS has another two relays, both in Estonia. IP-lookup shows Estonia. How change contry in METRICS? Thank you. publickey - tor

Re: [tor-relays] wrong country in METRICS

2020-08-10 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
ok. understand. but can i change VPS to another and leave me old keys? to change country Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Friday, August 7, 2020 9:38 PM, Ralph Seichter wrote: > - tor-operator-sahara...@protonmail.com: > > > How chan

[tor-relays] why non-exit node becomes last in the circuits?

2020-08-10 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
/rs.html#details/AC5CECEF6AF649F2A7F047D102FE9B461DA9234E They havnt exit-flag. Why it happen? publickey - tor-operator-sahara-it@protonmail.com - 0x4B4FD460.asc Description: application/pgp-keys signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor

Re: [tor-relays] why non-exit node becomes last in the circuits?

2020-08-10 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
yes yes understand. thank you Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, August 10, 2020 2:12 PM, Nick Mathewson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:55 AM tor-operator-sahara-it > tor-operator-sahara...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > Hell

Re: [tor-relays] wrong country in METRICS

2020-08-10 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
i was choose vps for tor node special in small country with small quantity tor nodes. and METRICS put my node in Germany ))) where are already a lot of relays. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, August 10, 2020 1:56 PM, Sebastian Elisa Pfeifer

Re: [tor-relays] wrong country in METRICS

2020-08-11 Thread tor-operator-sahara-it
yes, you are right. ok. i ignore it . Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, August 11, 2020 1:57 PM, Ralph Seichter wrote: > - tor-operator-sahara...@protonmail.com: > > > i was choose vps for tor node special in small countr

[tor-relays] Relay JPsi2 not getting into consensus anymore

2020-10-12 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
(more expensive) plan... Some time later I did so and reinstalled it with Ubuntu 18.04 and placed the old keys into the new installation. It seems they are now expected to be in /var/lib/tor/.tor/keys, as opposed to /var/lib/tor/keys as I was used to in Ubuntu 16.04. However, it does not seem to be

Re: [tor-relays] Relay JPsi2 not getting into consensus anymore

2020-10-13 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
changed. It still isn't in the consensus. If it is caused by something on my side, I'd like to fix it sooner rather than later. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Tor project helping to attempt to cancel Richard Stallman

2021-03-26 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
he free software movement for many many years. My 2 modest guard/mid relays will keep running independent of this embarrassing issue. ___________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Many SSH requests

2021-03-31 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
Happens on all internet-facing ssh daemons. Independently of tor. On 3/31/21 6:35 PM, Cristiano Kubiaki Gomes wrote: > Hi there, > O noticed many ssh requests to my Debian VM running a Relay and I am > wondering if this is normal or if this is happening only with me. > > Anyone el

Re: [tor-relays] Block certain .onion websites

2021-05-28 Thread Random Tor Node Operator
Exit relays have nothing to do with .onion sites. By design you cannot block them in your relay. On 5/27/21 6:43 PM, Tor Operator wrote: > Hello, exit node operator here. I share the values of the TOR > foundation, that’s why I’m operating an exit node but I can’t unsee all > the bad i

[tor-relays] Burning Bridges

2021-08-28 Thread torix via tor-relays
know if it matters what pool a bridge is in. TIA, --Torix Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email._______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Inflated throughput measures from torproject metrics?

2021-08-30 Thread torix via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Inflated throughput measures from torproject metrics?

2021-08-31 Thread torix via tor-relays
pt is being run over and over again for 2 weeks instead of just once. And yes, one of my relays fell over with a kernel limits problem two nights ago. --Torix ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, August 30th, 2021 at 7:15 AM, Georg Koppen wrote: > torix via tor-relays: > > &g

[tor-relays] Expected relay performance

2021-08-31 Thread fugel1 via tor-relays
Hi all! I've been running two tor relays [1] on the same machine for the past three weeks or so on my home connection (1 gigabit fibre). When I was looking for appropriate hardware (I needed something fanless) I was surprised at the almost complete absense of information online about what

Re: [tor-relays] Inflated throughput measures from torproject metrics?

