Re: [tor-talk] Can't perform self-tests for this relay: we have listed ourself in ExcludeNodes, and StrictNodes is set. We cannot learn whether we are usable, and will not be able to advertise ourself

Hello, On 28-06-2021 19:31, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: What is the issue here? (not blatant misconfiguration I guess) Even when commenting the single ExcludeNodes line out, the message stays the same after a restart. Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org

[tor-talk] Can't perform self-tests for this relay: we have listed ourself in ExcludeNodes, and StrictNodes is set. We cannot learn whether we are usable, and will not be able to advertise ourself.

Hello, I guess since updating to tor-0.4.6.5-0.fc34.x86_64 I get a load of messages like in the subject, even though my IP is not in ExcludeNodes and even though I did not change the config for a few weeks at least. What is the issue here? (not blatant misconfiguration I guess) Kind

Re: [tor-talk] 0.4.0.5

On 04-05-19 16:22, Iain Learmonth wrote: >> How to find that source code via the 'new' website? (some time has >> passed but did anybody take action after the feedback posted here?) > > The source code can be downloaded from: > > https://www.torproject.org/download/tor/ Yes, it is on the

[tor-talk] 0.4.0.5

Hello, At https://2019.www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en I found that tor (not the browser) 0.4.0.5 is available... How to find that source code via the 'new' website? (some time has passed but did anybody take action after the feedback posted here?) Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Nice to meet you! / WhatsApp by Tor?

On 16-04-19 17:48, GTI .H wrote: > I want to use Tor to hide the origin IP in WhatsApp. I already have a Whatsap is aowned by/affiliated with Mark Zuckerberg's Fakebook. I'd avoid it. Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other

Re: [tor-talk] tor project website change

On 06-04-19 11:10, Anders Andersson wrote: > Today every website looks like an advertisement meant to be viewed in > the couch on your iPad, carefully planned so that you have to scroll > through the content. A bit of time has passed since the feedback on the 'new' torproject website. It appears

Re: [tor-talk] tor project website change

On 27-03-19 18:46, Mirimir wrote: > Yes, the Tor Project site has increasingly focused on Tor browser. I see. Is that helping tor? It looks like the website maintainers do not understand tor well enough. Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: [tor-talk] tor project website change

On 27-03-19 18:23, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: > Via the FAQ link I got to (in order) these and finally found a tor > download link: > > https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/trademark-faq > https://2019.www.torproject.org/projects/projects.html.en > https://2019.www.t

Re: [tor-talk] tor project website change

Via the FAQ link I got to (in order) these and finally found a tor download link: https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/trademark-faq https://2019.www.torproject.org/projects/projects.html.en https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/documentation.html.en

Re: [tor-talk] tor project website change

Check the text at https://support.torproject.org/#gettor How do I download Tor if the torproject.org is blocked? If you can't download Tor through our website, you can get a copy of Tor delivered to you via GetTor. GetTor is a service that automatically responds to messages with links to the

Re: [tor-talk] tor project website change

On 27-03-19 17:46, Matthew Finkel wrote: > The website design started at least 6 years ago, if not longer. Multiple > people worked on it and made it possible. The new website provides a > more welcoming interface, in particular for new users. Now the page is > concise and provides links for

[tor-talk] tor project website change

Hello, Who changed the web content at https://www.torproject.org/download/ ? Previously I could relatively easily check for the latest tor version but now I get only a number of tor browser options in a page that is way too big for what it offers. (and I use a 4K screen) Why was this done? What

Re: [tor-talk] bug in tor 0.3.4.8?

On 06-10-18 01:43, Nick Mathewson wrote: What can I do to help fix the issue? If this is easily reproducible, and you can build from source, using "git bisect" to find the first version that caused it would be very helpful. Do you want more info on how to do that? 0.3.5.3-alpha has an issue

Re: [tor-talk] bug in tor 0.3.4.8?

On 17/09/2018 17:46, David Goulet wrote: Quickly like that, I can't tell you why this is happening or any workaround you could do so keep an eye on the ticket. If this is an 0.3.4.x regression, we'll find it quickly. Issue is still happening, with just port 22 and 53 open. What can I do to

Re: [tor-talk] bug in tor 0.3.4.8?

