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

Thank You
by Conrad Rockenhaus 11 Oct '18

11 Oct '18

Thank you everyone for the well wishes. I have been discharged from the hospital and I’m recovering slowly at home. I appreciate all of the kind notes that I received and again, thank you. Regards, Conrad

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tor 0.3.2.x reaching end-of-life on 2018-10-09
by nusenu 10 Oct '18

10 Oct '18

this should also be on this list: https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1045295783812235267 wrote: > Tor 0.3.2.x will be EOL on October 9th. This > means the network team will stop maintaining it, and 0.3.2.x will no > longer receive security patches. Please upgrade before October 9th! > Thank you for helping us keep the network strong please upgrade your relays if you are on one of these lists: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/version:0.3.2%20running:true https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/eolrelays -- https://twitter.com/nusenu_ https://mastodon.social/@nusenu

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1/6 of the tor network capacity runs on end-of-life tor releases - Let's patch!
by nusenu 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

Dear Tor Relay Operators! today marks the end-of-life day of tor version 0.3.2.x, meaning: No more security updates for tor 0.3.2. With this day the amount of relays running end-of-life tor versions on the network increased to over 1300 (!) making up 1/6 of the entire capacity. If you find yourself on this list bellow, please change your tor version to one of the supported releases (some are in BCC) https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/CoreTor… affected exit/guard operators (grouped by contact, sorted by cw, filtered for cw > 100) for a per-relay list see: https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/eolrelays +----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+---------+ | contact | tor versions | cw | #relays | +----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+---------+ | Privacy Republic <abuse-team _at_ PrivacyRepublic | 0.3.1.10 | 282500 | 4 | | sirmatt ksu edu 0x94FBBB0A | 0.3.2.10,0.3.2.10-dev | 166800 | 2 | | abuse(a)to-surf-and-protect.net | 0.3.2.10 | 157700 | 3 | | tor-relay-admin robgjansen com | https://onioncoun | 0.3.2.10-dev | 98770 | 4 | | 0xFED4E03C Jan <jan AT wth dot in> | 0.3.1.10 | 88300 | 2 | | Admin <tor(a)ngc292.space> | 