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I don't know the answer to your question and I am sorry that you are
having this issue. That said even if you are not doing anything
besides running a relay it is a security risk to be running a tor
node on Windows XP. <br>
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There are exploits that do not require any interaction from the
user. The sentiment that the rest of the list is trying to impress
on you is that by running a Tor nod on XP you are potential putting
the entire Tor network at risk to a malicious actor.<br>
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This is by far a more pressing concern than speeds being reported
correctly. As others have said since you say cost is a factor in
purchasing a Windows 7 license then install Linux or BSD. I cannot
express how easy it is if you follow the guide to set up a Debian
node.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/21/2014 05:19 PM, B00ze/Empire
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014-07-20 23:53, Joel Cretan <a
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<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 4:30 PM, B00ze/Empire <span
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cares that MS doesn't support it. So you are claiming
that because it runs on Xp the speed testing is failing?
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<div>Everyone using Tor cares. I believe the other posters
are seizing on this detail because it is much more
important for you to upgrade your vulnerable machine
than to worry about what speed is reported. Perhaps it
is better for now that your speed is under-reported, to
keep too many clients from connecting to a potentially
dangerous relay.<br>
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I cant upgrade the machine, I'd have to buy hardware and since the
machine is 12 years old, I have no intention of replacing the
failing parts. I am slowly building a replacement server, but
until then, Xp it is. I do not browse, read email, open PDFs, run
Flash, install programs - I dont do anything on that server
besides running the Tor relay (and polipo) and serving files on
the local network. The machine is behind a hardware and a software
firewall. The chances of infection is basically zero, so there is
no great rush to setup the replacement server.<br>
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But since everyone just cannot get passed the fact that it runs
Xp, I guess we will have to wait some months before I can get some
real answers as to the problem I wish resolved.<br>
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Thank you.<br>
Best Regards,<br>
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