2021-09-01 Thread torix via tor-relays
rease in advertised bandwidth starting Thursday seems so strange. --Torix Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 6:06 AM, Georg Koppen wrote: > torix via tor-relays: > > > Thanks for setting my mind at ease, Geor

Re: [tor-relays] Inflated throughput measures from torproject metrics?

2021-09-02 Thread torix via tor-relays
.github.io/OrNetStats/endtoend-correlation-groups ) --Torix ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 at 7:51 AM, Georg Koppen wrote: > Hello! > > torix via tor-relays: > > > Dear Georg, > > > > I don't understand that a ddos attac

[tor-relays] Relay Control Port

2021-09-10 Thread sysmanager7 via tor-relays
In torrc I have the control port commented out. I'm told the control port is not supposed to be listed on the relay itself. Below, is now what it says. How do I get rid of it? Control Socket: /run/tor/control GroupWritable RelaxDirModeCheck Thank you for your help :-) Sent with [Proto

[tor-relays] Ripped off relay name

2021-09-20 Thread xplato via tor-relays
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[tor-relays] tor version question

2021-09-22 Thread torix via tor-relays
Dear All, I can see in OrNetStats that I have several relays marked as having a vulnerable Tor version. But when I checked and tried to update them, I was told that everything was up to date. In 2 cases relays rented at the same time on the same host have different versions. AlexHost running

Re: [tor-relays] tor version question

2021-09-22 Thread torix via tor-relays
Thanks very much, Nusenu - I was sometimes copying a bad configuration file from one to another FreeBSD relays; Tor versions are all good now. I won't worry why one of my relays with the EPEL 8 repo got me 0.4.6.7 while the other two are at 0.4.5.10 since 5.10 is good enough. --

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

2021-09-24 Thread friendlyexitnode via tor-relays
support article to find out how you can recover to a "normal" state: > > https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/relay-bridge-overloaded/ > > Let us known how you find this new feature. > > Cheers, > > -hiro > > [1] > > https://gitweb.torproject.org/to

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

2021-10-03 Thread torix via tor-relays
The output format is Prometheus but you don't need a prometheus server to > > > get > > > > > > it. > > > > > > Once opened, you can simply fetch it like this: > > > > > > wget http://:/metrics -O /tmp/output.txt > > > >

Re: [tor-relays] Overloaded state indicator on relay-search

2021-10-07 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Tor has always been very lax at documentation--both creation and updating. I've never seen a thorough site map or directory published. I think this discourages folks who would like to start a tor relay. potlatch Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tu

[tor-relays] Connection Reset and IO Timeout errors on 0.4.6.7 with libnss

2021-10-09 Thread theintern via tor-relays
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[tor-relays] Restarting Tor

2021-10-10 Thread sysmanager7 via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Tor automatic restart

2021-10-11 Thread theintern via tor-relays
configure tor (via the torrc file) to restart automatically once a month? Thank you. --Keifer ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] help with exit

2021-10-17 Thread relays via tor-relays
On 10/16/21 5:56 PM, Bass Down Low via tor-relays wrote: Hi all, I am somewhat new to the project and trying to run a couple exits to help out. I noticed my relay amazinglizard F80494CE5B2441B67431FFA9CCA571D26BC4F6D8 has bee up for 4 days and not turned into an exit yet. I noticed the

[tor-relays] bridge question

2021-10-28 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Relay operator section in our forum

2021-10-29 Thread HackerNCoder via tor-relays
; Discourse was contacted, and as it looks right now, we are not getting an onion service. https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/issues/40183#note_2740700 I looked around a little, but I can't find where there is anything on exactly why it isn't self hosted. -- HackerNCo

