Re: [tor-relays] EOL 2 x relay

2022-06-03 Thread John Ricketts via tor-relays
Anders, Thank you for running exit relays! @aquintex > On Jun 3, 2022, at 01:43, Anders Burmeister via tor-relays > wrote: > >  > Hi Heroes > > I’m sorry to inform you, that my two relays will discontinue and no longer > participating from 28 july 2022. &g

[tor-relays] Onion repository Re: Debian is not allowing tor to update despite it being listed as a trusted respritory

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
apt update ; apt install tor apt-transport-tor -y sed -i 's/https:\/\/deb.debian.org/tor+http:\/\/2s4yqjx5ul6okpp3f2gaunr2syex5jgbfpfvhxxbbjwnrsvbk5v3qbid.onion/g' /etc/apt/sources.list sed -i 's/https:\/\/security.debian.org/tor+http

[tor-relays] Invalid certificate chain! Re: [warn] Received a bad CERTS cell: Link certificate does not match TLS certificate

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
yes, found: [warn] {PROTOCOL} Received a bad CERTS cell: Link certificate does not match TLS certificate [warn] {PROTOCOL} Received a bad CERTS cell on OR connection (handshaking (Tor, v3 handshake)) with 77.171.80.188:443 ID=w0FFB+Yb8+RM2KumjnKL4T/hI64CWhRBcVpBQRC0soo RSA_ID

Re: [tor-relays] Does Tor work with Intel QAT acceleration

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
Hi, to saturate most of this bandwidth, you perhaps like to run multiple tor instances. Because mostly single core tor is cpu bottleneck. 2x tor per single IPv4 allowed for now. in current c tor we only got minimal TLS options: # HardwareAccel HardwareAccel 0|1 # If non-zero, try to use

Re: [tor-relays] Will pay but need someone

2022-06-07 Thread Daniel Nikoloski via tor-relays
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Paul, Can you share more information with me, because I am interested. I am maintaining two relays myself. Sent from ProtonMail mobile \ Original Message On Jun 7, 2022, 5:15 PM, Jonas Friedli via tor-relays <

[tor-relays] proof:dns-rsa Re: New OrNetStats Section: Largest Bridge Operators

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
apply. If you have setup your AROI [1] on your relays already you can simply copy the ContactInfo to your bridges and publish the list of hashed bridge fingerprints under this URL: https://-your-hostname-/.well-known/tor-relay/hashed-bridge-rsa-fingerprint. txt Oh nice, thanks. I just saw

[tor-relays] extrepo enable torproject Re: Update on tor issue on my debian

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
Keifer Bly: Hi all, So upon trying all of the mentioned commands, my tor installation still encounters an error when trying to update. Attached is a photo of my sources.list.debian.templ and sources.list. When trying to update the returned error N: Ignoring file 'DEADJOE' in directory

Re: [tor-relays] Weird spike in written bytes per second

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
n as hsdir for popular onion services. https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/A4E74410D83705EEFF24BC265DE2B2FF39BDA56E Thanks, Marco _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/li

Re: [tor-relays] My current node setup

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
I was tired of using the debian testing for running my node and decided to redo my node with arch because of the fast package updates and rolling release model. If that is related to tor updates, you may like the official tor repositories for quicker tor update supply: https

Re: [tor-relays] Will pay but need someone

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
like build an debian tor node. By the way, the one who will keep admin it, should add Fingerprint to his/her Nodes "MyFamily". Best Regards Jonfri p...@coffswifi.net: Hi all, I own coffswifi4 in Spain. I don't have the time to maintain or upgrade. I'm willing to keep

Re: [tor-relays] Does Tor work with Intel QAT acceleration

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
Am 12.04.2022 um 16:23 schrieb Bauruine: The tor-spec [1] shows that Tor only uses RSA with 1024 Bit Keys and the ciphersuits only contain AES CBC and no AES GCM ones. I'm not an expert but it looks like it's not that useful for Tor. Yes and no? The limitation only apply tor protocol crypto

[tor-relays] onion version of pad Re: [Event] Relay Operators Meetup - May 21, 2022 @ 1900 UTC

2022-06-07 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
find onion version of pad here: http://kfahv6wfkbezjyg4r6mlhpmieydbebr5vkok5r34ya464gqz6c44bnyd.onion/p/tor-relay-meetup-may-2022-keep :) OpenPGP_0x4A148E3AB438EC68.asc Description: OpenPGP public key OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature

[tor-relays] Bridge not used

2022-05-10 Thread Arnim Wiezer via tor-relays
Hi Tor-Operators, I have installed a bridge according to the official how-to. The config is as follows: Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log DataDirectory /var/lib/tor Address bridge.xxx.de BridgeRelay 1 ORPort 1044 ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy

Re: [tor-relays] Ext Relay Operators: Please Upgrade to 0.4.7.7!