0.3.1.9,0.3.2.9 | 74900 | 3 | | email:hello[]brasshorncomms.uk hoster:brasshorncom | 0.3.2.10 | 70800 | 2 | | Jordan <jordan(a)yui.cat> | 0.3.2.10 | 66400 | 3 | | Kevin Hicks <admin(a)fissionrelays.net> | 0.3.2.10 | 61000 | 4 | | Peter Pan <peterpan(a)fscore.de> | 0.3.2.10 | 60400 | 1 | | Random Person <root <at> nldo.nl> | 0.3.2.10 | 59800 | 1 | | Boris Nagaev 19pZzECKDDMbSpaWEy8vGvELEfXM8GrkHS <b | 0.3.2.10 | 56300 | 1 | | ${CONTACT_GPG_FINGERPRINT} ${CONTACT_NAME} ${CONTA | 0.3.1.10,0.3.1.9 | 50720 | 4 | | Itzhak Daniel <itzhak+tor(a)itk98.net> | 0.3.1.10 | 50420 | 3 | | Ghost <torabuse AT cridyn dot com> | 0.3.2.10 | 47900 | 3 | | staff(a)dotsrc.org | 0.3.2.10 | 45100 | 2 | | 0x77A31D11 Tony Olagbaiye <frony0 AT gmail dot com | 0.3.0.10 | 41000 | 1 | | Sebastian <tor(a)sebastianhahn.net> - 12NbRAjAG5U3LL | 0.3.2.10 | 40200 | 1 | | cubox at irc.freenode.org | 0.3.2.9 | 40100 | 1 | | 0xC443B5A5AD274F30 Simon Fischer <tor AT simonfisc | 0.3.1.10,0.3.2.10 | 37300 | 2 | | aTorRelay(a)gmail.com | 0.3.2.10 | 37200 | 1 | | Torchwood <contact [at] pakitow [dot] eu> | 0.3.2.10 | 37200 | 2 | | sudo(a)rm-rf.pro | 0.3.1.9 | 36800 | 1 | | Zwiebel <zwiebel(a)kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> | 0.3.2.10 | 33800 | 1 | | AKK <TOR with AKK and ORG> | 0.3.2.10 | 33300 | 1 | | Jonathan Krebs, mailto: <user: jonny host: heron d | 0.3.2.10 | 32800 | 1 | | relays [at] riseup.net | 0.3.1.7 | 32600 | 1 | | tor(a)meriot.fr | 0.3.2.9 | 31400 | 1 | | abuse-node49 AT posteo DOT de | 0.3.2.10 | 30200 | 1 | | horst(a)faust-home.de | 0.3.2.10 | 28500 | 1 | | juha.nurmi(att)tut.fi | 0.3.2.9 | 27970 | 9 | | why(a)example.com | 0.3.2.10 | 27700 | 1 | | Parckwart email:mail[]parckwart.de pgp:47BC7DE83D4 | 0.3.2.10 | 26900 | 2 | | tor(at)0day.rocks | 0.3.2.10 | 26400 | 1 | | VSIF Support <support AT vsif dot ca> | 0.3.2.10 | 26300 | 1 | | see https://www.artikel5ev.de/torcontact/ | 0.3.1.9 | 26070 | 3 | | <tor dot bielefeld AT gmail dot com> | 0.3.2.10 | 25100 | 1 | | Parckwart email:mail[]parckwart.de pgp:47BC7DE83D4 | 0.3.2.10 | 24590 | 2 | | sqrrm(a)tutanota.com | 0.3.2.10 | 24320 | 5 | | Thomas Steen Rasmussen / Tykling <thomas(a)gibfest.d | 0.3.2.10 | 23900 | 1 | | SwissPrivacyLab - hello(at)swissprivacylab(dot)ch | 0.3.2.10 | 23400 | 1 | | relay-tor(a)posteo.de | 0.3.2.10 | 23200 | 1 | | 0x816F1BEA40C85A247F6DF5E4B47E36CF62F1D06E Ruben D | 0.3.1.9 | 22700 | 1 | | 0xB9A02A3D Pavol Rusnak <stick+tor(a)gk2.sk> | 0.3.1.8 | 22600 | 1 | | t o r p r o j e c t () m a i