[tor-relays] Crashed Relay

2021-11-06 Thread sysmanager7 via tor-relays
I was notified by Uptime Robot that relay 1 of 3 had been shut down. Unfortunately I found this out 12 hours after the fact. guard flag is lost. journalctl -u tor@default Nov 01 01:03:18 ubuntu-s-1vcpu-2gb-nyc1-01 Tor[328387]: I learned some more directory information, but not enough to build

[tor-relays] upgrade problem

2021-11-06 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Wondering if my tor.list has a typo since I can't upgrade Tor 0.4.5.9.  I get error: Err:1 https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org stretch/main amd64 tor-geoipdb all 0.4.5.10-1~d9.stretch+1   server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: n

[tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-09 Thread failing.flyaway443--- via tor-relays
Hi everyone, about two weeks ago, I signed up for a VPS with a cloud provider and set up a Tor relay. I installed Debian 11 Bullseye, secured it, and then set up Tor 0.4.6.8 and started the relay. The VPS had the following specs: 1vCore, 2GB RAM, 40TB traffic per month on a 1Gbit/s link. I

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-10 Thread failing.flyaway443--- via tor-relays
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Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-10 Thread failing.flyaway443--- via tor-relays
I just read this research paper, maybe it's worth thinking about some kind of implementation of this approach some time in the future. It's an interesting read anyway. uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/bitstream/handle/10012/16108/Engler_Steven.pdf Regards _____

[tor-relays] Question about IPv6

2021-11-10 Thread xplato via tor-relays
instructions would be much appreciated. Kindly, Dan Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-10 Thread Elias via tor-relays
crashed all the time, but all that happened was that my 20TB SSD was maxed out within two hours and I had to reboot to get rid of the old logfiles. My bad, please don't think I write a debug log, that's completely pointless. Why would I. I rented a pretty expensive root server becau

Re: [tor-relays] Question about IPv6

2021-11-10 Thread Jonas via tor-relays
Does the provider offer IPv6? If not, then there is no further progress possible. If they do, this is pretty accurate to get started, https://www.vultr.com/docs/configuring-ipv6-on-freebsd Jonas -- Original Message --On Wed, November 10, 2021 at 12:40 AM, xplato via tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Recent rejection of relays

2021-11-10 Thread Jonas via tor-relays
Where is this criteria documented? It seems the tor project, or its designated volunteers, are increasing controlling and managing the network. In the Swiss Federation and EU this turns the tor project into an "online service provider" or "online platform" and subjects

Re: [tor-relays] A Simple Web of Trust for Tor Relay Operator IDs

2021-11-10 Thread Jonas via tor-relays
s are watching the discussion there. However, as they are the ones who are most affected by the proposal it's smart to find a better place for discussing its ideas. Hence this thread on tor-relays@. ---response starts here--- As a bridge operator, I stopped the plan on running relays due to th

Re: [tor-relays] A Simple Web of Trust for Tor Relay Operator IDs

2021-11-11 Thread Tortilla via tor-relays
which I'd stay away from, however, seeing the time, effort and care people from the tor project and people like nusenu seem to invest, I don't think your statement is appropriate. Even if there are other attack vectors, it seems to have been shown that malicious relays are in fact used fo

[tor-relays] Tor website

2021-11-11 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Hello, Does the new Tor web configuration have an overall site map or index page?  I can't find the old page with the manual for torrc.  I've had trouble finding other information over the past few weeks as well. Thanks, potlatch Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. publickey

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-11 Thread Elias via tor-relays
etered and it's a guaranteed 1GHz link. I don't think I will ever be able to relay 125MB/s, but I will try my best. If I can only reach ~50MB/s before the CPU starts to grumble I will set up a second Tor process and a second relay. I tuned my relay a bit today, using some of the ti

Re: [tor-relays] Tor website

2021-11-11 Thread Elias via tor-relays
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi potlatch, is this what you are looking for? https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/config/torrc.sample.in https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en Both links can be found at the bottom of this site: https

