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Please note that automatically updating has very little use if you
don't also restart the services you updated.<br>
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@Robert: please setup your ContactInfo in the torrc to something you
can be reached on when there's something wrong with the
configuration or you need to update certain software. Also make sure
that you sometimes just restart the machine (or services) so that
the updates are picked up. Once per two months should be fine for
that.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">AJ B schreef op 18/04/14 09:30:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">>you need to update your debian once in a while.
the update process is<br>
>fairly easy. you can even automate it if you wish.<br>
<br>
Just a quick elaboration on this, you can easily set up a
cronjob to<br>
do this weekly.<br>
<br>
If you type in: <font face="courier new, monospace">crontab -e</font><br>
<br>
You can then select nano, which should be the second option as a
text editor. Then add: <font face="courier new, monospace">0 5
* * 1 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y</font>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This will run an
upgrade once a week at 5 am.</font><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Nima
Fatemi <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nima@riseup.net" target="_blank">nima@riseup.net</a>></span>
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Hi Robert,<br>
<br>
Replying in-line...<br>
<br>
Robert Smith:<br>
<div class="">> Judging by the level of your<br>
> computer skills implied by the emails, those involved
in<br>
> Tor have better things to do than help a guy like me.
I think it is<br>
> important to the entire world that the internet links
us together, and<br>
> Tor may be the most crucial part of that.<br>
<br>
</div>
First of all, thanks for your interest in running a relay.<br>
<br>
Of course you are always welcome to ask your questions on
here, on #tor<br>
irc channel or via sending an email to <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:help@rt.torproject.org">help@rt.torproject.org</a>
in case<br>
it's a private question that you don't want the whole world
know about.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> I have 3 machines as possible candidates for a Tor
relay:<br>
><br>
> A) A decent PC (around 6 years old) with Vista
installed. It's been<br>
> unused for 2 years. I am willing to do a clean
re-install of Vista or<br>
> even Linux (with help) to run it as a Tor relay,
night and day.<br>
><br>
> B) A MacBook Pro (4gb ram, Intel, Snow Leopard).
Again, I am willing to<br>
> wipe it, and do a clean install of the OS and use it
for a Tor relay,<br>
> night and day.<br>
><br>
> C) My personal laptop an Asus G74S (12gb ram, i7
quad core 2.2ghz, Win7 Home Premium 64bit), which I
"sleep" most nights.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Modem: DSL from "Telus" (in Victoria, BC, Canada)
with 4 ports (I use 1 cable port to my personal computer,
1 wireless port for my iPad or Android cell phone).<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>
Well, it's more about how many "public IP"s you have than
the number of PCs.<br>
<br>
First you need to make sure your ISP is okay with receiving
incoming<br>
traffic.<br>
<br>
Then, I'd suggest installing a fresh Debian on your PC.<br>
You can google around to figure out how to install debian.
It's fairly<br>
easy. Here's a short, simple guide with screen-shots:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.installation-steps.html"
target="_blank">http://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.installation-steps.html</a><br>
<br>
Then all you need to do is following these steps to install
latest<br>
version of Tor on your system:<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu"
target="_blank">https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu</a><br>
<br>
Then open terminal and type:<br>
<br>
sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc<br>
<br>
and add the following lines to your torrc file, note you can
change<br>
ORPort number to whatever port you want (just make sure that
port is<br>
open in your firewall/router), pick a cool nickname for your
relay and<br>
add your contact info:<br>
<br>
RunAsDaemon 1<br>
ORPort 9001<br>
Nickname name-of-your-relay-goes-here<br>
ContactInfo your-contact-info-goes-here<br>
ExitPolicy reject *:*<br>
<br>
Press crtl+o then crtl+x to save the file and exit the
editor.<br>
<br>
Then you need to restart Tor using this command:<br>
<br>
sudo service tor restart<br>
<br>
Now your relay should be up and running.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> Questions:<br>
> 1) If I run a Tor relay with that modem, are there
any security risks to the other devices? I am no
technical guru.<br>
<br>
</div>
Not if you become a non-exit relay. The "ExitPolicy reject
*:*" line is<br>
for that purpose.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> 2) If I run a Tor relay on either (or both the Vista
PC and MacBook) of<br>
> the computers mentioned above, will it be mostly a
"set it and forget<br>
> it" maintenance? I cannot devote much time (and
definitely don't have<br>
> much expertise).<br>
<br>
</div>
you need to update your debian once in a while. the update
process is<br>
fairly easy. you can even automate it if you wish.<br>
<br>
you can either use the interface or open terminal and type:<br>
<br>
sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y<br>
<br>
do this at least once a week please.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> 3) Will I compromise the anonimity of Tor users due
to my lack of technical skills while running a Tor relay?
I don't want to do more damage than good.<br>
<br>
</div>
Nope. only encrypted traffic goes in and out your (non-exit)
relay.<br>
<div class=""><br>
> 4) Can I throttle down the bandwidth on my Tor
relay(s) when I need it for my own personal machine? I
don't want to disrupt the Tor net.<br>
<br>
</div>
yes, you can. read your torrc file located at /etc/tor/torrc
to figure<br>
out how. but please have it in mind that the minimum
bandwidth for a<br>
relay is 100KB/s (800kb/s). If you don't have that much
bandwidth, you<br>
may consider running a bridge instead of a relay. bridges
consume much<br>
less bandwidth and help censored users access Tor network.<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy-debian-instructions.html.en#instructions"
target="_blank">https://www.torproject.org/projects/obfsproxy-debian-instructions.html.en#instructions</a><br>
<div class=""><br>
> 5) Can you suggest the best way to use my machine(s)
to make a reliable,<br>
> maintenance free and secure Tor relay, requiring the
least amount of<br>
> time? I am guessing it's the MacBook cabled to the
DSL, running only<br>
> Tor relay software, and running only a normal relay.<br>
><br>
><br>
> 6) At this point is it worth my while, to attempt a
Tor bridge or exit<br>
> relay or am I even capable of doing it properly? I
have little<br>
> experience or expertise in networking and not much
time.<br>
> Thanks for spending your valuable time reading my
questions. I hope to make it pay off, in a long term Tor
relay.<br>
><br>
<br>
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I hope I've covered all your questions.<br>
<br>
Bests,<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br>
Nima<br>
0XC009DB191C92A77B | @nimaaa | mrphs<br>
<br>
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the
death your right<br>
to say it" --Evelyn Beatrice Hall<br>
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