On 15/09/2018 18:14, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: I find a load of these bug mentions in the notices log. It happened again. Any devs reading here? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https

[tor-talk] bug in tor 0.3.4.8?

Hello, I find a load of these bug mentions in the notices log. I run tor-0.3.4.8-0.fc28.x86_64. What now? Sep 15 16:05:03.000 [notice] New control connection opened from 127.0.0.1. Sep 15 16:06:26.000 [warn] tor_bug_occurred_(): Bug: src/or/main.c:1044: conn_close_if_marked: Non-fatal

Re: [tor-talk] exit ports to open in relay *without* issue...

On 07-09-18 15:17, Nathaniel Suchy wrote: This is something you need to talk to your ISP about. Communicate with them and see if they can work something out. The ISP whitelisted my IP in their quarantine system to avoid this issue next time. This solves only the local part of the issue,

Re: [tor-talk] exit ports to open in relay *without* issue...

On 07-09-18 15:10, Nathaniel Suchy wrote: Talk to your ISP about what Tor is and ask them to disable the virus filter on your account. Thanks.. But local ISP is only one side. The virus stuff goes somewhere and will also be detected elsewhere. Then mail will be blacklisted (because a virus

[tor-talk] exit ports to open in relay *without* issue...

Hello, In the past I opened up some 'innocent' exit ports and after a while my ISP detected a Windows virus of some sorts from my IP('s). So I went to relay only and that problem was fixed. Then I thought I was `smart` and opened just a few ports that (normally) carry SSL-protected

Re: [tor-talk] torjail - run programs in tor network namespace

On 27-07-18 16:17, Mirimir wrote: But can we use a network namespace to separate it a bit more? Well, you could run tor inside "vpnjail" ;) Thanks for the tip, looks very usable. To integrate with systemd I found the discussion at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2741 But that one

Re: [tor-talk] torjail - run programs in tor network namespace

On 24-07-18 16:58, lesion wrote: On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 02:51:36PM +0200, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: On 23-07-18 09:51, bic wrote: I want to share a project made in _to hacklab. https://github.com/torjail/torjail Very interesting!! Would it make sense to run tor itself also

Re: [tor-talk] torjail - run programs in tor network namespace

On 23-07-18 09:51, bic wrote: I want to share a project made in _to hacklab. https://github.com/torjail/torjail Very interesting!! Would it make sense to run tor itself also in such an environment? If so: any examples? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list -

Re: [tor-talk] starting tor using systemd, readiness issue

On 10-05-18 11:34, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: > Of course without systemd things work better: I can start tor from the > commandline without problems. That issue was fixed but the same box shows stuff like this in the messages: systemd[1]: tor-master.service: Unit cannot be reloaded b

Re: [tor-talk] starting tor using systemd, readiness issue

On 10-05-18 11:34, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: > May 10 11:20:56.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0%: Starting > May 10 11:21:25.000 [notice] Starting with guard context "default" > May 10 11:21:25.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor network > May 10 11:21:25

[tor-talk] starting tor using systemd, readiness issue

Hello, As I moved the firewall box to a UPS, upon startup I noticed an issue with tor: it was being started over and over again by systemd. The log has stuff like: May 10 11:20:53.000 [notice] Tor 0.3.2.10 (git-31cc63deb69db819) opening log file. May 10 11:20:53.869 [warn] OpenSSL version from

Re: [tor-talk] starting tor with the default service file...

On 12-03-18 17:41, nusenu wrote: > your logs hint towards non-"basic" configuration items (i.e. extended OR). SocksPort 127.0.0.1:9050 Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log RunAsDaemon 1 DataDirectory /var/lib/tor ControlPort 9051 HashedControlPassword

Re: [tor-talk] starting tor with the default service file...

On 12-03-18 09:34, nusenu wrote: >>> I recommend you use the service file shipped by fedora's tor package. >> >> That service file needs the same capabilities addition... > > If you want, I can look into this but I will need some more information: > * how do you install tor from what source (dnf

Re: [tor-talk] starting tor with the default service file...