l b o x (dot) o r g | 0.3.2.10 | 22530 | 2 | | RARvolt <rarvolt(a)rarvolt.net> | 0.2.8.12 | 22000 | 1 | | Torservers.net <support .AT. torservers .DOT. net> | 0.3.2.10 | 21400 | 1 | | Holger <holger(a)ht2274.de> | 0.2.4.27 | 20500 | 1 | | PW <pw AT pw dot is> | 0.3.2.9 | 20500 | 1 | | Stash Crypto <infrastructure AT stashcrypto dot co | 0.3.1.10 | 20400 | 1 | | sykotik.org US tor node | 0.3.2.10 | 19700 | 1 | | tormate(at)tuta(dot)io [tor-relay.co] | 0.3.1.9 | 19600 | 1 | | tor_relay(a)f00bar.wtf | 0.3.2.10 | 19600 | 1 | | atlayo(a)atlayo.com | 0.3.2.10 | 19090 | 2 | | Marvin Moloczek <tor(a)moloczek.com> | 0.3.2.10 | 18500 | 1 | | 0x31384448 Ole Rydahl (Had a cat named Dobbo) <ole | 0.3.1.10 | 18100 | 1 | | tor at localhost dot lu | 0.2.5.16 | 18100 | 1 | | \u200B\u200Btor.research(a)yandex.com | 0.3.2.10 | 17900 | 1 | | 4096R/5819E33F Zhongfu Li <tor at zhongfu dot li> | 0.3.2.10 | 17600 | 1 | | bla5r <b64:YmxhNXIgYXQgcmlzZXVwIGRvdCBuZXQK> | 0.3.2.10 | 17300 | 1 | | Why do you need this? | 0.2.4.27 | 17000 | 1 | | Evolyn <toradmin(a)evolyn.de> 17HZHq2tGtUjzns3oFDev3 | 0.2.5.16 | 16800 | 1 | | tor[_-aet*]llit{,;D0t?\\]}eu | 0.3.2.10 | 16800 | 1 | | Erebor <nakamura AT i2pmail dot org> | BTC: 163NGL | 0.3.2.10 | 16700 | 1 | | MCOfficer <mcofficer(at)gmx.de> | mcofficer.me | I | 0.3.2.10 | 16400 | 1 | | Marcel Straub <marcel AT straub-nv.de> | 0.3.2.10 | 16000 | 1 | | 0xFFFFFFFF Undisclosed at nowhere dot doom | 0.3.2.10 | 15700 | 1 | | isorry(a)no.no | 0.3.2.10 | 15700 | 1 | | torrelay ~at~ kieran(dot)pw [tor-relay.co] | 0.3.2.10 | 15500 | 1 | | nobody(a)example.com | 0.3.2.10 | 14800 | 1 | | 0x3632046A Dmitry <dbaryshkov AT gmail dot com> | 0.3.2.10 | 14700 | 1 | | 0x0F8AD679BA61EB09 Michael Armbruster <tor@armbrus | 0.3.1.9 | 14600 | 1 | | <mknoszlig AT zeroton dot in> | 0.3.2.10 | 14500 | 1 | | Random Person <nobody AT example dot com> | 0.3.0.9 | 14500 | 1 | | : | 0.3.2.10 | 14300 | 1 | | Parckwart email:mail[]parckwart.de pgp:47BC7DE83D4 | 0.3.2.10 | 14280 | 3 | | tor at cybercyber dot wtf | 0.2.5.16 | 14220 | 2 | | Kd8hln.com Jeffschefke(a)gmail.com | 0.3.1.9 | 14100 | 1 | | nutritionfacts at tutanota.com donate btc here: 1J | 0.3.2.10 | 13600 | 1 | | tor-relays-e4e6e4(a)ssa.nikita.ca | 0.3.2.10 | 13600 | 1 | | TNinja <abuse-team _at_ tor _dot_ ninja> | 0.2.5.16 | 13500 | 1 | | MaggiWuerze admin(a)maggiwuerze.de | 0.3.1.10 | 13400 | 1 | | twink0r @ twitter | 0.3.2.10 | 13400 | 1 | | 'julles dot reneau at post dot com' | 0.3.1.9 | 13200 | 1 | | Jean