Re: [tor-relays] Tor website

2021-11-11 Thread Elias via tor-relays
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Sorry, it was not my intention to interfere. $man tor I forgot to mention, that works too of course. Or in this case $man torrc. I already run a relay myself, after several "failed" attempts on cheap VPS now on a root server with

Re: [tor-relays] Tor website

2021-11-12 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Yes, thank you for the Tor docs link. But the question remains; Is there a site map or index for Tor web pages. I think, in recent months, this would encompass multiple sites (Torproject, git and more). But I rant potlatch Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message

[tor-relays] Tor on cloud VPS

2021-11-12 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Hello All, My VPS host recently moved one of my Tor exits to cloud ops (I believe AWS). Since that time the instance will not function as an exit. Torcc and keys are as before. I was operating on Ubuntu 21.04 but reloaded to 20.04. Still the same. I messed with the netplan config to no avail

Re: [tor-relays] Hardware requirements for a fast Tor relay

2021-11-15 Thread Elias via tor-relays
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 >Since this is virtualization, make sure that features such as AES >acceleration are active. Yes, I have tested that. Is active. >The number of cores is not really relevant since Tor is not >multi-threaded. The EPYC 7702 can boos

[tor-relays] Massive CPU load on high capacity guard node

2021-11-19 Thread Elias via tor-relays
Hello Everybody, my relay is now almost two weeks old and has the following flags: Fast, Guard, Running, Stable, V2Dir, Valid. I lost the HSDir flag because I had to restart the Tor process, my downtime was just a few seconds, maybe that's why I kept the Guard flag. I was expecting a dr

Re: [tor-relays] Massive CPU load on high capacity guard node

2021-11-20 Thread Elias via tor-relays
First of all, thank you very much for your response! > This is normal, HSDir flag is always gone after reboot or restart. Other flags > remain after reboot or restart. I know, it wouldn't even bother me if I lost the Guard flag. The Tor network can decide whatever it want's to

[tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

2021-12-12 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
Hello Tor relay operators, I joined this mail list recently and wanted to take the opportunity to shortly introduce myself. My name is Kristian, I am based in Europe, and I operate all nodes behind the domain lokodlare.com. “Lökodlare” is Swedish for “onion farmers”, which is pretty much what

Re: [tor-relays] is my tor bridge running ok ?

2021-12-12 Thread xplato via tor-relays
My suggestion would be to install Nyx if I am understanding your question. Sent from ProtonMail for iOS On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 12:47 PM, Natus wrote: > hi > > just setup a tor bridge. how can I validate it is up and running ? > > logs look fine: > >> [notice] You can

[tor-relays] bridge distribution mechanism

2021-12-12 Thread potlatch via tor-relays
Hello Tor universe, One of the bridges I recently set up shows the Bridge distribution mechanism as https: Question: Is this an issue or does it impact the functionality of the bridge? Or maybe I made a boo boo during setup. Most of my bridges report Moat as the mechanism. Just trying to learn

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from lokodlare

2021-12-13 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
Hi Gary, thanks for the warm welcome. I am currently not performing any load-balancing between my different Tor relays or my physical/virtual servers. Having thought about it a bit, I can only see this make sense if you intend to offer .onion services. I don't. Maybe I missed somethin

Re: [tor-relays] Introduction from ellie (at) nicecock

2021-12-14 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
you in the future. > > >   > > > Best regards in addition to a nice day, > > > Ellie > > >   > > > P.S. I hope I am not needlessly spamming the mailing list, I just wanted to > introduce myself even as a small beginning operator. > >___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] IPv6

2021-12-15 Thread xplato via tor-relays
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[tor-relays] Middle Relay shows Adv. Bandwidth of 0 B on Tor-Metrics

