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

Decline in relays
by David Goulet 26 Dec '17

26 Dec '17

Hello everyone! Since July 2017, there has been a steady decline in relays from ~7k to now ~6.5k. This is a bit unusual that is we don't see often such a steady behavior of relays going offline (at least that I can remember...). It could certainly be something normal here. However, we shouldn't rule out a bug in tor as well. The steadyness of the decline makes me a bit more worried than usual. You can see the decline has started around July 2017: https://metrics.torproject.org/networksize.html?start=2017-06-01&end=2017-1… What happened around July in terms of tor release: 2017-06-08 09:35:17 -0400 802d30d9b7 (tag: tor-0.3.0.8) 2017-06-08 09:47:44 -0400 e14006a545 (tag: tor-0.2.5.14) 2017-06-08 09:47:58 -0400 aa89500225 (tag: tor-0.2.9.11) 2017-06-08 09:55:28 -0400 f833164576 (tag: tor-0.2.4.29) 2017-06-08 09:55:58 -0400 21a9e5371d (tag: tor-0.2.6.12) 2017-06-08 09:56:15 -0400 3db01d3b56 (tag: tor-0.2.7.8) 2017-06-08 09:58:36 -0400 64ac28ef5d (tag: tor-0.2.8.14) 2017-06-08 10:15:41 -0400 dc47d936d4 (tag: tor-0.3.1.3-alpha) ... 2017-06-29 16:56:13 -0400 fab91a290d (tag: tor-0.3.1.4-alpha) 2017-06-29 17:03:23 -0400 22b3bf094e (tag: tor-0.3.0.9) ... 2017-08-01 11:33:36 -0400 83389502ee (tag: tor-0.3.1.5-alpha) 2017-08-02 11:50:57 -0400 c33db290a9 (tag: tor-0.3.0.10) Note that on August 1st 2017, 0.2.4, 0.2.6 and 0.2.7 went end of life. That being said, I don't have an easy way to list which relays went offline during the decline (since July basically) to see if a common pattern emerges. So few things. First, if anyone on this list noticed that their relay went off the consensus while still having tor running, it is a good time to inform this thread :). Second, anyone could have an idea of what possibly is going on that is have one or more theories. Even better, if you have some tooling to try to list which relays went offline, that would be _awesome_. Third, knowing what was the state of packaging in Debian/Redhat/Ubuntu/... around July could be useful. What if a package in distro X is broken and the update have been killing the relays? Or something like that... Last, looking at the dirauth would be a good idea. Basically, when did the majority switched to 030 and then 031. Starting in July, what was the state of the dirauth version? Any help is very welcome! Again, this decline could be from natural cause but for now I just don't want to rule out an issue in tor or packaging. Cheers! David -- HiTVizeJUSe9JPvs6jBv/6i8YFvEYY/NZmNhD2UixVY=

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bridges
by Mr Xxx 26 Dec '17

26 Dec '17

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Relay Search bandwidth graph update issue
by Ralph Seichter 26 Dec '17

26 Dec '17

Relay Search shows odd detail information for three of my nodes. The history graphs for bytes read/written per second shows no data beyond 2017-12-13 (one node) or 2017-12-17 (two nodes), respectively. The probability and consensus weight graphs appear correct. Other nodes of mine are shown with up-to-date information for all graph types. Is anybody else experiencing this as well? -Ralph

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34c3
by Felix 26 Dec '17

26 Dec '17

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Can it be done? - IPv6 only Relay
by Stijn Jonker 25 Dec '17

25 Dec '17

Hi tor geniuses, Having some bandwidth to spare, and "some" IPv6 addresses but no IPv4. I decided to setup an IPv6 only relay, and for diversity on OpenBSD, but I'm having trouble getting online. Is there any feasible way to do this as IPv6 only relay? [root@tornode2 tor]# grep -v -e ^$ -e ^# /etc/tor/torrc SOCKSPort 0 # Default: Bind to localhost:9050 for local connections. Log notice syslog RunAsDaemon 1 DataDirectory /var/tor ORPort 443 Address tornode2.sjc.nl OutboundBindAddress [2001:x:x::x] Nickname <<SNIP>> DirPort 80 DirPortFrontPage /etc/tor/tor-exit-notice.html MyFamily <<REMOVED>> User _tor ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed ExitPolicy reject6 *:* # no exits allowed AuthDirHasIPv6Connectivity 1 ClientUseIPv6 1 ClientPreferIPv6ORPort 1 ClientPreferIPv6DirPort 1 Thx, Stijn

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Fwd: Re: Become a Fallback Directory Mirror
by Arisbe 23 Dec '17

23 Dec '17

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getrelays
by G Dived 23 Dec '17

23 Dec '17

Neet relays 发送自 Windows 10 版邮件<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>应用

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MaxMemInQueues - per host, or per instance?
by Igor Mitrofanov 23 Dec '17

23 Dec '17

Hi, Is MaxMemInQueues parameter per-host (global) or per-instance? Say, there are 10 relays on the same 24 GB host. Should I set MaxMemInQueues to 20 GB, or 2 GB in each torrc? Thanks, Igor

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New Relay Online/Working on AWS Cloud Torproject
by Conrad Rockenhaus 22 Dec '17

22 Dec '17

Howdy, Early this morning (3 AM CST) I brought a non-exit relay named “ConradsAWSRelay” online. I would appreciate it if someone would take an objective look at it to see if the relay is fast enough and bringing useful services to the tor network. Additionally, I know that people have been working on ansible solutions regarding the installation of tor and what not, but that being said, I’m working on an AWS specific solution to replace the previous Cloud torproject that we had years ago. I will keep everyone in the loop, but I think its time that we have a cloud specific solution for rolling out tor. Thanks, Conrad Rockenhaus

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warning messages
by Arisbe 22 Dec '17

22 Dec '17

Hello All, In recent weeks I have noticed some warning messages on several of my VPS relays [1], [2]. "20:48:48.000 [warn] Tried to establish rendezvous on non-ORcircuit with purpose Acting as rendevous (pending)" I get these in modest numbers as (97 hidden). Is this a characteristic of the guard relay abuse issue? Thanks for some advice. [1] 9B31F1F1C1554F9FFB3455911F82E818EF7C7883 [2] B06F093A3D4DFAD3E923F4F28A74901BD4F74EB1

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