January 2017 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org

Middle relay still an useful contribution?
by Ortez 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Hello tor relay operators, I'm thinking about creating another tor middle relay, but i'm not sure if this is still a good contribution to the tor network. When i'm looking at some of the relay stats out there, there are so many middle relays, which getting almost no traffic. If i purchase a server, i want to make sure the money i will spend every month will make a difference. I know, an exit node may be the better option and those will get a lot of traffic, but i'm not very happy with the consequences which i may face. It's also very difficult to find a provider, which is cool with an exit node. Whats your opinion?

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Proton now takes Tor
by Gumby 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Nice to finally see this... "The encrypted email provider announced Thursday it will allow its users to access the site through the Tor anonymity service. The aim is to allow its more than 2 million users access the provider by taking "active measures to defend against state-sponsored censorship," such as government-mandated blocks at the internet provider level. Users of the Tor Browser can now access the site at https://protonirockerxow.onion. "

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SIGHUP causing obfs warning/disabling
by Geoff Down 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Hi, I sent a SIGHUP to the tor process after altering the torrc and got this effect: Jan 19 00:47:42.000 [notice] Tor 0.2.9.8 opening log file. Jan 19 00:47:55.000 [warn] Server managed proxy encountered a method error. (obfs3 Could not set up listener (0.0.0.0:xxxxx) for 'obfs3' (Address already in use).) Jan 19 00:47:55.000 [warn] Managed proxy at '/usr/bin/obfsproxy' failed the configuration protocol and will be destroyed. It did it again when I restored the torrc and SIGHUPed again. Obfs3 is still running and listening afaict: tor 17356 0.0 0.2 49944 1736 ?? S 20Dec16 0:13.04 /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.... Python 17356 tor 3u IPv4 0x02eb32a4 0t0 TCP *:xxxxx (LISTEN) Bug or !Bug ? GD -- http://www.fastmail.com - mmm... Fastmail...

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exitnodes blocking services
by not important 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Hey all, Got a question here, I'm running an exit node from a home network that uses play station network, Facebook and a few other service. So my issue/question is why are these service getting blocked on my end? 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Good Bad ISP - update required
by Petrusko 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

Hey, Sorry to disturb about that... I'm trying to find a way to update/add informations on this page : https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs I have mailed a vps provider about running Tor relays on their DC, and there's no problem about running it. About exit node, it can be (like others) more dangerous if they have a lot of abuse mails (for sure it can be solved, but I'm not an expert with that :p) So it's possible to update informations on this page... If there's a mail address to inform ? Or here on this mailing list ?... Thx :) -- Petrusko C0BF 2184 4A77 4A18 90E9 F72C B3CA E665 EBE2 3AE5

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Some problems with new Exit Node
by Alan 18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17

So I bit the bullet and started running an Exit Node (Andromeda), still early days with a few problems, namely:- # It hasn't been given a Stable flag yet. # Some problem with dns resulting in [WARN] eventdns: All nameservers have failed - i've switched the dns to 8.8.8.8, only seen that error once since # The Consensus Weight was gaining nicely and reached over 7,000 but now has dive bombed to just 20, with that the speed dropped from ~50mbps to ~5mbps https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/FDB4FC238F13E7FEC99D025DB8B89A636EFC1… Is this all normal or something i've overlooked? Alan

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Uptime missing from Arm
by Alan 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

I have 3 relays running but on Arm only one shows the uptime. Also the Averages it keeps are way off. Alan.

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FW: What's a "useful" mailing list contributor? (was Re: What's a "useful" relay?)
by Rana 17 Jan '17

17 Jan '17

Wow. I offer to maintain a FAQ for small relays and in return I get this. Unsubscribed. On 3 Jan 2017, at 17:57, Rana <ranaventures(a)gmail.com <mailto:ranaventures@gmail.com> > wrote: @teor I hereby volunteer to maintain a FAQ for operators of small relays (or noob operators). Which means I would be watching this list, generating the Q&A and from time to time alerting this list to the appearance of new questions and answers, to allow knowledgeable people to do quality control. And/or inviting people to convert their answers on this list to the FAQ answers. This would relieve them from answering the same question over and over again and reduce the influx of questions from noobs (like myself J). I believe this would also strengthen the community and reduce the frustration of small relay operators and – who knows? – even lead to advancements in Tor design to make better use of them. I would appreciate that, but please learn some mailing list etiquette first. Otherwise, your contributions may be ignored by many people on the list. Some examples: * make sure each email adds something valuable to the conversation * structure your emails well: * learn how to bottom-post, even if your email client doesn't support it * learn how to quote others' emails to provide context to your response * try to write succinctly * keep the volume of your emails down: * write one response to a thread each day * search for similar threads before starting a new one * wait until an active thread is finished before starting a new one Caveat: I need someone (Tor project people) to create the Wiki on the site and let me admin it. Demonstrate you can do the things above, and I'll gladly set this up for you. T -- Tim Wilson-Brown (teor) teor2345 at gmail dot com PGP C855 6CED 5D90 A0C5 29F6 4D43 450C BA7F 968F 094B ricochet:ekmygaiu4rzgsk6n xmpp: teor at torproject dot org _____

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assign_to_cpuworker failed
by Felix 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

Hi diffusae > The only warning I have found close to it: > > "Jan 13 11:08:46.000 [warn] Your system clock just jumped 216 seconds > forward; assuming established circuits no longer work" > > That could be due to the IPv4 autodetection? Maybe I should explicitly > set the Address option in torrc? There was similar on 027 but more massive including * assign_to_cpuworker failed * Your system clock just jumped * stalling for seconds Which is resolved since 0289. 'Address' was key. https:// trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20423#comment:27 -- imho - like always

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by mario matko 16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

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