2022-05-10 Thread Ladar Levison via tor-relays
On 5/4/22 4:31 PM, Mike Perry wrote: > Tor 0.4.7.7-stable contains a very important performance improvement, > called Congestion Control. > We have packages in available for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, and > BSD: >   - Debian: https://support.torproject.org/apt/tor-deb-rep

[tor-relays] When will relays disappear form tor metrics

2022-08-01 Thread Anders Burmeister via tor-relays
Hi heroes Ended and deleted my two relays Aerodynamik02 and Aerodynamik03. When can I expect they will disappear from tor metrics?https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/EFEACD781604EB80FBC025EDEDEA2D523AEAAA2F Best regards Anders___ tor

[tor-relays] Closing relay

2022-08-29 Thread Ole Rydahl via tor-relays
where the idle-cpu hits 0 and I get the "relay too slow" indication. Any suggestions? /Ole Rydahl https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/CE1FD7659F2DFE92B883083C0C6C9 74616D17F3D _______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject

Re: [tor-relays] We need much more bridges with obfs4 and iat-mode set to 1 or 2..barely can't find any.

2022-08-24 Thread John Csuti via tor-relays
idges > (optionally, with a button that says, iat-mode non-zero only, but we need to > harden more before implementing something like that), some government > agencies might be thrown off by this, along with the fact that they also only > have limited IP ranges. > > Thoughts? &

Re: [tor-relays] (Invitation) Join us! Tor Relay Operator Meetup - October 22, 2022 - 1900 UTC

2022-10-22 Thread John Ricketts via tor-relays
I am in an airport, i will try to participate. On Oct 22, 2022, at 11:30, gus wrote: Hello, We're meeting today, October 22, at 19UTC (in 30 minutes). See you soon! Gus On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 05:46:09PM -0300, gus wrote: Dear relay operators, The next Tor relay operator meetup will happen

Re: [tor-relays] knock knock, police is here

2022-09-12 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
#details/C9DF64AF926E2E584E345D13BCE4A97C231A36BE Am 10.09.2022 um 14:37 schrieb volker.m...@gmx.de: Hi folks. On Tuesday morning police knocked on my door, performing a full house search. Some Nazis used TOR to send nazi-emails to several schools in Germany. Unfortunately their mails left one of my

[tor-relays] onion pad Re: (Invitation) Join us! Tor Relay Operator Meetup - October 22, 2022 - 1900 UTC

2022-10-11 Thread Jonas Friedli via tor-relays
Dear relay operators, The next Tor relay operator meetup will happen on Saturday, October 22 at 19.00 UTC. ## Where BigBlueButton: https://tor.meet.coop/gus-og0-x74-dzn ## Agenda (WIP) * Announcements * Tor and Snowflake in Iran * EOL rejection * State of DoS attack * New network

Re: [tor-relays] tor 0.4.6 reached end of life

2022-08-04 Thread Daniel Nikoloski via tor-relays
: Binary data publickey - nikoloskid@pm.me - 0xFE344B77.asc.sig Description: PGP signature ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Short heads up (was: Re: Another attempt against Tor DDoS)

2022-12-25 Thread Frank Steinborn via tor-relays
ing firewall > solution. > > You can find the repo here: https://github.com/steinex/tor-ddos > > Feel free to give it a shot and feedback would be much appreciated! > > Greetings, > steinex ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-rela

[tor-relays] Another attempt against Tor DDoS

2022-12-05 Thread Frank Steinborn via tor-relays
against the attacks, even if they are not that aggresive. On top of that, I feel its more easy to implement into ones existing firewall solution. You can find the repo here: https://github.com/steinex/tor-ddos Feel free to give it a shot and feedback would be much appreciated! Greetings

Re: [tor-relays] upcoming directory authority changes

2022-12-08 Thread Tim Kuijsten via tor-relays
ideas. I'd like to learn more about these security issues in practice. I can imagine physical security is a big part of it. Do you maybe have some specific pointers for me to look for? ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https

[tor-relays] AirTor/ATOR continues to pester Tor relay operators, promising donations

2023-03-16 Thread Christian Pietsch via tor-relays
Dear Tor community, maybe the notes from the Tor relay operator meetup on March 4 should have mentioned that a participant called AirTor was kicked from that BBB conference. This happened because they were using “Tor” in their name and continued to make dubious offers like the one below which

Re: [tor-relays] Do they use their own modem/router?

