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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello –<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just recently installed a Tor Relay and now I’m seeing a TON of port 8118 denied requests in my log.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> Mar 21 17:24:51 kendra kernel: Firewall: *TCP_IN Blocked* IN=eth0 OUT=<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> MAC=c8:0a:a9:9e:2f:02:00:90:1a:a2:a0:7e:08:00 SRC=162.211.126.188<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> DST=72.90.68.179 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=122 ID=16300 DF <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> PROTO=TCP SPT=4853 DPT=8118 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 Mar 21 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> 17:24:53 kendra kernel: Firewall: *TCP_IN Blocked* IN=eth0 OUT=<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> MAC=c8:0a:a9:9e:2f:02:00:90:1a:a2:a0:7e:08:00 SRC=162.211.126.227<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> DST=72.90.68.179 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=122 ID=19011 DF <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> PROTO=TCP SPT=1146 DPT=8118 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 Mar 21 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> 17:24:55 kendra kernel: Firewall: *TCP_IN Blocked* IN=eth0 OUT=<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> MAC=c8:0a:a9:9e:2f:02:00:90:1a:a2:a0:7e:08:00 SRC=162.211.126.173<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> DST=72.90.68.179 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=122 ID=28405 DF <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> PROTO=TCP SPT=3137 DPT=8118 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 Mar 21 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> 17:24:57 kendra kernel: Firewall: *TCP_IN Blocked* IN=eth0 OUT=<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> MAC=c8:0a:a9:9e:2f:02:00:90:1a:a2:a0:7e:08:00 SRC=216.245.222.105<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> DST=72.90.68.179 LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=56 ID=24995 DF <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> PROTO=TCP SPT=2998 DPT=8118 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 Mar 21 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> 17:24:59 kendra kernel: Firewall: *TCP_IN Blocked* IN=eth0 OUT=<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> MAC=c8:0a:a9:9e:2f:02:00:90:1a:a2:a0:7e:08:00 SRC=162.211.126.180<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> DST=72.90.68.179 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=122 ID=21683 DF <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> PROTO=TCP SPT=3372 DPT=8118 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 Mar 21 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> 17:25:01 kendra kernel: Firewall: *TCP_IN Blocked* IN=eth0 OUT=<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> MAC=c8:0a:a9:9e:2f:02:00:90:1a:a2:a0:7e:08:00 SRC=173.234.116.173<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> DST=72.90.68.179 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=247 ID=9188 PROTO=TCP <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> SPT=1976 DPT=8118 WINDOW=65535 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> I'm not configured at 8118.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> My config:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> SocksPort 72.90.68.179:9050 # Bind to this adddress:port too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> SocksPolicy accept 72.90.68.176/29<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> ControlPort 9051<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> ORPort 9001<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> DirPort 9030 # what port to advertise for directory connections<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On my firewall, I'm allowing: TCP_IN: 9030,9001,9050,9051 and TCP_OUT: 9030,9001,9050,9051<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Am I doing something wrong?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Why am I getting all this 8118 traffic?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any help would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dennis<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>