Bonbeurre <tor-hiboo AT 0x010c DOT fr> | 0.3.1.9 | 13200 | 1 | | abuse(at)jacobwall(dot)com [tor-relay.co] | 0.3.2.9 | 12900 | 1 | | inbox(a)wooodoka.ru | 0.2.6.10 | 12800 | 1 | | mshepard2(a)maricopa.edu | 0.3.2.10 | 12200 | 1 | | rhfred(a)disroot.org | 0.3.2.10 | 12100 | 1 | | Phillip <phillip(a)dangernoodle.de> | 0.3.2.10 | 12000 | 1 | | none | 0.3.2.10 | 11400 | 1 | | 0x112CA89F scholzi100 <tor(a)scholzi100.de> 1436DgS4 | 0.3.2.10 | 11200 | 1 | | tor(a)anybody.home | 0.3.2.10 | 11200 | 1 | | 0xA5CBA13E <tor[AT]d0p1[dot]eu> - 19wzjCe4m6YiiAh | 0.3.2.10 | 10800 | 1 | | E026C5DDADC05B54CCA279AAE4E111292E32190D tor@hosti | 0.3.1.10 | 10800 | 2 | | tor-amuse(a)foofus.com 9a1cfa554a8721f7192c | 0.3.1.9 | 10700 | 1 | | tor-relay-host(a)protonmail.ch | 0.3.2.10 | 10600 | 1 | | https://it-syndikat.org | 0.3.2.10 | 10400 | 1 | | TvdW <tor AT tvdw DOT eu> - bitcoin 1NKKoCQwKs67eK | 0.3.0.1-alpha | 10230 | 2 | | DeaVulTan <deavultan(a)tuta.io> | 0.2.4.27 | 10100 | 1 | | [admin] <at> [bin] <dot> [ovh] bitcoin donations t | 0.3.1.9 | 9970 | 2 | | jan(a)cyber-consultancy.nl | 0.2.4.27 | 9920 | 1 | | agata-relay AT jawnosc dot com | 0.3.2.10 | 9770 | 1 | | <tor AT geekariom dot com> | 0.3.2.10 | 9720 | 1 | | Random Person tort(a)pike.pl | 0.3.1.9 | 8910 | 1 | | @toofy <toofy AT riseup dots net> | 0.2.5.16 | 8810 | 1 | | Manuel Giraud <manuel+tor AT ledu-giraud DOT fr> | 0.3.2.10 | 8750 | 1 | | Maarten Eyskens <maarten AT innovatete dot ch> | 0.2.8.9 | 8720 | 1 | | <tor - chaoshosting . de> | 0.3.1.9 | 8610 | 1 | | Contact (at)SilSte on Twitter [tor-relay.co] | 0.3.2.10 | 8380 | 1 | | 0x83288189 Casper <fantom AT fedoraproject dot org | 0.3.1.10 | 8260 | 1 | | annie - anniesboobs[]protonmail[]com | 0.3.2.10 | 8230 | 1 | | Admin <admin AT tor-relay dot io> | 0.3.2.10 | 8180 | 1 | | kunkka-tor _a.T_ protonmail.ch | 0.3.2.10 | 8150 | 1 | | christianbro <at> yandex <dot> ru - 1D1EjYEGHFPmc8 | 0.2.7.6 | 8000 | 1 | | support @ TORdashRELAYdotUS | 0.3.2.10 | 7950 | 1 | | darren.martyn(a)xiphosresearch.co.uk - 1MAdEpv9UP7FR | 0.2.4.27 | 7830 | 1 | | g <g @ eryd DOT net> | 0.2.4.27 | 7820 | 1 | | nt892(a)vtyulb.ru | 0.3.1.9 | 7770 | 1 | | tor terjan net | 0.3.2.10 | 7730 | 1 | | 0x44778F8B Bradley Shaw <bs+tor AT sigint dot pw> | 0.3.2.9 | 7660 | 1 | | nigger(a)nigger.nig | 0.3.2.10 | 7600 | 1 | | GodOfAnonymous(a)Glactic.Gods | 0.3.2.9 | 7500 | 1 | | Parckwart email:mail[]parckwart.de pgp:47BC7DE83D4 | 0.3.2.10 | 7390 | 1 | | Its Organic <nobody AT example dot com> | 0.2.7.6 | 