January 2018 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org

what are these spikes
by Paul Templeton 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

Hi all, just a query - I get these unusual spikes on https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/867B95CACD64653FEEC4D2CEFC5C49B462030… (have a look at the three month chart) and I notice some of the other AU relays do the same. can anyone tell me what they are???? Paul

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*BSD bridge operators
by George 08 Jan '18

08 Jan '18

For anyone running *BSD bridges that wasn't aware, there are obfs4proxy packages/ports available for each of the BSDs: FreeBSD as security/obfs4proxy-tor NetBSD as net/obfs4proxy OpenBSD as net/obfs4proxy DragonFlyBSD as security/obfs4proxy-tor For assisting aggressively censored users, bridges really should consider configuring obf4sproxy. g -- 34A6 0A1F F8EF B465 866F F0C5 5D92 1FD1 ECF6 1682

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Really strange
by r1610091651 07 Jan '18

07 Jan '18

Outcome of a script to count # connections /24 range 11 188.214.30.* 20 37.48.104.* 22 37.48.86.* 33 5.79.72.* 48 212.32.226.* 97 212.32.239.* 197 149.202.66.* 294 5.79.103.* 303 198.7.59.* 358 207.244.110.* 380 162.210.192.* 394 207.244.70.* 395 199.115.112.* 499 54.36.51.* And that on my lowly relay (consesus of 1k) Other relays seeing this too?

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Re: [tor-relays] [tor-dev] Relay diversity master thesis
by grarpamp 07 Jan '18

07 Jan '18

On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 8:29 AM, teor <teor2345(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 22 Dec 2017, at 11:23, Robin Descamps <robin.descamps(a)outlook.com> wrote: >> May I ask you advices/feedback about this master thesis plan? >> The master thesis plan: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XEOSS29owavKJ_cJJAVaPiJe34Ez6XXx >> The poster: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BlF2U-Kexyz6ihVSqvsVHv4PUsvXATc4 > In particular, operators that could perform end-to-end correlation? > Have you considered the relay's Operating System? If considering as yet non tor daemon, non measured, non consensus voted things like operators and OS, then you should extend research into similar meta parameters about the relays themselves such as datacenter hosted vs cable/dsl/fiber "home" relays, country locations, opposing legal jurisdictions, operation by "known" or "trusted" operators / entities or not, by working / fake / no contact info, by any PKI Web Of Trust asserted among operators, funding sources, employer / corporate / political / other affiliations, statistical analysis of historical relay "presence" on the network (add/drop/uptime, nicknames, movement, versions, bulk turnups, correlation groups, etc), and many more possible metas that people should think up and add to this list. That research then followed by development of third party subscription lists of categorized / ranked relays the user or tor daemon may further pluggably select from when choosing nodes to path through. There have been posts on tor-relays@ and tor-talk@ that mention more about these sorts of meta parameters. AFAIK, no one has done any research into them or their potential impact / benefits, whether to particularly affected, or for plain preferential choice users, or to the network as a whole. So the chance of a first good paper in the area awaits whoever does that meta analysis project. [xpost for open project oppurtunity]

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Fallback Directory Mirror changed
by cxx 06 Jan '18

06 Jan '18

Hi there, took a while longer than expected, but my relay has now moved to a new IP address, it's running on 37.157.255.35 now, so it could be re-added to the list. Regards cxx > > On 16 Nov 2017, at 15:05, teor <teor2345(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 15 Nov 2017, at 21:13, cxx <tor(a)cxx.rocks> wrote: > >> I have to move my node to another server, as this one is running > >> unstable in the past weeks. Unfortunately, I can't keep the ip-address > >> 217.79.190.25, which is in the the list of fallback > >> directory mirrors, so the IP should be removed or changed. > > Thanks for letting me know. > > We are tracking changes in this ticket, when we get enough, someone > > will do them all: > > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22321#comment:10 > > It looks like your relay hasn't moved. > We've removed it from the list for now. > When it gets its new address, please email tor-relays, and CC me.

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collecting info on Wikipedia blocking non-exits
by Alison Macrina 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Hi friends, I'd like to collect some anecdata about this issue regarding Wikipedia blocking edits from Tor non-exit relays: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24758 If you run a non-exit relay, would you be so kind as to go to wikipedia.org from that IP, click "edit" on any page, and report to me off-list if your relay is blocked or not? In your message, please give me your relay address and let me know if it's ever functioned as an exit before. Thank you! Alison -- Alison Macrina Community Team Lead The Tor Project

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Marker branch for current tor release(s)
by Andreas Krey 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

Hi everybody, https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en in the source code 'tab' states the current stable and alpha version of tor. Would it be possible to publish the current states as branches 'stable' and 'alpha' (or 'testing', or 'unstable') in the git repo? That would help us tor-from-source builders to just fetch the repo, and if the respective branch changes, to rebuild and redeploy. Looking for a new release tag or screen-scraping said web page is a bit hairy, and feels unnecessary. - Andreas -- "Totally trivial. Famous last words." From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds(a)*.org> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800

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Setting myfamily
by Fabian A. Santiago 05 Jan '18

05 Jan '18

When setting myfamily on a particular relay, do you list itself plus others or only others? I ask because it's my understanding that you set itself + others but on atlas, for one relay I see in its family listing, it shows itself plus the 2nd one. And therefore it receives a (3) after it's nickname in the atlas listing. On the other relay it only lists the other in family listing. And it has a (2) in it's atlas listing next to nickname. They're both set the same as in they each list themselves + the other. Thanks. -- Thanks, Fabian S. OpenPGP: 3C3FA072ACCB7AC5DB0F723455502B0EEB9070FC

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Can't get the exit flag
by Guilherme Rigon 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

hello i'm running a node and it's supposed to be an exit node, but i don't know why it's not getting the exit flag. Fingerprint: AFD3E441204DD828FD1EF1401742D379814D2A55 Tor version 0.3.1.9 (git-df96a13e9155c7bf). torrc: https://pastebin.com/R9qmYiX5 Any tips to fix that? -- ‌

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Circuit padding timeouts
by Rick 04 Jan '18

04 Jan '18

Hello list, I'm curious as to the significance of the log notice: "Circuit padding timeout scheduled X ms in the past". As the he load on my Guard has increased, these have become more frequent and the timeout longer - approaching 300 seconds. I'm not seeing any other warnings and the relay is stable. Is this reason for concern? Rick

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