On 11-03-18 10:54, nusenu wrote: >> When trying to start tor using the default service file >> contrib/dist/tor.service on a Fedora 26 system with kernel.org kernel we >> see a failure to start: > > I recommend you use the service file shipped by fedora's tor package. That service file needs the

Re: [tor-talk] obfs4proxy and ports < 1024

On 11-03-18 14:16, kact...@gnu.org wrote: > > [2018-03-11 09:49] Udo van den Heuvel <udo...@xs4all.nl> >> On a new x86_64 firewall I notice that a freshly built obfs4proxy does >> not want to bind to a port below 1024 and becomes defunct. >> A port > 1024 works

Re: [tor-talk] starting tor with the default service file...

On 11-03-18 10:54, nusenu wrote: >> When trying to start tor using the default service file >> contrib/dist/tor.service on a Fedora 26 system with kernel.org kernel we >> see a failure to start: > > I recommend you use the service file shipped by fedora's tor package. Thanks... I found out that

[tor-talk] starting tor with the default service file...

Hello, When trying to start tor using the default service file contrib/dist/tor.service on a Fedora 26 system with kernel.org kernel we see a failure to start: Mar 11 10:40:16.297 [warn] You appear to lack permissions to change memory limits. Are you root? Mar 11 10:40:16.297 [warn] Unable to

[tor-talk] obfs4proxy and ports < 1024

Hello, On a new x86_64 firewall I notice that a freshly built obfs4proxy does not want to bind to a port below 1024 and becomes defunct. A port > 1024 works OK. How do I make things work for ports below 1024? (this works OK on the 32-bit old firewall) Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list

[tor-talk] notices.log does not appear anymore

Hello, After migration to a fresh new box, tor runs but does not create /var/log/tor/notices.log anymore. Config was unchanged. Permissions on /var/log/tor appear OK. How can I fix this? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other

[tor-talk] [warn] assign_to_cpuworker failed. Ignoring.

Hello, This is not the first occurrence of this warning. Even shortly after restarting it reappeared. What does `[warn] assign_to_cpuworker failed. Ignoring.` mean? Why does this happen? How can we avoid it? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To

Re: [tor-talk] tor 0.3.0.9 release notes

On 22-07-17 17:25, krishna e bera wrote: > On 22/07/17 08:14 AM, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: >> Where can I find the tor ReleaseNotes for 0.3.0.9 that actually mention >> details about changes in 0.3.0.9? > > These? > > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-ann

[tor-talk] tor 0.3.0.9 release notes

Hello, Where can I find the tor ReleaseNotes for 0.3.0.9 that actually mention details about changes in 0.3.0.9? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to

Re: [tor-talk] 0.3.0.6 on fedora 24: systemd?

On 04-05-17 18:14, Nick Mathewson wrote: > you probably need to install systemd-devel. Indeed, fixed. Thanks! Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] 0.3.0.6 on fedora 24: systemd?

On 28-04-17 01:33, Charles T. Bell wrote: > I asked the question online and got this suggestion: > At the commandline type: > command -v systemctl > echo $? > > If the response to "echo" is 0 then you have systemd working. > If the response is 1 then you don't have systemd working. > Then you can

[tor-talk] 0.3.0.6 on fedora 24: systemd?

Hello, I noticed that 0.3.0.6 was out so I started a build. I noticed this popping up: checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes checking for SYSTEMD... no configure: Okay, checking for systemd a different way... checking for SYSTEMD... no Fedora 24 /does/ use systemd, so what is

Re: [tor-talk] exit probability 0.0000%

On 12-03-17 00:27, scar wrote: > My node also was used recently for dorkbot traffic, please see my > message on Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:04:02 > -0500 for details and reply there if can so we can keep the information > together. I got similar 'info' from my ISP as

Re: [tor-talk] [warn] assign_to_cpuworker failed. Ignoring.