2023-06-14 Thread Livingood, Jason via tor-relays
duct & Standards Comcast ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Comcast blocks ALL traffic with tor relays

2023-06-14 Thread Livingood, Jason via tor-relays
Hi – Dropping into this thread from Comcast to say that we DO NOT BLOCK Tor. Feel free to refer back to my 2014 blog statement on this at https://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/setting-the-record-straight-on-tor. Jason Livingood Technology Policy, Product & Standards Com

Re: [tor-relays] Do they use their own modem/router?

2023-06-15 Thread Livingood, Jason via tor-relays
BTW, feel free to refer back to my 2014 blog statement on this at https://corporate.comcast.com/comcast-voices/setting-the-record-straight-on-tor. Jason From: tor-relays on behalf of "Livingood, Jason via tor-relays" Reply-To: "tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" Date: Wedn

Re: [tor-relays] Comcast blocks ALL traffic with tor relays

2023-06-15 Thread Livingood, Jason via tor-relays
>As to the blog post you mention… Your statements are very generic: now you >talk about "not blocking tor", but tor is not just one webpage, one server, a >monolithic entity. I would appreciate details: If your customer has "advanced >security" activated, can he

[tor-relays] Friendly Reminder: Tor Relay Operators' Survey Closes on 23rd July - Last Chance to Participate!

2023-07-19 Thread Meitong Wang via tor-relays
Dear Tor Relay Operators, We hope this email finds you well. We are writing to provide a friendly reminder that our Tor Update Survey, conducted as part of the University of Edinburgh Research Project, will be closing on 23rd July. If you haven't already participated, this is your last chance

[tor-relays] Receiving abuse reports for Non-Exit Relay

2023-07-26 Thread John Crow via tor-relays
issues. In addition, I have other non-exit relays hosted by the same provider with no issues and more across other providers. I proceeded to reinstall the OS and reconfigure Tor.  I was then quickly notified by my hosting provider again of more abuse reports all showing port 22 as target port. I

Re: [tor-relays] Receiving abuse reports for Non-Exit Relay

2023-07-27 Thread John Crow via tor-relays
Hello,It is honestly still puzzling to me considering that the relay wasn’t compromised or misconfigured.If you or anyone wants to check out the reportshttps://www.abuseipdb.com/check/23.132.184.31 On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 2:16 PM, mpan - tor-1qnuaylp at mpan.pl <tor-1qnuaylp_at_mpan_pl_zcbq

[tor-relays] Final Call: Last Opportunity to Participate in the Tor Update Survey - Closes Tomorrow!

2023-07-22 Thread Meitong Wang via tor-relays
Dear Tor Relay Operators, We hope this email finds you well. This is our final outreach regarding the Tor Update Survey, and we want to extend a sincere thank you to those who have already participated. Your valuable contributions have been invaluable to our research project at the University

[tor-relays] Tor Relay in Kubernetes cluster

2023-08-07 Thread Daniel Nikoloski via tor-relays
Hi all, Is anyone running Tor relay in k8s cluster? I am trying for a few days but It does not come alive. My servers are not behind a firewall, should be and are accessible, I run two bare-metal servers in Contabo. 1 master 1 node. Docker image and helm chart that use; https://gitlab.com

Re: [tor-relays] [Important] A call for more long running bridges, especially with OBFS IAT-Mode set to 1 or 2.

2023-06-18 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
via tor-relays schrieb am Montag, 15. Mai 2023 um 11:19 vorm.: > Hey, > > the paper is from August 2018 (if I looked at the correct one), not so > recent :) > > And e. g. Philipp Winter questions the usefulness of iat_mode: > > > substantial performance penal

Re: [tor-relays] Comcast blocks ALL traffic with tor relays

2023-06-18 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Regarding web-servers hosting Tor relays, it is much more likely for them to sit behind a CDN such as Cloudflare for DoS protection and delivery optimization. Other services of course, however.. --- Original Message --- xmrk2 via tor-relays schrieb am Sonntag, 11. Juni 2023 um 1:46

[tor-relays] [Important] A call for more long running bridges, especially with OBFS IAT-Mode set to 1 or 2.

