September 2015 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org

Middle Relay has no traffic
by starlight.2015q3＠binnacle.cx 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

>My middle relay seems to have minimal traffic. >Is there something I need to do or is my damn >IPS (Comcast) blocking me. > >Node name is gmojo02 > >gm Possibly the Comcast gateway NAT is unable to deal with lots of connections andj/or it may be an older, slow model that can't handle much traffic. Or possibly your connection is just at the low end of the bandwidth spectrum. You can see all the Comcast relays ranked by traffic by going to https: // torstatus dot blutemagie dot de and at the bottom of the page selecting Advanced Search: hostname contains comcast Some options: 1) have a new gateway swapped in 2) upgrade to faster service 3) switch to a static IP (an option for business customers) and configure the relay on the static IP so it bypasses the Comcast device's NAT 4) switch to Verizon FiOS, which is 5x better than Comcast for the same money 5) make sure the system running the relay is reasonably fast, i.e. 1.8GHz or better and had a decent quality NIC; run speedtest_cli.py and it should match your ostensible Comcast bandwidth w/r/t (4) check out what happened to my relay after switching from 3up/18down Comcast to 75up/75down FiOS https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/4F0DB7E687FC7C0AE55C8F243DA8B0EB27FBF… (keeping in mind the relay is well tuned) You can see all the FiOS relays on Blutmagie with hostname contains comcast

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Middle Relay has no traffic
by Greg Moss 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

My middle relay seems to have minimal traffic. Is there something I need to do or is my damn IPS (Comcast) blocking me. Node name is gmojo02 gm

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Experience hosting exit relay with Costa Rica Servers: crservers.com
by Patrick O'Doherty 13 Sep '15

13 Sep '15

hey all, I'm looking to host an exit relay in a country with a low node count. I came across crservers.com[0] via exotic VPS, and am considering using them to host a small exit node to start out. A quick glance at their ToS for VPS services[1] indidicates that their policies are pretty strict, but figured it'd be worth asking the list to see if anyone had personal experience with them before I rule them out. I've also contacted them about this. cheers, p [0] - https://crservers.com [1] - https://www.crservers.com/downloads/SHARED-SERVER-CONTRACT.pdf

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My VPS hoster (Zappie Host) understood!
by Billy Humphreys 13 Sep '15

13 Sep '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi all, When I asked my reverse DNS to be added for my Tor exit relay, they said that Tor nodes were disallowed due to the ToS, but didn't stop me. I messaged back a few times (in normal UK time, 3AM over there) and I got this reply: 'Hey there Thank you firstly of understanding our position that in almost most cases the end user that runs the tor exit does without a care in the world leaving the provider fully liable for all the crap that comes with it. In our ToS we state "any tor nodes" simply to cover our asses as its (for the most part) not worth the hassle and misunderstanding later down the track. Yes a relay node is fine. feel free to continue with that. If you want to continue with an exit node what I will do is edit the WHOIS details and put in for that specific IP that you are the operated the IP address as a Tor Exit node. (SWIP the IP) Please let me know if this is something you are interested in this plan or just settle for a relay node as is. Regards and thank you for understanding Adam' If you sign up and are wishing to run a Tor exit relay, PLEASE contact them to set it all up for you so that you will be classified as a Tor relay :P -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV7kYBAAoJEHukJMVt72wmo84QAJSIrI70ca1xSEHmA7Am4k8E p9UhuqSfFftE0/5F631QeJJkdgw6y47ps+et9jUPjxv5i8omTWtCamI9qf0h1TcY 4ySOoxyLaRfEuz00hAKrDJZXSfHoJoF9mCIPcQpNPZ2NwZ4ZbXiOv40k5Rlpyu4M OGRV//RTunwbqIooCnaCOeNljhEGit57hWmDoGu5wNUsWIFXGWCd6On1xlSkRq2b jUKltQY96/nxNPWv12BlpOmKszXAWC0AwzfLsLUXBY8Mal0xgRgXxCBQhQ4HiBgX le/4oX9MxiL6+TN6GW4KM3yf7jIryJMDBWhfm/rjc92deXW7FVDxJdJjBGkZoX0S QC8ALSnqAysLj93wylaR59onco8jXIYDZNfOjZSuCB9v/zIqbCXWrovKexqa3xbU SCLCj0bDT+5KIrFbkI5+XBtNR114g1p6oeDmaRb5dl8OQOJh+l15x4dAxJTb4hTF zvJGfnFvwQcBCEXZq6u4sSItUjDQQ5Jsc1yWexDcHta/8PoYKSy9iZWrOM9Wo7ny Ka1jrdc+rhVpFyy73ntqFhYZxPOcJSabazBXbiOgIQlZKQPOjl99kW8g/0zCrZXX mXDED+fkb/tL7BwGl0xTV8NOKt5qPo7U9Xf8POy9X3L7Rrxpvw32zpTq1+ZS/vmc +KBRsFMQmtApo1RdmlAx =O3ur -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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First Tech CU apparently blocking all Tor nodes
by Tor Relay ＠ WeFu.Org 13 Sep '15

13 Sep '15

It appears that First Tech Federal Credit Union is blocking all Tor nodes (including non-exit nodes) from connecting to their website, http://www.firsttechfed.com This seems ... misguided on their part. Blocking exit nodes is one thing, but preventing random people who happen to run a Tor middle node from seeing anything on their website is rather over the top. They do not appear to be listed on https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/doc/ListOfServicesBlockin… yet. If other people also observe the blocking, they should probably be added. I wanted to check with the list to make sure it is not just me, and get suggestions about the best way to approach First Tech and encourage them to re-consider this overly broad blocking.

