January 2013 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org

My Relay has slowed significantly.
by Matthew Harrold 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

Hello all. This is my first time using a mailing list, so apologies if Im not doing it right! I have ran a couple of Tor Relays now for a few months, one was steady and reliable, and providing about 2MB/s of bandwidth. Of late, its slowed down dramatically. A reboot resolved it temporarily, but its slowed right down again, below 500KB/s. You can see the graph here- https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/2DAEE4EBA687A517F8B473894341A56820CDD… Does anyone have any suggestions? I have checked with my ISP and they are not throttling or managing the traffic in anyway, and my CPU and RAM isnt under heavy load. Ive uploaded my torrc here- http://pastebin.com/ZCnLQF0w I have read that file discriptors can also be a problem, Im not sure if this is relevant but- $ sysctl fs.file-nr fs.file-nr = 832 0 199036 Thanks in advance for your help, keep up the good work!

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ESMTP Filtering by Santrex
by Moritz Bartl 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: ESMTP Filtering by 46.166.163.163 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:57:53 +0100 From: Moritz Bartl <moritz(a)torservers.net> To: abuse(a)santrex.net Hi, Your customer at 46.166.163.163 runs a Tor exit relay (hooray! great!). The server should be configured in a way that does NOT tamper with outgoing or incoming traffic, but it looks like Santrex (you guys) are at least actively filtering/redirecting ESMTP Port 587 traffic. Trying 74.125.137.108... Connected to smtp.gmail.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 spamfilter.santrex.net ESMTP Postfix Trying 192.0.43.10... Connected to example.com. Escape character is '^]'. 220 spamfilter.santrex.net ESMTP Postfix Please turn that off, or at least let your customer know about it so they can block the affected ports. Thanks! -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/

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Public Munin Graphs: Security Risk?
by Moritz Bartl 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Hi! I finally deployed Munin across our exit nodes. The graphs are currently public, and I don't see an obvious reason for not doing that. Any objections? https://www.torservers.net/munin/ -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/

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iptables for relays not behind a nat
by Chris Baines 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Can anyone help with equivalents of the iptables rules given here https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorFAQ#HowcanImakemyrelay… but for a relay on a vps with a static ip? Thanks, Chris

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University Exit Node Success Stories
by Patrick R McDonald 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

All, I am working with various PoC for US universities in an attempt to get them to run fast exit relays. While I am making progress on the universities running a Tor node, most are very hesitant to run an exit node. From several, I received the impression that this was the result of not wanting to be first. To counteract this fear, I am hoping this list can provide some success stories for the above scenario to provide the universities. Looking forward to receiving your feedback, Patrick

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Re: [tor-relays] Contents of tor-relays digest...
by syrus f 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

my country block all websites and let see few sites. I use tor . I add some additional bridge but It stop in level:"load relay information" what I must to do?

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[warn] Tried to establish rendezvous on non-OR or non-edge circuit.
by Samuel Walker 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Hi, I've started receiving this message on my relay (non-exit, non-hidden-serivce) > [warn] Tried to establish rendezvous on non-OR or non-edge circuit. I've had a look in the bug tracker, and it looks like it was previously noted under 4171, with the cause being 4641. Both now fixed. Should I be concerned over this? Many Thanks

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Can I enable IPv6?
by cmeclax 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

I just upgraded to version 0.2.3.25 from the latest pkgsrc quarterly, and I have an IPv6 address. Can I tell other relays that they can connect to me on IPv6? The port number will be different, as I'm forwarding one port on the router to a different port on the Tor box. cmeclax

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mouseHouse - Why not used more?
by Sina Eetezadi 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

Hi all, I am wondering why my TOR server "mouseHouse" is not used more? I configured 40k and 60k burst, buts its only barely used. Any hints? Thank you.

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running relay severely degrades network performance eventually
by Nicolas Bock 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hello list, every time I run a relay on a Comcast cable connection, after a while (a few hours to days) other network operations such as DNS lookups slow down to such an extent that the network becomes unusable. Unfortunately I don't know how to exactly pinpoint what the problem is, but found that the only reliable solution at such a point seems to be to reset the cable modem. Is that a known issue? Could you suggest how I can diagnose this more accurately? Thanks, nick

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