2023-05-15 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Hello dear relay and bridge hosts, recently a paper was published, describing a traffic confirmation attack called DeepCorr, which works against Tor users and as such, also hidden services. The attack allegedly had success rates of up to 96% percent. It is being worked on and listed here

Re: [tor-relays] Relay in AT marked as DE in metrics

2024-02-04 Thread Carlo P. via tor-relays
Many thanks for your feedbacks - see https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13565 Regards - Carlo On Feb 1, 2024 at 8:44 PM, Martin Gebhardt via tor-relays wrote:>> I have a relay on 152.53.17.183 / 2a0a:4cc0:1:1333::beef which is listed as >> "German" in

Re: [tor-relays] Way to be notified when relay goes offline?

2024-02-05 Thread Josh Lawson via tor-relays
Does Tor Weather work with bridges? I have 2 bridges that have been operating for years and it says the fingerprints do not match any relays. I have been using Uptime Robot, but it would be cool to use Tor Weather. On Sunday, February 4th, 2024 at 21:33, mail--- via tor-relays wrote: >

[tor-relays] webtunnel bridge docker image still uses 0.4.7.13

2024-02-20 Thread Carlo P. via tor-relays
Hi, with Tor version 0.4.7.x being EOL, the docker image for the webtunnel bridge deserves an update, as it still uses 0.4.7.13 ! Regards, C. -- Sent with https://mailfence.com Secure and private email___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays

[tor-relays] Tor: Possible bug on 0.4.8.9 exit relay.

2023-12-17 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
:29:36 matrix tor[575]: Dec 14 16:29:36.000 [warn] > tor_bug_occurred_(): Bug: src/core/or/conflux.c:565: conflux_pick_first_leg: > Non-fatal assertion !(smartlist_len(cfx->legs) <= 0) failed. (on Tor 0.4.8.9 > )Dec 14 16:29:36 matrix tor[575]: Dec 14 16:29:36.000 [warn] Bug: T

Re: [tor-relays] Declining Relay Usage

2023-12-18 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Hello Likogan (you did not specify a name, so I just took your domain name). First, lets look at issue number one: If your Tor Exit is using ~50% of the entire CPU (VM or dedicated server?) while only routing 6 Mbps, then you are likely not using hardware AES acceleration (aesni). For example

Re: [tor-relays] Declining Relay Usage

2023-12-19 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
developer can comment on the deeper workings of OpenSSL and Tor, and terminology might get weird between the Tor and OpenSSL (both very big code-bases). Also, regarding the e-mail, I post regularly on here and tor-dev, so no worries :) Let's just end this pointless discussion here, I will do

Re: [tor-relays] Relay data limit

2023-12-22 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
performs. If you would like, you can link me your Tor Metrics link privately. Thank you for supporting the Tor network! All the best, George On Friday, December 22nd, 2023 at 4:30 PM, Dan wrote: > Hi George, > > Thanks for all the input. > > > Or, just ask the provider for

Re: [tor-relays] Relay data limit

2023-12-22 Thread John Crow via tor-relays
Hello Dan,> I'll probably remove all limits for January and just see how much traffic gets transferred.I would highly advise against this since you are using VPS with a capped bandwidth plan. Tor will use all of the bandwidth you give it. Therefore if you remove all limits that may l

Re: [tor-relays] Tor: tor_bug_occurred_(): Bug: conflux_pick_first_leg: Non-fatal assertion !(smartlist_len(cfx->legs) <= 0) failed. (on Tor 0.4.8.10)

2023-12-22 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Hello, this just happened again 5 days after the update to 0.4.8.10: > Dec 21 13:54:54 matrix tor[558]: Dec 21 13:54:54.000 [warn] > tor_bug_occurred_(): Bug: src/core/or/conflux.c:567: conflux_pick_first_leg: > Non-fatal assertion !(smartlist_len(cfx->legs) <= 0) failed. (

Re: [tor-relays] Exit operators on the 0.4.8.x series, please upgrade to 0.4.8.10 ASAP!

