<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>If it is not too late, I would like to volunteer the relay <span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">32828476F4F84E15C42B4C360A5CD8</span><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">DE4C3C2BE7.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">Rhea</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 1:45 PM teor <<a href="mailto:teor2345@gmail.com">teor2345@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi,</div><div dir="auto"><br><div><br>On 22 Jan 2018, at 05:01, Fabian A. Santiago <<a href="mailto:fsantiago@garbage-juice.com" target="_blank">fsantiago@garbage-juice.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>January 8, 2018 3:29 PM, "Spiros Andreou" <<a href="mailto:mail@spiros.io" target="_blank">mail@spiros.io</a>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Normalcitizen: E51620B90DCB310138ED89EDEDD0A5C361AAE24E</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>-------- Original Message --------</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Subject: [tor-relays] Become a Fallback Directory Mirror</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Local Time: 21 December 2017 12:50 AM</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>UTC Time: 20 December 2017 23:50</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>From: <a href="mailto:teor2345@gmail.com" target="_blank">teor2345@gmail.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>To: <a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" target="_blank">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dear Relay Operators,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Do you want your relay to be a Tor fallback directory mirror?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Will it have the same address and port for the next 2 years?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Just reply to this email with your relay's fingerprint.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>If your relay is on the current list, you don't need to do anything.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>If you're asking:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Q: What's a fallback directory mirror?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Fallback directory mirrors help Tor clients connect to the network.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>For more details, see [1].</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Q: Is my relay on the current list?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Search [2] and [3] for your relay fingerprint or IP address and port.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>[2] is the current list of fallbacks in Tor.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>[3] is used to create the next list of fallbacks.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Q: What do I need to do if my relay is on the list?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Keep the same IP address, keys, and ports.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Email tor-relays if the relay's details change.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Q: Can my relay be on the list next time?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>We need fast relays that will be on the same IP address and port for 2</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>years. Reply to this email to get on the list, or to update the details</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>of your relay.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Once or twice a year, we run a script to choose about 150-200 relays</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>from the potential list [3] for the list in Tor [2].</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Q: Why didn't my relay get on the list last time?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>We check a relay's uptime, flags, and speed [4]. Sometimes, a relay might</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>be down when we check. That's ok, we will check it again next time.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>It's good to have some new relays on the list every release. That helps</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>tor clients, because blocking a changing list is harder.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Q: What about the current relay DDoS?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>We don't think the DDoS will have much impact on the fallback list.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>If your relay is affected, please:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>* make sure it has enough available file descriptors, and</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>* set MaxMemInQueues to the amount of RAM you have available per tor</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>instance (or maybe a few hundred MB less).</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>We're also working on some code changes. See [5] for more details.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>[1]: <a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors" target="_blank">https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>[2]: <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc" target="_blank">https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>[3]: <a href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist" target="_blank">https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>[4]:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21564/fallbacks_2017-05-16-0815-09cd78886" target="_blank">https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21564/fallbacks_2017-05-16-0815-09cd78886</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>log</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>[5]: <a href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2017-December/013881.html" target="_blank">https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2017-December/013881.html</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Tim / teor</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Hello,</span><br><span></span><br><span>I've moved my relay to an unmetered provider, and intend to keep it up long term. Here you are, if you can still use it:</span><br><span></span><br><span>D122094E396DF8BA560843E7B983B0EA649B7DF9</span><br></div></blockquote><br></div><div dir="auto"><div>Thanks for running a relay!</div><div><br></div><div>Yes, we can use your relay.</div><div>We will rebuild the list in 6-12 months.</div><div><br></div><div>We are keeping track of opt-ins. Yours is here:</div><div><a href="https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24805#comment:8" target="_blank">https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24805#comment:8</a></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><br></div><div>T</div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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