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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>It happened to me recently as well I (a similar situation) I had to switch my relay over to a new OS, I had copied the fingerprint over but despite the fact that I had done this, my relay was still assigned a new identity (which is why I am running a bridge now). </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:torix@protonmail.com">torix@protonmail.com</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, October 26, 2018 6:57 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [tor-relays] Restore tor exit node</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This happened to me as well this week. I copied over the torrc and keys directory; I thought that was all I needed. But I got a new fingerprint, so the relay is seen as new.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Running Tor 0.3.4.8 on freeBSD.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--Torix</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐</p><p class=MsoNormal>On Friday, October 26, 2018 6:49 PM, <node47@torsrv.de> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dear all,</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> I have the following problem:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> My VPS-Hoster has deleted my server. Now I reinstalled tor on fresh</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Debian 9 minimal in version 0.3.4.8 (as before).</p><p class=MsoNormal>> I also restored my keys from /var/lib/tor/keys and set the datadir in</p><p class=MsoNormal>> torrc to /var/lib/tor</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> When I started the tor-service a new ed25519_signing_cert and</p><p class=MsoNormal>> ed25519_signing_secret_key were generated as well as a new fingerprint.</p><p class=MsoNormal>> The secret_* files still have the old timestamp but new fingerprint had</p><p class=MsoNormal>> been created. Now the server is listed 3 times in the relaysearch and my</p><p class=MsoNormal>> node is known as “new” node instead of getting the old fingerprint and</p><p class=MsoNormal>> the old flags/status.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Who can assist me in how to do the restore of the fingerprint and how to</p><p class=MsoNormal>> correct the relaysearch?!</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Best regards from Germany</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Max</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> tor-relays mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>tor-relays mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>