2023-12-10 Thread applied-privacy.net via tor-relays
We would appreciate if the tor project could coordinate better with deb.torproject.org debian package updates to reduce the time between a release and the availability of packages on deb.torproject.org. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Dutch Relays

2023-12-10 Thread Jordan Savoca via tor-relays
/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Remove my relay from relay search on Tor Metrics

2023-12-26 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
- Is it possible to immediately remove my relay from relay search on Tor Metrics? No. - If not, when will my relay be removed from the relay list? Generally 7 days after your relay last uploaded it's descriptor. Happy holidays, George On Sunday, December 24th, 2023 at 11:10 AM

Re: [tor-relays] Relay data limit

2023-12-21 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
s or 8 MBit/s. > 2 - Will it negatively affect my relay's reputation if sometimes it's very >slow? The Tor authorities might reduce your middle probability, but you will not be punished in any way, and as soon as automatic bandwidth measurements confirm that you have more capaci

Re: [tor-relays] Worse throughput with 0.4.8.x, on a slow CPU

2024-01-09 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Also, it should not nearly be as frequent, it happens maybe every 30-45 minutes on my two relays (one guard, one exit). Try running Tor natively (you can just move it to a native Linux installation, by preserving the "`keys/ed25519_master_id_secret_key`" and `"keys/secret_id_ke

Re: [tor-relays] Worse throughput with 0.4.8.x, on a slow CPU

2024-01-09 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
d), reliably every ~30 seconds. This is just Tor doing zlib-compression on some documents, you can somewhat combat it by assigning more cores to your machine. Tor is mostly singlethreaded, but OnionSkin decryption, zlib compression and some other operations utilize all cores detected. Reg

[tor-relays] [To the maintainers of Tor Metrics] Metrics showing erroneous data for my two relays, can somebody responsible please take a look at the issue?

2024-01-11 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Hello, for about 3 months I have been hosting two Tor relays: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/AF42E6C77196A37F041A1A1E953E51B4656BDC1B https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/7F7D1A5BE88FA7C9358955705AE7AFA61EEDA2B0 After doing system maintenance (mainly upgrading

[tor-relays] Recent Tor versions not reloading config on / ignoring HUP kill signal.

2024-01-15 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Hi, I think this started with release 0.4.8.10, but both of my Tor relays no longer reload their config when doing for example: - systemctl reload tor@exit Here is the relevant part of the unit file: > [Unit]Description=Anonymizing overlay network for TCP > After=syslog.

[tor-relays] Relay’s first seen date got reset

2024-01-15 Thread Rafo (r4fo.com) via tor-relays
I run the following relay:  https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/6C336E553CC7E0416EBC8577A7289349B757F6C3. I just noticed that my relay’s ‘first seen’ date got reset. Tor now thinks that my relay is less than 2 weeks old

Re: [tor-relays] A new kind of attack?

2024-01-15 Thread Jordan Savoca via tor-relays
On 1/15/24 3:19 PM, Chris Enkidu-6 wrote: I've noticed a new kind of possible attack on some of my relays, as early as Dec.23 which causes huge spikes of outbound traffic that eventually maxes out RAM and crashes Tor. The newest one today lasted for 5 hours switching between two of the three

Re: [tor-relays] Recent Tor versions not reloading config on / ignoring HUP kill signal.

2024-01-15 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 1/13/24 18:29, George Hartley via tor-relays wrote: Is anyone else experiencing this? Yes, https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40749 -- Toralf ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https

Re: [tor-relays] Relay in Japan being marked as a US relay?

2024-01-18 Thread Martin Gebhardt via tor-relays
Hello, unfortunately this happens more often. you are not alone :-) > Am 18.01.2024 um 20:50 schrieb NodNet : > > I think tor and Tor Project use IPFire's DB for GeoIP lookups, and > 198.13.48.219 shows the following: Yes, libloc/location is used. I had the same problem wit

Re: [tor-relays] Remove my relay from relay search on Tor Metrics

2024-01-09 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
7 d a y s. On Monday, January 8th, 2024 at 9:54 AM, 0tpcqovw--- via tor-relays wrote: > I think it's after 30 days it gets automatically removed.  > Malcolm  > > > On Mon, Dec 25, 2023, 15:25 nemeto via tor-relays > wrote: > > > DuckDuckGo did not detect

Re: [tor-relays] [To the maintainers of Tor Metrics] Metrics showing erroneous data for my two relays, can somebody responsible please take a look at the issue?