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criteria for why a relay is expected to be unmeasured
by nusenu 12 Sep '15

12 Sep '15

Hi, the tor network is currently doing quite well when it comes to the amount of unmeasured relays. I'd like to filter unmeasured relays for unexpectantly unmeasured relays only. Currently I have three criteria for why a relay is expected to be unmeasured: - relay is a directory authority - relay joined the network within the last three days - last_restarted is within the last three days (this is a strong simplification of "we assume this relay did not run enough to be measured within the last three days") At 2015-09-12 07:00:00 there were 116 unmeasured relays if we filter for unexpectantly unmeasured relays we are down to 12 unexpected unmeasured relays: +---------------------+---------------------+----------+ | first_seen | last_restarted | FP | +---------------------+---------------------+----------+ | 2014-04-08 19:00:00 | 2015-08-24 12:29:07 | 9BE65BAE | | 2014-04-16 20:00:00 | 2015-09-04 19:57:50 | 74BA3700 | | 2014-04-18 10:00:00 | 2015-08-27 17:14:42 | B34B40B3 | | 2014-05-14 14:00:00 | 2015-09-06 16:09:50 | 853D1645 | | 2014-05-29 13:00:00 | 2015-07-18 10:04:53 | D14A197E | | 2014-06-20 07:00:00 | 2015-09-07 06:15:49 | E96D712D | | 2014-09-26 11:00:00 | 2015-03-24 13:31:21 | B8D2E17F | | 2014-12-20 14:00:00 | 2015-08-04 22:07:28 | 1A397290 | | 2015-03-15 01:00:00 | 2015-09-07 10:53:21 | 9143307A | | 2015-04-23 03:00:00 | 2015-07-07 09:11:21 | 00F2D93E | | 2015-04-26 09:00:00 | 2015-07-19 20:41:26 | F2ED5032 | | 2015-08-21 06:00:00 | 2015-08-24 20:36:03 | 38B63BB8 | +---------------------+---------------------+----------+ If you have an opinion on why any of these relays are unmeasured for a specific reason please let me know so I can add that criteria to my list. thanks

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Deciding where to put new Tor relays
by Virgil Griffith 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

I'm at an APNIC conference in Jakarta, and they demoed a new tool which shows the interconnections (peering + transits) between AS numbers within a given country (will eventually work for regions). URL: http://labs.apnic.net/vizas/ Left-panel is IPv4 and right-panel is IPv6. Here is the fellow who built it: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/geoff-huston/42/828/891 For Tor, this tool helps us prioritize the ASs for new relays. To maximize censorship resistance, we would want relays on AS numbers in the middle (lots of interconnections) that do not currently have Tor relays. We can imagine giving out Roster bonus points depending on the AS-number. The points would go something like: AS_i_bonus_points = ASweight(i) / #_Tor_relays_on_AS ASweight(i) = k * \sum_{j=1}^n num_ips_routed_by_edge_i_j where k is an arbitrary constant (k=1 is reasonable). This could be very useful for deciding where to put new relays. I'll see if I can access to the raw data that generates these graphs so we have more than just pretty pictures. Much love, -V

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Vultr disallowing exit relays
by Carlin Bingham 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

I have just been informed by Vultr that they now do not tolerate exit relays. The wiki[0] suggested they were a good host for exits, and vultr's staff confirmed to me at the start of the year that exits are fine. They appear to have changed their mind. [0] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ISPCorrespondence#Vultr -- Carlin

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Message from my relay
by DARKNET.IT 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

I need help to solve this message: possible syn flooding on port 80. sending cookies. check snmp counters Port 80 is the ORPort of the relay. Thanks for reply

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Relay Stats
by Billy Humphreys 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 I've sent and received almost 10GB and I've only been up for 2 days. I was first a exit relay, then non-exit (so many blue outbounds!) now I'm a exit relay again. Here's my ARM message: Tor's uptime is 1 day 18:00 hours, with 31 circuits open. I've sent 9.69 GB and received 9.35 GB. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJV7wGNAAoJEHukJMVt72wm83QP/RJpihJTntgCXAMJQZW48CDT oX7Z1SVFDQnfkzgW67JmZmoyOSVjgmuBLXdsdICB/kvI8+58HA5Hj0kJiCyN3m0K IeEMXiUaY+yajg6TggZ/lXVAbpp5T3Vd12RNsXQlwHna6rxKLwySxKSpdjR9HZgt ei4MotC7j6wor2hoIsMftuqKSmKicjrnnlfEt/H0dZ2+qCqZ4RUsLu+TC7m1EMwc uBL6d7GYgroaTQ6VH0QybYzJzhEAFPG4AaQzg4OVNPe3h+Af+FhKuvRpIoG0yZSl PfUP5K1lfKcGGh+KLMeCqVawQbUTZJXxcTtDpio6I6O+T0QdUas2ts0pE/cI0JxE eKITCq9Va13xj99/f3qV8R7gXhPTgNmwPVyRCk2dO1gUfKMkX94ScwTrNTxXb7Gy vD6ofnfmAh0OGA5rjfaKTCrsPWD9lFErAva1OeTVaxmxVZFap0tKykgNp2HeBIeS nQiHaujIEyJsu4WJTyFPQ370YuOVGuzEYo6AiQTVQFCesz7pnMLrG724HQljLQIp PdLXUsCy0QFvlScqWUr6IXzNWilt8wkH9UHjPp6LDsWiRdD6l0/gJomqoSJbNC5p Qzz9DOO6uEvBY7Tki2Kgo29mE00B7O0DP8cJBwkm1VCG8oj4u1ho+r4DX4DvGeyh GNoSM1mSWs6gMgid/2EQ =1rSF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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