
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Since October 2017, a majority of directory authorities check relay IPv6 ORPorts.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If your relay is configured with an IPv6 ORPort:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ORPort [IPv6]:Port</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">and it is not reachable over IPv6, it will</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> be excluded from the consensus.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This can happen if the address is wrong, or the IPv6 routing is wrong.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If your relay isn't in the consensus, it will log warnings.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Or, you can check Relay Search at:</div><div><a href="https://atlas.torproject.org">https://atlas.torproject.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If your relay is not Running, you can check the votes for your relay here:</span></div><div><a href="https://consensus-health.torproject.org/consensus-health.html">https://consensus-health.torproject.org/consensus-health.html</a></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If all the authorities don't vote for your relay, it has a tor or IPv4 problem.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If a few do vote Running, it probably has an IPv6 problem.</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(If you want to be sure, check which authorities support ReachableIPv6</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">in the consensus health Known Flags table.)<br></span></font></div><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you have an IPv6 problem, check the address, and check the routing.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here's what I do to check IPv6 on my relays when I set them up:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">From the relay:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ping6 <a href="http://ipv6.google.com">ipv6.google.com</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">From another IPv6 machine:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ping6 <a href="http://ipv6.google.com">ipv6.google.com</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ping6 (the relay's IPv6 address)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">telnet (the relay's IPv6 ORPort)</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We're working on having better support for IPv6 across Relay Search and<br>consensus health.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">T</span></div></body></html>