2024-01-11 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
) Everything else seems fixed. Regards, George On Thursday, January 11th, 2024 at 2:18 AM, George Hartley via tor-relays wrote: > Hello, > > for about 3 months I have been hosting two Tor relays: > > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/AF42E6C77196A37F041A1A1E9

Re: [tor-relays] Dutch Relays

2023-12-19 Thread Jordan Savoca via tor-relays
/ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] recommended way to run 0.4.8.9 on armhf deb?

2023-11-25 Thread Josh Lawson via tor-relays
ckports repository: http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian > > Tor Debian packages doesn't have 32-bit ARM architecture (armhf): > https://support.torproject.org/apt/tor-deb-repo/ > > Until now, TPO recommended using Debian -backports. But that still has > 0.4.7.13: https://packag

Re: [tor-relays] Relay question

2023-12-08 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 12/8/23 04:19, Mulloch94 via tor-relays wrote: -A INPUT -j DROP HHm, what's about local traffic, e.g.: -A INPUT --in-interface lo -j ACCEPT or ICMP, e.g.: -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT To persist your firewall rules take a look at this doc [1] [1] https://github.com/toralf/torutils#quick

[tor-relays] Setting up HTML page for exit relay

2024-01-29 Thread Terry Davis via tor-relays
If I want to serve an HTML page for my exit node do I need Apache2/nginx or can I just modify my torrc? ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

[tor-relays] Relay in AT marked as DE in metrics

2024-01-31 Thread Carlo P. via tor-relays
nd private email_______ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Relay in AT marked as DE in metrics

2024-02-02 Thread Martin Gebhardt via tor-relays
>> I have a relay on 152.53.17.183 / 2a0a:4cc0:1:1333::beef which is listed as >> "German" in metrics.torproject.org, but actually it is in Austria > > Was just a topic here recently: > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2024-January/021472.html >

[tor-relays] Why is Cloudflare displayed when I do a speed test?

2024-01-22 Thread Terry Davis via tor-relays
A blog post I discovered brought up that when they perform a speed test through Tor browser, Cloudflare is quite frequently displayed as the local host. I had the same result. Is there a reason for this, like perhaps the exit relay is proxied through Cloudflare? You can easily replicate

Re: [tor-relays] Relay no longer acting as a gaurd node?

2023-11-09 Thread Albert Larsan via tor-relays
: 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_bug_reached_count increase

2024-04-19 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 4/19/24 22:53, tor--- via tor-relays wrote: have a significant tor_bug_reached_count rate (around 8 per second). Here the rate is about 2-4 per hour (git-HEAD) -- Toralf ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https

Re: [tor-relays] I need a new VPS provider

2024-04-22 Thread Dionysios K. via tor-relays
, not a VPS. -- Original Message -- From "Landon" To tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Date 22/4/2024 4:02:21 πμ Subject [tor-relays] I need a new VPS provider Hello, I am currently using gcore.com as my VPS hosting provider. I have been running a Tor bridge with them for several ye

Re: [tor-relays] I need a new VPS provider

2024-04-22 Thread torrelay.9puwh--- via tor-relays
Hi Landon, I can strongly recommend BuyVM.net as a good alternative. They allow all kinds of Tor nodes and have good performance + exceptional support. I've been using them for years with no issues. Seth Sent from Proton Mail Android Original Message On 22/04/2024 02:02

[tor-relays] Webtunnel type bridge Tor Metrics

2024-04-21 Thread Dionysios K. via tor-relays
conds" or "2 hours 23 minutes and 30 seconds." However, the bridge is online. I am wondering if this is the correct behavior for the Webtunnel protocol.___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject

Re: [tor-relays] R: Re: Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-04-15 Thread Frank Lý via tor-relays
Hello Aleff, It should be okay as-is, but I would temporarily upgrade the hardware to determine if it is the root cause. Frank Apr 2, 2024, 10:34 AM by tor-relays@lists.torproject.org: > My computer has: > - 1 vCore CPU > - 1 GB RAM > - Maximum bandwidth: 1 GB/s > >

Re: [tor-relays] disable conflux on exit relay?

2024-04-14 Thread applied-privacy.net via tor-relays
will ConfluxEnabled 0 disable it for tor acting as a client only or for relays as well? Yes, it affects relays as well, not just clients. Due to the high frequency of bug events related to conflux, especially: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40908 the tor_bug_reached

Re: [tor-relays] disable conflux on exit relay?