7380 | 1 | | Sysadmin of the Day Role Person <wbb aaaaattttt fa | 0.3.2.10 | 7310 | 1 | | 59FDAC19FBC4E692652F3EB0C7B7552BDF21283B Smith <qt | 0.3.2.10 | 6820 | 1 | | Pascal666 at Users dot SourceForge dot Net - 1EYFA | 0.2.7.6 | 6440 | 1 | | nobody <nbody AT example dot com> | 0.3.1.10 | 6350 | 1 | | Anonymous Coward <anonymous AT nullhost dot net> | 0.3.1.9 | 6120 | 1 | | Joe Gratz <firstname AT firstnamelastname dot net> | 0.3.1.8 | 5960 | 1 | | 0xFFFFFFFF Random Person <nobody AT example dot co | 0.3.2.10 | 5860 | 1 | | Zack Weinberg https://www.owlfolio.org/contact/ | 0.3.1.9 | 5810 | 1 | | Rainbownerds.de <admins (a) rainbownerds.de | 0.3.1.9 | 5750 | 1 | | 0x432B02EC Gustav Wetter <gustav DOT wettter AT pi | 0.3.1.7 | 5720 | 1 | | contact @SilSte on Twitter [tor-relay.co] | 0.3.2.10 | 5570 | 1 | | Tor Hostmaster <hostmaster AT jth dot net> | 0.3.2.10 | 5550 | 1 | | <torseedslu _AT_ protonmail _DOT_ ch> | 0.3.1.9 | 5490 | 1 | | Systems Manager <service(a)ns.sol.net> | 0.3.1.9 | 5461 | 2 | | <tor-op AT innolan dot net> | 0.3.2.10 | 5340 | 1 | | Contact Person <treebark 9999999 AT gmail dot com> | 0.3.2.10 | 5280 | 1 | | 0x60C0742D1F357D42 Sergey Popov <admin+tor AT pink | 0.3.1.10 | 5240 | 1 | | tor.sir-drake(at)posteo.de | 0.3.2.10 | 5100 | 1 | | Todd Lansing <tor AT shadow.systems> | 0.3.2.10 | 5090 | 1 | | Micah Sherr <msherr(a)cs.georgetown.edu> | 0.3.2.9-dev | 5010 | 1 | | madnight madnight <danon(a)gmx.de> | 0.3.1.10 | 4990 | 1 | | eldernorn(a)gmail.com | 0.3.2.10 | 4820 | 1 | | Random Person Verbal Kint Kaiser Soze(a)nobody.examp | 0.3.1.7 | 4550 | 1 | | 0x3C68C8DBCBA783EF Joel R. Voss <jvoss at altsci d | 0.3.1.10 | 4490 | 1 | | <wheezy AT wheezy dot io> | 0.3.2.10 | 4450 | 1 | | gutbesserwasser <gutbesserwasser at gmail dot com> | 0.2.4.29 | 4310 | 1 | | Person <torATzoneDno> | 0.3.2.9 | 4220 | 1 | | <onions at mit dot edu> | 0.3.2.10 | 4090 | 1 | | tor-operator(a)something.linode.com | 0.3.2.10 | 3910 | 1 | | 2048R/EFC737D8 Tim Cinel <email(a)timcinel.com> | 0.3.2.10 | 3880 | 1 | | Florian Tschorsch <tschorsch(a)informatik.hu-berlin. | 0.3.1.9,0.3.2.9 | 3830 | 2 | | 0x05B29E8D Jivan Amara <Development(a)JivanAmara.net | 0.3.2.10 | 3810 | 1 | | Tor.Node-AARONSWARTZ-CA manas.ca | 0.3.2.10 | 3650 | 1 | | HackThisSite.org | 0.2.4.20 | 3610 | 1 | | jens <jens(a)chaox.net> - 11XxuJRkNp3CrxwP6DGdHwEa6U | 0.3.1.9 | 3610 | 1 | | anallm6d4wqwp7ij(dot)onion(at)dhosting4okcs22v(dot | 0.3.2.10 | 3590 | 1 | | babut(a)yandex.ru | 0.3.0.10 | 3580 | 1 | | 