January 2014 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org

Re: [tor-relays] One relay shown as two
by Andy45 11 Jan '14

11 Jan '14

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question. I guess I'll just be patient then! The funny thing is that I never did reinstall Tor/Vidalia... although I got one working then the other with different configs for a while. That may have been it. Thanks! Andy

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One relay shown as two relays in Atlas
by Andy45 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

Hello all! My question is related to Atlas. I asked this question on Tor help and I was referred to here. Here are my questions: I run a small exit relay on my computer. (Nickname is Andy45 and IP address is 108.249.221.251 if you want to look at this problem on Atlas for your self.) When I look up my relay on the Atlas, the relay is displayed as two separate relays with differing bandwidths and different uptimes. I'm not sure what's up with that - but my best guess is that it is splitting the amount of bandwidth I donate in half? The one of the average bandwidths listed on Atlas is a fair amount less than what the bandwidth monitor shows I give. (70 kbps rather than 100+ kbps.) Thanks, Andy

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Hidden Service web design to speed load times
by Gordon Morehouse 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hey folks, I've been off the list for quite a long time due to personal reasons, and I'm aware I have a couple irons still in the fire WRT RasPi and the SYN flood stuff - I'll get to it. Today, though, I came across this article: http://csswizardry.com/2013/01/front-end-performance-for-web-designers-and-… tl;dr you can add a 'dns-prefetch' link tag in the HEAD of HTML documents to do DNS lookups ASAP, instead of later on when the browser parses the content which does it, or your Javascript (yeah, I know) does it, etc. I'm wondering if this would have any value for Tor hidden services - would a "DNS lookup" of a .onion force Tor to start building a circuit to the hidden service in question? I suppose one could deliberately request a nonexistent file or a 1x1 pixel PNG or something, too, to get the circuit built, but this is obviously a little cleaner and probably a little better for privacy versus an HTTP request which may be logged even if the user never takes an action to *actually* request real info. Just a thought for hidden service operations. It's always easier to get one's message out the less time it takes to load. Best, - -Gordon M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSztxfAAoJED/jpRoe7/ujrx8IAJyREaH6TZ2z5GjBPrZfZcir fWi5zfwO/t/we/uQzn0IriM8DIMvLQOHS1Z9ly/qzUyoBLPRxzUqPpkzmtzXgXOy l2bAhmRCSyGZXDgE4GAXpVXP8w2w3fb7ijJADqy+I/nqQYZX7MMzlcT8hlsqqon9 I39ITwbDoUuem+y/XG/IICcbTVBsrH3m2auhRBfHawAJW8iO6xooltyUS6JExxLB fALfaG64YOy8mv+eyOT4tYoP67r8miEDlmTnplARUKw458lihqlnZ1TrCN+AVaJt OJCXiDnqghvBAJE+v/5JWJOMDr90ucI/+9mitOmbbQh03JOSRsSryeffPmUN08c= =gl1d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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VPS ports closed
by I 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

Is there a way to open ports for Tor as an VPS account holder? Robert ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more!

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How to force VPS to update to current release?
by I 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

Anyone, On a new VPS putting the right entries in the sources.list won't get the current release. apt-get update or upgrade gets with more Ign http://torproject.org tor-experimental-0.2.5.x-precise/main Translation-en W: Failed to fetch http://torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/precise/main/binar y-i386/Packages Undetermined Error [IP: 38.229.72.14 80] Either could someone tell me how to force an update from the very old Ubuntu held one I managed to get or tell me how to get to the current package some other way? Searching for help for Linux without sufficient jargon is hard. Robert ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium

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Fwd: How to force VPS to update to current release?
by Zack Weinberg 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:33 PM, I <beatthebastards(a)inbox.com> wrote: > Err http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main i386 Packages > 404 Not Found [IP: 86.59.30.40 80] > Ign http://deb.torproject.org precise/main Translation-en_US > Ign http://deb.torproject.org precise/main Translation-en > Ign http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main Translation-en_US > Ign http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main Translation-en > W: Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/experimental-precise/main/bi… 404 Not Found [IP: 86.59.30.40 80] It appears that the experimental-* distributions are no longer available. I think this is probably an intentional change associated with Tor 0.2.4.x having been promoted to stable release, and I think you want to replace *all* your existing 'deb ...' lines in /etc/apt/sources.list that mention torproject.org with one of these two: # Tor 0.2.4 official builds deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main # Tor 0.2.5 experimental builds deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org tor-experimental-0.2.5.x-precise main You should need only one or the other, not both. And of course you need Ubuntu's source in there too. (To be clear, this is *not* an issue with your VPS, this is a change to the package server you are using. If this was an intentional change, it sure woulda been nice if it had been announced here, hint hint.) zw

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[Feedback?] Multiple Tor processes on one host
by Johannes Fürmann 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello *, I wrote a short "HowTo" on running multiple Tor processes on one host [1]. Feedback and improvements are greatly appreciated! Johannes Link(s): [1]: https://gist.github.com/waaaaargh/8271499

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