<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">For what it's worth, in addition to my Tor Bridge Relay, I also run two Snowflake Proxies on my home LAN. <br><br>Malcolm </div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On 6 July 2024 19:14:23 GMT-03:00, "Gary C. New via tor-relays" <tor-relays_at_lists.torproject.org_0tpcqovw@duck.com> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Saturday, July 6, 2024, 3:07:52 PM MDT, Roger Dingledine <arma@torproject.org> wrote:
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<div>On Sat, Jul 06, 2024 at 06:34:37PM +0000, Alessandro Greco via tor-relays wrote:<br clear="none">> I have some experience running a Tor relay, and I am now interested in setting up another one. I plan to do this using my home internet connection, which is an FTTH line with bandwidth up to 2 Gbps.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thanks for running a relay!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I have read that it is possible to run multiple relays on the same node, but I am unsure how to configure this.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you're using the tor deb (e.g. on Debian or Ubuntu), it comes with<br clear="none">a tool to set up multiple tors. "man tor-instance-create" to get started.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">There is also the possibility of using the fancy automated<br clear="none">deployment tools that some of the bigger relay operators here<br clear="none">use, which probably only makes sense if you are already familiar<br clear="none">with these automation tools (a popular one based on ansible:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor</a> ).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">In either case, make sure you have enough memory in your system to<br clear="none">handle each Tor relay: relays can use 1 or 2 gigabytes of memory each<br clear="none">during normal operation, but when the network is under load it can go<br clear="none">much higher than that.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Additionally, I am curious about what would be most beneficial for the Tor network today: a highly resilient bridge or multiple relays managed from the same node?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you have the bandwidth (which it sounds like you do), the multiple<br clear="none">fast relays will be much more useful to the network.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">See also <a shape="rect" href="https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Is it feasible to operate both at the same time? This is probably not the best idea since the bridge's IP address would be public, right?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">It is technically possible yes, but as you say, having a public relay<br clear="none">on the IP address will undermine the effectiveness of your bridge on<br clear="none">that IP address.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The same logic is also why we don't recommend running two different<br clear="none">kinds of bridges on a single IP address: if one of them gets discovered<br clear="none">and the censor blocks by IP address, then the other will stop working too.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> I am looking for guidance on the best course of action to support the Tor community.<br clear="none">> Thank you in advance for your assistance,Aleff.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thanks for wanting to help!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">--Roger<div class="ydp746fbac7yqt5530981271" id="ydp746fbac7yqtfd27034"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">tor-relays mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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