0xFFFFFFFF anon <tyb AT riseup.net> | 0.3.2.10 | 3470 | 1 | | swisskiss at sigaint.org | 0.3.1.9 | 3430 | 1 | | Random Person <random AT person dot com> | 0.3.1.9 | 3390 | 1 | | <hostmaster at denetron dot com> | 0.3.2.10 | 3330 | 1 | | Wubim Foundation <services AT wubim DOT com> | 0.3.1.9 | 2880 | 1 | | Skwid Returns <not.hidden.person(a)gmail.com> | 0.3.2.10 | 2850 | 1 | | Yuri Stuken <stukenyuri+tor AT gmail dot com> | 0.3.2.10 | 2830 | 1 | | Nick Sheppard <nicksheppard03(a)gmail.com> | 0.2.7.6 | 2780 | 1 | | 0x309F635DAD1B5517 | 0.3.2.10 | 2750 | 1 | | <tor(a)carnet.hr> | 0.2.5.16 | 2730 | 1 | | Anonymous | 0.3.2.10 | 2720 | 1 | | freetornetadmin(a)protonmail.com | 0.3.2.10 | 2660 | 1 | | @kosjoli | 0.2.5.12 | 2450 | 1 | | tor(a)krosnov.org | 0.3.2.10 | 2410 | 1 | | <tor-admin AT tma-0 DOT net> | 0.3.2.10 | 2340 | 1 | | LaMarre TAO Totalement, Amplement, Owned :P torrel | 0.2.4.29 | 2080 | 1 | | Tor Relay <torrouter at bigfoot dot com> | 0.3.0.10 | 2050 | 1 | | 2048g/D72C4234 Andrey Lelikov <torinfo(a)lelik.org> | 0.2.6.10 | 2030 | 1 | | 1024D/CF154167 Eirik Oeverby <ltning dash tor AT a | 0.3.2.9 | 2000 | 1 | | Hugh <wiki att sonic dawt net> | 0.3.2.10 | 1970 | 1 | | Gnu Gnaka <brainsalad AT kl1a [dot] net> | 0.3.2.10 | 1850 | 1 | | ricksybusiness(a)riseup.net | 0.3.2.9 | 1850 | 1 | | darktech7000(a)gmail.com | 0.3.2.10 | 1720 | 1 | | william(a)william.si | 0.2.6.10 | 1640 | 1 | | TOR148 <tor148 AT alien-stargate DOT com> | 0.3.2.10 | 1600 | 1 | | Josef Gajdusek <atx.tor ZAVINAC atx BODKA name> | 0.3.2.10 | 1550 | 1 | | me(a)jordan.im | 0.3.2.10 | 1460 | 1 | | tor(a)eb4.be | 0.3.1.9 | 1380 | 1 | | Donkey(dot)Dick(at)gmail(dot)com [tor-relay.co] | 0.3.2.10 | 892 | 1 | | tor-cs-mnl(a)0x.tf | 0.3.2.10 | 759 | 1 | | George <george7cebolla1960(a)gmail.com> | 0.2.5.16 | 732 | 1 | | George Kaplan <kaplan1966 AT yahoo dot com> | 0.2.7.6 | 629 | 1 | | Tom Ritter <tom(a)ritter.vg> | 0.3.2.10 | 587 | 1 | | kcwu A csie org | 0.3.1.9 | 389 | 1 | | 0x408B52D5 corcra corcra(a)riseup.net | 0.3.1.7 | 367 | 1 | | 0xC49D4040 seadog007 <007seadog(a)gmail.com> | 0.3.1.9 | 296 | 1 | | m9wjsc4wyq at snkmail com | 0.3.2.10 | 210 | 1 | | Zdravko Tzenov <torzpi222 AT gmail dot com> | 0.2.5.16 | 178 | 1 | | Ed dot Dyreen at gmx dot com | 0.3.1.9 | 103 | 1 | | 0x499F70C5 Robert Warren Gilmore <Robert.Warren.Gi | 0.2.8.11 | 100 | 1 | +----------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+--------+---------+ -- https://twitter.com/nusenu_ https://mastodon.social/@nusenu