2024-04-14 Thread applied-privacy.net via tor-relays
This tor is a relay and ConfluxEnabled is set to 0. We would ask you to please write to us on tor-re...@lists.torproject.org there is a typo in the code that generates that log line: tor-relay@ should be tor-relays@ ___ tor-relays mailing list tor

Re: [tor-relays] Webtunnel type bridge Tor Metrics

2024-04-25 Thread Dionysios K. via tor-relays
t; -hiro > > On 4/22/24 22:13, Hiro wrote: >> Hey, >> >> On 4/20/24 17:40, Dionysios K. via tor-relays wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I recently switched from using obfs4 to Webtunnel from my bridge. >>> >>> Since the configurat

[tor-relays] issues with tor-nightly-main repo

2024-04-17 Thread applied-privacy.net via tor-relays
Hello, the repo failed to get new updates after Version: 0.4.9.0-alpha-dev-20240415T020400Z-1~d12.bookworm+1 but we would be eager to test changes that got into main in the last few days. https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/tor-nightly-main-bookworm/main/binary-amd64/Packages

[tor-relays] R: Re: R: Re: Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-04-19 Thread Alessandro Greco via tor-relays
, Frank Lý via tor-relays tor-relays@lists.torproject.org ha scritto: Hello Aleff, It should be okay as-is, but I would temporarily upgrade the hardware to determine if it is the root cause. Frank Apr 2, 2024, 10:34 AM by tor-relays@lists.torproject.org: My computer has: - 1 vCore CPU - 1 GB

Re: [tor-relays] Next Tor relay operators meetup - May 11, 2024 at 19 UTC

2024-05-07 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 5/2/24 18:48, gus wrote: - When: May 11, 19.00 UTC hhm, the ESC in Malmö is at the same time :-/ -- Toralf ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] Updating tor issue

2024-05-14 Thread George Hartley via tor-relays
Hey there, Debian offers unattended upgrades for specific packages: https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades If you follow this sites instructions carefully, then you don't have to worry about updating Tor manually anymore (but you would want to if there is a significant security issue

[tor-relays] Node 6E02FDEA15122A492A799A58C4C11D02637B145A is marked as down, but logs display no issues

2024-03-14 Thread 0N ODV via tor-relays
reachable from the outside. The notice log I temporarily enabled to look for the issue apparently does not show any warning signs. Here is an anonymized output of the log: [notice] Tor 0.4.8.10 opening new log file. [notice] We compiled with OpenSSL XXX and we are running with OpenSSL XXX

Re: [tor-relays] Node 6E02FDEA15122A492A799A58C4C11D02637B145A is marked as down, but logs display no issues

2024-03-14 Thread 0N ODV via tor-relays
guration has been changed in the recent weeks, and weirdly enough the server can still exit in ipv6, but does not answer to pings from outside. I have temporarily disabled IPv6Exit and the respective listening ports while we investigate. Cheers Giulio ______

Re: [tor-relays] GeoIPFile option warning

2024-03-25 Thread Gisle Vanem via tor-relays
entry node statistics, but no GeoIP database found. Please specify a GeoIP database using the GeoIPFile option. However the option is set in torrc and i verified the files are at those locations and readable by all: GeoIPFile /usr/local/share/tor/geoip GeoIPv6File /usr/local/share/tor/geoip6

Re: [tor-relays] Tor is not upgrading via apt from deb.torproject.org

2024-03-23 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 2/15/24 17:16, li...@for-privacy.net wrote: I let nightly's upgrade automatically, but not stable. Therefore I have the following config in /etc/apt/50unattended-upgrades Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern { ... // Update TorProject's nightly dev packages: (Suite & Codename: tor-nig

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-04-02 Thread Alessandro Greco via tor-relays
No dice, this solution did not solve the problem for me either. My VPS holds up well to a maximum traffic of this magnitude and the hardware resources are not used more than 50% but nevertheless it keeps shutting down and restarting the tor service up to a maximum Uptime of 3 hours (but often

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-04-02 Thread Frank Lý via tor-relays
Hello Aleff, That is up to you. I strongly suspect that the hardware is the bottleneck, but detailed specifications are required in order to determine a conclusion. Tor is currently bounded by single-thread CPU performance, with a minimum recommendation of 1 GB of RAM for non-exit relays