On 11-03-17 08:52, Petrusko wrote: > Last time I had this on the log (stable release), it was because the > system was swaping like hell... > Some services unloaded, 1 of the 2 Tor instances stopped to eat less RAM... This box has 1GB of RAM and is not swapping like hell as it runs headless. Tor

Re: [tor-talk] exit probability 0.0000%

On 10-03-17 13:28, Ivan Markin wrote: > On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:49:59PM +0100, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: >> Or could seldomly some traffic exit here? > > From dir-spec.txt [1]: > > "A router is called an 'Exit' iff it allows exits to at > least two of the ports

[tor-talk] exit probability 0.0000%

Hello, If the graphs at atlas show that my exit probability is 0.%, does that mean that zero traffic will use my box as exit node? Or could seldomly some traffic exit here? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go

Re: [tor-talk] [warn] assign_to_cpuworker failed. Ignoring.

Hello, Also the pre-release 2.9.10 suffer from this issue. Kind regards, Udo On 01-03-17 17:01, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: > Hello, > > The assign_to_cpuworker issue appeared again. > See below for some logging from notices.log. > What is causing this? > I noticed a high C

[tor-talk] [warn] assign_to_cpuworker failed. Ignoring.

Hello, The assign_to_cpuworker issue appeared again. See below for some logging from notices.log. What is causing this? I noticed a high CPU load coinciding with these messages. Please let me know how to fix this. Udo Feb 28 15:54:27.000 [notice] Heartbeat: Tor's uptime is 4 days 5:59 hours,

Re: [tor-talk] Guide on how to unblock Tor users on Cloudflare website

On 04-02-17 16:02, Anton Nesterov wrote: > I wrote a guide on topic https://on1on.cf Thanks! Forwarded it to one website's admin and got a positive reply. Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to

[tor-talk] assign_to_cpuworker failed. Ignoring

Hello, I found my tor node consuming more CPU than normal since Oct 16 22:13:57.000 (CEST). Also the message form the subject line is logged very often. Memory consumption was higher too. Restarting tor fixes the memory consumption as well as the logging issue but the CPU load remains higher than

[tor-talk] what to do when I have set up and obfs4proxy?

Hello, Where can I find the procedure to `give` an obfs4proxy to the right people? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] ports for obfs4proxy

Hello, Besides 80 and 443, what other tcp ports would be 'nice' for this proxy? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] Tor Browser and ARM Architecture Computers...

On 19-08-16 05:34, MyZeus wrote: > ARM Processors so I'm stuck with manual fingerprintable configuration > or no Tor Browser at all. Any advice? http://www.garethhunt.com/modifyheaders/help/?v=0.7.1.1 can modify some headers to reduce the fingerprint to some more common info. -- tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] obfs4 build howto on fedora

On 18-08-16 15:18, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: > Where can I find a somewhat simple howto to build obfs4 (e.g. from > https://github.com/Yawning/obfs4) on Fedora 24? > I know to help myself with git etc but go is unknown territory for me... Meanwhile, I found https://github.com/NSAKEY/t

Re: [tor-talk] LeMonde: France To Block Tor

On 2015-12-08 04:56, grarpamp wrote: > http://motherboard.vice.com/read/after-paris-attacks-proposed-french-law-would-block-tor-and-forbid-free-wi-fi > French law enforcement wish to “Forbid free and shared wi-fi > connections” and “to block or forbid communications of the Tor > network.” Based

[tor-talk] observed bandwidth too low

Hello! Recently the speed of my vdsl line was upgraded so I allotted a higher bandwidth to tor. When I observe my node on atlas.torproject.org though, I see a significantly lower observed bandwidth than the configured bandwidth limits or even the actual available bandwidth. I did adjust the

Re: [tor-talk] hardware recommendations

On 2015-08-29 11:46, Domenico Andreoli wrote: what about https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A20-OLinuXino-LIME2? Have one running here, very stable. Moreso than the pi. Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to

[tor-talk] simple stats from exit node

Hello, How could I gather info from an exit node I run to see: how many percent of the sessions/connections or traffic (in bytes) is used for what service? (i.e.: TCP port) Anyone? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other