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IPv6 and bridges
by arisbe 07 Oct '18

07 Oct '18

Hello to you all, Question: Is there a point to adding IPv6 addresses to the ORPorts of my bridges? Will they then operate somewhat in the fashion of guards without published metrics? Any info would be helpful. Arisbe

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Unsubscribing from mailing list
by Sagar 07 Oct '18

07 Oct '18

Kindly unsubscribe this email id - "sagardeb3(a)gmail.com" from tor mailing lists as I am no longer interested in this mailing list. Please do it as soon as possible. Thank you. ⁣Sent from BlueMail

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Is obfs4 still working in China and Venezula
by Keifer Bly 07 Oct '18

07 Oct '18

Hi all, I just set up a new obfs4 bridge (https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/148BD64BED9F2C27637D986DE032…) and was wondering if obfs4 is working in China and Venezuela? Thanks. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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I Have Worked Out An (Experiemental) Way To Run A Relay Or Obfuscated Bridge On Windows And Update On Relay "Torland"
by Keifer Bly 06 Oct '18

06 Oct '18

Hi all, I wanted to report a method I have found of running a tor relay on Windows, as well as an obfuscated bridge. So when I switched over to Windows, I had to start a new relay as my signing keys were lost in the transit. I decided to switch over to running a bridge, as I am running on a home router to cut down on connections, etc. For setting up a new relay on Windows, these are the steps that worked (cmd says I have generated a fingerprint). Step 1: Download the tor expert bundle from here https://www.torproject.org/download/download Step 2: Extract the tor expert bundle to the desktop. Step 3: Run “tor.exe” as administrator (doing so will create the folders were going to be running tor from later. Step 4: Open the “run” command. Using this, open “C:\Users\keife\AppData\Roaming\tor” (Where is says “keife” you will need to type your username). Step 5: Go back to the folder that the tor expert bundle was extracted to formerly. Open the folder called “Tor” and copy / paste all of the contents of it over to the roaming/tor folder you just opened using the run command. Step 6: Right click inside the folder, and select New -> Text Document, name the text file “torrc” and open it using notepad. Step 7: In the torrc text file just created, type nothing else but the configuration for your relay, for example Nickname torland SocksPort 0 ORPort 9002 ExitRelay 0 ContactInfo keifer dot bly at gmail dot com ExitPolicy reject *:* Change the nickname to what you want your relay to be called, ORPort to what port you are forwarding on, ContactInfo to your email address, etc. Go file -> save then close notepad. Step 8: To start a middle relay, do not click tor.exe as it will not recognize torrc in txt file format. Instead we will use Windows Command Prompt to ask “tor.exe” to read the torcc file. Open cmd, and type “cd”, then a space, then “C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\tor”. This will point command prompt to the directory where tor is. Step 9: in CMD, type “tor.exe -f torrc.txt” This will send a command to tor to read the file called “torrc.txt” in the file directory, and start a relay. Now, I will go to how tonight I was able to start an obfs4 obfscated bridge on Windows (at least to where it says I have a fingerprint and a “registered server transport ‘obfs4’). Step 1: After doing all of the things above, download the tor browser from https://www.torproject.org/download/download Step 2: Install tor browser, then navigate to the folder you installed tor browser to. Step 3: In the folder tor browser was installed to, above the “start tor browser” button, there will be a folder called “Browser”. Open this folder, open “TorBrowser” folder, then open “Tor” folder. Right click the folder called “pluggable transports” and copy / paste it to the “roaming/tor” folder. Step 4: Now to edit the torrc file to run the obfuscated bridge. Here is a somewhat example torrc file (my current one) Nickname torland SOCKSPort 0 # no local SOCKS proxy ORPort 9002 # public bridge must have an open ORPort ExtORPort auto # configure ExtORPort for obfs4proxy ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed BridgeRelay 1 # relay won't show up in the public consensus PublishServerDescriptor 1 # publish to the bridge authority ContactInfo keifer dot bly at gmail dot com # use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 80 ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\AppData\Roaming\tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:9002. To try running any kind of obfusacted bridge, try editing “ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\AppData\Roaming\tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe” to the exe of the pluggable transport you want to run. Doing this, after starting it about an hour ago, has resulted in this output from tor, it is a picture on a google drive link as the list does not allow photos and there is now way to edit copy text from command prompt. Cheers. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aPVIYox5ZD_JwpqnRGFk-bGxDjRDc_OL --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Fast search for underutilized ASN space?
by Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 06 Oct '18

06 Oct '18

Good morning fellow relay operators, I am interested in reaching out to the ISPs in underutilized ASNs to share their acceptance for exit nodes with the relay operator community so that interested parties can set up nodes with those ISPs as they are able. Previously I seem to recall being able to use Atlas to search for fewest exit nodes per both ASN and country but am currently unable to reproduce that functionality in Tor Metrics, Onionoo, or Globe. So before I invest the time in such a project, would there be interest from the relay community in receiving such information? Make your day great, Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions" Office: 715-377-0440, Fax:715-690-1029, Web: www.aileronit.com

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Running A Tor Relay On Windows 10 (Was Continuing To Run A Relay On Mac OS High Sierra Via Homebrew After A New Mac OS Version Is Released)
by Keifer Bly 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

Hello, So adding to the previous discussion, I was not able to run Debian Linux on my machine, or the new Mac OS. What I ended up doing was formatting the hard drive (erasing the OS and all), then did a fresh install of Debian Linux, which after installing failed to load. However, what I then did a fresh install of was Windows 10, and it is successfully up and running. I have my relay fingerprint backed up. If someone could please send me the instructions for running a relay on Windows 10, that would be appreciated. I know I could run a Debian Linux virtual machine, but would rather not have to deal with VMs. Your instructions (or ideas) are appreciated. Thank you.

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The neighbour's cat just walked in.
by I 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

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