[tor-relays] Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise

2024-04-02 Thread he...@relaymagic.org via tor-relays
Just wanted to bring this to everyone’s attention if you hadn’t seen it already. Developer discovered a backdoor in xz-utils https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 -- Sent from Canary (https://canarymail.io) ___ tor-relays mailing

[tor-relays] R: Re: Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-04-02 Thread Alessandro Greco via tor-relays
My computer has:- 1 vCore CPU- 1 GB RAM- Maximum bandwidth: 1 GB/s So if I understand correctly, the problem should not be at the hardware level, right? Il mar, apr 2, 2024 alle 12:14, Frank Lý via tor-relays tor-relays@lists.torproject.org ha scritto: Hello Aleff, That is up to you. I

[tor-relays] disable conflux on exit relay?

2024-04-06 Thread applied-privacy.net via tor-relays
Hello, conflux appears to be the primary source of bugs and crashes for us in the past few months and there have been numerous issues related to it on gitlab. from the tor manual page: ConfluxEnabled 0|1|auto If this option is set to 1, general purpose traffic will use Conflux

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-03-27 Thread Alessandro Greco via tor-relays
, and the connection speed is high. However, I have set a RelayBandwidthRate limit of 250 Mbits. Interestingly, despite this configuration, the Tor Metrics site detects a speed of approximately 10/13 MBytes, equivalent to about 90/110 Mbits. This led me to speculate that the machine might experience

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-03-26 Thread Frank Lý via tor-relays
Hello Aleff, Yes. No. No. I used Debian, so updates were less frequent, maybe once every 3-5 weeks or so. Frank Mar 26, 2024, 3:03 AM by tor-relays@lists.torproject.org: > Dear Tor-Relays Mailing List Members, > > I hope this email finds you well. I'm reaching out to share some obs

[tor-relays] Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-03-26 Thread Alessandro Greco via tor-relays
Dear Tor-Relays Mailing List Members, I hope this email finds you well. I'm reaching out to share some observations and pose some questions regarding the management of relay node updates, particularly concerning their impact on stability and security of the service provided. Recently, I've

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-03-26 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 3/26/24 09:54, Alessandro Greco via tor-relays wrote: Recently, I've noticed an interesting pattern with my relay node (ID: 47B72187844C00AA5D524415E52E3BE81E63056B [1]). I've followed TorProject's recommendations [2] and configured automatic updates, which has led to frequent restarts

Re: [tor-relays] Request for Feedback on Relay Node Update Management

2024-03-26 Thread torrelay.9puwh--- via tor-relays
, as Tor circuits are generally quite resilient and as long as you aren't a guard node I believe connections won't die because your relay is restarting. I would also note that Tor recommends [2] an uptime or 24/7 is nice, but not required and that restarts to the daemon or node are fine. Because

Re: [tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-26 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 2/26/24 20:07, meskio wrote: Rdsys, the new bridgeDB, will not automatically assign bridges to Lox for now, but will instead accept bridges with the 'BridgeDistribution lox' configured in torrc. BTW by accident I configured "any" but restarted tor with "lox" 2 minutes l

Re: [tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-26 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 2/26/24 20:07, meskio wrote: At the moment we're looking for 10 new bridges for Lox. 9 left -- Toralf ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-27 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-28 Thread Toralf Förster via tor-relays
On 2/27/24 21:14, boldsuck wrote: Gentoo & FreeBSD-Port Dev's and users are years ahead ;-) Whilst I'd agree on that my Tor bridges and Snowflakes do run under a recent Debian. However Tor et al are compiled from sources. [1] [2] [1] https://github.com/toralf/tor-relays/blob/main/playb

Re: [tor-relays] bridges for Lox

2024-02-29 Thread Martin Gebhardt via tor-relays
>> On 27 Feb 2024, at 15:39, boldsuck wrote: >> On Dienstag, 27. Februar 2024 14:52:00 CET Corl3ss via tor-relays wrote: >>> On 26/02/2024 21:03, Toralf Förster via tor-relays wrote: >>>> On 2/26/24 20:07, meskio wrote: >>>>> At the momen

Re: [tor-relays] Question on bridge hibernation

2024-05-27 Thread Frank Lý via tor-relays
`torrc` file, your bridge will stay dormant after reaching the specified `AccountingMax` value you have configured. Any inactive Tor relays will be delisted from Tor Metrics after one week. Frank May 14, 2024, 11:42 PM by keifer@gmail.com: > Hi, > > So for my bridge at 

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