2021-12-19 Thread petrarca--- via tor-relays
My middle relay 605EE4375EE4C38215C8949F5808863749FD4F4A crashed and I had to set it up from scratch. It's up again for over 14 hours now, and all logs and other checks I did look fine - the only thing which is strange is on the Tor-Metrics page showing "Advertised Bandwidth" as

Re: [tor-relays] Running dedicated Tor node hosting

2021-12-20 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
Hello, in my opinion, I am not sure if this is a good business idea. If I wanted to support the tor network "as a service", I'd donate to some of the very large relay operators that accept donations and are non-profits. That way, probably 80+% of what I donate goes directly i

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] Make HTTPS/Moat captcha more complex?

2021-12-27 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
e who would be interested to play this game for an extended period of time. Even government level of funding has to show some kind of effect or the campaign will get shut down sooner or later. Dec 27, 2021, 04:42 by d...@thedave.ca: > On 2021-12-22 23:42, Gary C. New via tor-relays wro

Re: [tor-relays] Moving relay to other VPS

2021-12-27 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
per day now. Maybe the relays were offline too long for it to work for you? I moved everything within 48 hours. Best Regards, Kristian Dec 26, 2021, 15:48 by t...@online-hangout.com: > Yes > > On 12/25/2021 10:47 AM, Murad Jabir via tor-relays wrote: > >>> Hello I&

Re: [tor-relays] How to reduce tor CPU load on a single bridge?

2021-12-29 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
Hi Gary, thanks! > As an aside... Presently, are you using a single, public address with many > ports or many, public addresses with a single port for your Tor deployments? > Have you ever considered putting all those Tor instances behind a single, > public address:port (fin

Re: [tor-relays] Maybe the next step in russian Tor discrimination

2022-01-02 Thread abuse--- via tor-relays
. - I tried again today and everything worked fine. I even downloaded the tor browser bundle for Windows over one of the servers just to see if it works. It does and the signature also checks out (verified on a different server outside Russia) - running tor nodes at both locations continues to work

Re: [tor-relays] running a bridge

2022-01-02 Thread dmz21 via tor-relays
> comuter and forget about? Regards Carl In principle yes, because a tor bridge typically does not use much resources, but: 1. you'll need to have one or two open network ports which allow anyone from the internet to connect to your tor bridge. 2. you'll need to keep that system an

Re: [tor-relays] Maybe the next step in russian Tor discrimination

2022-01-04 Thread ValdikSS via tor-relays
.ru/rkn?channel=3 * no chunk, no close, no size. Assume close to signal end The IP addresses of blocked Tor relays and bridges are not reachable over Chelyabinsk profitserver as well. OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___________

[tor-relays] Tor relay struggling with circuit creation (CPU Limit)

2022-01-06 Thread GANDI24325_TOR via tor-relays
Hi Tor relay community, I have recently made a new tor relay, and all is going well however I use NYX to mointor it and over the last day it has been giving the warning message seen below in the nyx mointor, the relay had been running fine for it's first 4 days of life but now shows

[tor-relays] Leaving tor

2022-01-07 Thread Jonas via tor-relays
Grüezi, I run a large number of bridges, which hopefully only the tor project can see them and confirm they are mine. I know they are used because I can see the traffic utilization over time. Hopefully they were helpful, especially to people in Russia over the past few weeks. After being

[tor-relays] Overloaded relay - need help with how to debug using MetricsPort

2022-01-09 Thread nottryingtobelame via tor-relays
though one user was able to find a page showing at least the syntax for MetricsPort. I also reached out to network-rep...@torproject.org and have not received a reply. I found discussion about the implementation of MetricsPort on the Tor Project github but it would be nice if the Tor Pro

Re: [tor-relays] Home Tor Middle Relay Blacklisted

2022-01-10 Thread zorc via tor-relays
> Fellow Tor Operators: > > After about 9 months of running Tor as a Middle Relay from my home network, > I'm beginning to experience signs of my public semi-static IPv4 address being > blacklisted with 403 Forbidden errors from Reuters and Venmo. I've confirmed > by