[tor-talk] http status 400 in notices.log

Hello, In my notices.log I find stuff like: http status 400 (Fingerprint is marked rejected) response from dirserver '1.2.3.4:80'. Please correct. What is wrong? Kind regards, Udo -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to

Re: [tor-talk] http status 400 in notices.log

On 2014-04-21 11:50, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: In my notices.log I find stuff like: http status 400 (Fingerprint is marked rejected) response from dirserver '1.2.3.4:80'. Please correct. What is wrong? `rm -f /var/lib/tor/keys/secret*` helps... -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

On 12-03-14 22:17, Kostas Jakeliunas wrote: On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Roger Dingledine a...@mit.edu wrote: Udo, did you mean 1d1dnt3d1th3c0nf1g (one t less somewhere in the middle there..) (I just searched for 1d1dnt, which will cover 1d1dnt3d1th3c0nf1g) Indeed. Traffic appears to be

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

On 11-03-14 18:36, Roger Dingledine wrote: The line got upgraded and I allowed more tor bandwidth. (over 100 KB/s) Still the traffic is absent. Why? Which relay is this? 1d1dnt3d1tth3c0nf1g Other tor status sites list it as Fast, though... Udo -- tor-talk mailing list -

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

On 12-03-14 10:58, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: On 11-03-14 18:36, Roger Dingledine wrote: The line got upgraded and I allowed more tor bandwidth. (over 100 KB/s) Still the traffic is absent. Why? Which relay is this? 1d1dnt3d1th3c0nf1g Other tor status sites list it as Fast, though

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

On 15-12-12 17:53, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: First, thanks for running a relay. A 32KB relay is still plenty valid. ssh, irc, instant messenger, most web browsing, and the operate just fine within 32KB/s bandwidth. For those with a networking background, this is 256 Kbps. This is still

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

On 2012-08-15 15:16, Udo van den Heuvel wrote: So if you have less than 32KB/s of bandwidthrate, you won't get the Fast flag, and basically all the clients will ignore you. So there was a change in this mechanism? I'll see if I can adapt the config to that... See http://pindarots.xs4all.nl

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

On 2012-12-15 10:41, Roger Dingledine wrote: Traffic is down again. I have 'BandwidthRate 32 KB' and that worked but not any longer? What is wrong? The directory authorities assign the Fast flag to the top 7/8s of relays by bandwidth:

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

On 2012-12-15 13:57, and...@torproject.is wrote: On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:29:35PM +0100, udo...@xs4all.nl wrote 0.8K bytes in 0 lines about: : Thanks, but that is not an option. : So I can switch off this node? First, thanks for running a relay. A 32KB relay is still plenty valid. ssh,

Re: [tor-talk] traffic down

On 2012-08-14 22:17, Roger Dingledine wrote: So if you have less than 32KB/s of bandwidthrate, you won't get the Fast flag, and basically all the clients will ignore you. So there was a change in this mechanism? I'll see if I can adapt the config to that... Kind regards, Udo

[tor-talk] traffic down

Hello, Why would traffic of my (non exit) tor node be as it is? See http://pindarots.xs4all.nl/mrtg/tor.html It has been better. I run the 2.3 series and update regularly. BandwidthRate is 20 KB. Any ideas? Kind regards, Udo ___ tor-talk mailing list

[tor-talk] ”How SOPA’s ‘circumvention’ ban could put a target on Tor”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57346592-281/how-sopas-circumvention-ban-could-put-a-target-on-tor/ ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] http://www.nu.nl/internet/2619537/computer-zedenverdachte-zwaar-versleuteld.html

Hello, Please see http://www.nu.nl/internet/2619537/computer-zedenverdachte-zwaar-versleuteld.html for mention, in dutch language - please do your own google translate, of an example of typical tor mention. How can we change this somewhat? Luckily the article does not take a stance about the

[tor-talk] sftp sites?

Question, came across this info: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/590 Would torified untracable chrooted sftp things be of any use for valid purposes? E.g. allot some storage to some user so they can put/get stuff offsite. Disk can be encrypted locally, tor network is encrypted,