September 2016 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org

adding multi-instance service file to Arch Linux's tor package?
by nusenu 24 Sep '16

24 Sep '16

Dear Arch Linux Tor Package Maintainer, I just filed a new task in Arch Linux's bug tracker, since you are the maintainer of the tor package I wanted to let you know about it (since it does not get auto assigned to you): https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/50877 Let me know what you think. thanks, nusenu

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Re: [tor-relays] Rampup speed of Exit relay
by D. S. Ljungmark 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

On ons, 2016-09-21 at 17:29 +0200, Aeris wrote: > > > > 17 MBytes/s in each direction. > > From Atlas graph, your node is currently growing up, so wait few > weeks more to > have the real bandwidth consumption, but don’t expect huge change. It looks as if it stabilized a while ago, and I see more fluctuations in between hours of the day, than I see between days. > > 17M*B*ps is 140M*b*ps and you already have a good relay :) > This is around the speed expected for standard CPU (150 to 300Mbps > per Tor > instance, best CPU available can "only" drain around 500Mbps). For a relay, yes. However, on an Exit node, the traffic patterns are quite different than a pure relay, that's why I'm asking here for that. Exit traffic uses a metric ton more, short-lived connections to different parts of the world, and there's a lot of things there that I could probably tune better. ( Normal relays seldom have a trouble filling the conntrac tables, while exits do. ) > > And your CPU have all chance to be the bottleneck at this speed. Tor > is not > multi-core at the moment and so you can’t be able to fully use your > CPU > capacity. For example, if you have a 4-core CPU, don’t expect to have > more > than 0.25-0.3 load with only Tor (1 core fully used). Load is only about IO, processes waiting for something. That's why I quoted CPU usage, and the cpu usage per cpu isn't quite getting there for me. :-( > > You have to start another Tor instance to use a little more your CPU > (1 other > core) and so to drain additionnal 150-300Mbps. Scaling up on more hardware is always an option, but I really want to push the limit of the exit node, as the others won't be exits (Local network design, really) , and exit traffic is always more interesting. //D.S.

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new big exit operator on the horizon (Quintex)
by nusenu 22 Sep '16

22 Sep '16

Hi John, thanks for adding all your exit relays (with proper MyFamily config)! http://www.quintex.com/torgraph.html https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/contact:quintex https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/ornetradar/2016-09/msg00090.html

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Caching new entry debian-tor...
by shraptor 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

What's up with these messages I get in tor-arm and log? Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor [62 duplicates hidden] What is tor doing?? Sep 20 19:10:21.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:10:45.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:11:09.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:11:33.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:11:57.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:12:21.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:12:45.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:13:09.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:13:33.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:13:57.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:14:21.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:14:45.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:15:09.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:15:33.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:15:57.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:16:21.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:16:45.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:17:09.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor Sep 20 19:17:33.000 [notice] Caching new entry debian-tor for debian-tor seems to try to do it quite often? /scooby

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Why can't I see more traffic? (is my banana too weak?)
by Farid Joubbi 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Hello, I have been running a middle relay for one year in a few days. I would expect the relay to push more traffic than it does. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/875F74A3DC14737BECA06F8B500022154D1A2… What is the reason for it not handling more traffic? The Internet connection is 250 Mbit/s downstream and 100 Mbit/s upstream. There is nothing else using this connection. The "server" is a Banana Pro: http://www.lemaker.org/product-bananapro-specification.html The Banana is running Bananian Linux: https://www.bananian.org/ I know that the Banana Pro is not that powerful, but still I think that it is able to handle more traffic than it seems to do. According to top the CPU hovers around 10-20% most of the time. I have also been running nload and tload in order to see the load over a longer time. Does anyone have an idea of why I'm not seeing more traffic? Could it be that it is due to the quite slow hardware, even though I know that it is able to push more traffic? What kind of relay speeds can you expect from a Raspberry Pi for example? Thanks.

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Middle relay
by Jim Electro House 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Hi to all! I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run *only* as a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file?

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Guard/Middle/Exit Hosting
by Markus Koch 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Just 2 let you know, DigitalOcean has a new Promo: $15 free aka 3 months free droplet. Guard/Middle is no problem at all. My exits have been kicked after around 4 months (too many abuse mails :( ) Promocode: LOWENDBOX https://lowendbox.com/blog/september-hosting-vps-coupon-round-up/ I do not get any money from it, just to let you know, DigitalOcean is already big in the Tor network but its free money :) Markus

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Node families and guard flags
by Ralph Seichter 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

When running two non-exit nodes, configured as a single family with no other members, and using identical bandwidth settings, is it to be expected that only one of the nodes ever obtains the guard flag? The node uptimes are pretty much the same as well, but consensus weight differs significantly. I don't really understand why that is, given what I read about node life cycles. -Ralph

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Re: [tor-relays] Guard/Middle/Exit Hosting
by Tristan 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Thanks! Going on 2 months with an exit node. I had to disable SSH after about a month, but that's the only complaint I've gotten. On Sep 15, 2016 2:43 PM, "Markus Koch" <niftybunny(a)googlemail.com> wrote: Just 2 let you know, DigitalOcean has a new Promo: $15 free aka 3 months free droplet. Guard/Middle is no problem at all. My exits have been kicked after around 4 months (too many abuse mails :( ) Promocode: LOWENDBOX https://lowendbox.com/blog/september-hosting-vps-coupon-round-up/ I do not get any money from it, just to let you know, DigitalOcean is already big in the Tor network but its free money :) Markus _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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list of bridges
by Ivan Semenov 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

Hello, can I get some vanilla bridges pls

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