[tor-relays] tor prometheus metrics -> expected label value, got "INVALID"

2022-01-23 Thread Fran via tor-relays
Hej, I just found out about the integrated prometheus exporter in tor - yay, thanks for that! I can scrape it with curl: $ curl http://:9035/metrics # HELP tor_hs_rdv_num_total Total number of rendezvous circuit created # TYPE tor_hs_rdv_num_total counter tor_hs_rdv_num_total{onion=} 4

Re: [tor-relays] tor prometheus metrics -> expected label value, got "INVALID"

2022-01-23 Thread Fran via tor-relays
Hej, taking another look and comparing it to onion_services exporter there is a slight difference in the metrics output. prometheus-onion-service-exporter: onion_service_up{address="foobar:587",name="mail_v3_587",type="tcp"} 1 vs output from tor: tor_hs_app_

Re: [tor-relays] tor prometheus metrics -> expected label value, got "INVALID"

2022-01-24 Thread Fran via tor-relays
health metrics for prometheus would be awesome! :) Best, fran [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40194 ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] We need bridges with iat-mode set to 1 and especially 2 as well!

2022-01-25 Thread Darvari via tor-relays
Hey juckiuscaesar, > because one person using Tor was sent to jail recently even though he did nothing wrong. From the point of view of law or sharia, all people are guilty. But there is no law to criminalize those who use Tor. Unless there is evidence of criminal content in their dev

[tor-relays] wrong iptables rules? / no inbound traffic in nyx

2022-01-26 Thread ax8eaz7z3g via tor-relays
; > -A ICMPv6_OUT -p ipv6-icmp -m icmp6 --icmpv6-type 134 -j ACCEPT > > -A ICMPv6_OUT -p ipv6-icmp -m icmp6 --icmpv6-type 135 -j ACCEPT > > -A ICMPv6_OUT -p ipv6-icmp -m icmp6 --icmpv6-type 136 -j ACCEPT > > -A ICMPv6_OUT -j DROP Thank you all for any replies! Have a nice day. Bye signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Recommended IPv6 Configuration

2022-02-03 Thread xplato via tor-relays
here [1] that IPv6 is on the rise and support for it is growing. > Are there any recommendations or best-practices how to configure a Tor > relay with IPv6? > Alternatively, could anybody who got it set up already, post their > experiences and maybe even the relevant parts of their torrc?

[tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

2022-02-04 Thread Fran via tor-relays
rally, what's more needed atm: bridge, non-exit, exit or snowflake? Thanks! fran [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake/-/wikis/home _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

2022-02-04 Thread Eldalië via tor-relays
newbie, so I'll leave the answer to someone with some expertise :). Eldalië [1] https://support.torproject.org/relay-operators/#what-type-of-relays-are-most-needed [2] https://community.torproject.org/relay/relays-requirements/index.html On Thu, 3 Feb 2022 18:14:49 +0100 Fran via tor-rel

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

2022-02-04 Thread Fran via tor-relays
Hej Eldalië, thanks for your answer. Tor project runs campaigns for running more bridges [1-3] because there was/is (?) a shortage and/or countries changed their censorship policy (e. g. Russia). So I'd say the statement in the FAQ is a little bit to simple. At different times a shorta

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

2022-02-04 Thread Fran via tor-relays
ey provide access to the tor network (where is the difference?). I assume that there is a difference, because if not, why bother with another approach. So providing these two different access methods would allow people to connect with any of the two methods. If the IP addresses would be blocked bot

Re: [tor-relays] snowflake vs bridges (vs node)

2022-02-07 Thread Fran via tor-relays
s a way to discover one but not the other both of them will be blocked at once. So you are making it easier for the censor to discover them and block them. That is why we don't want people to run both in the same IP address. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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