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

exit operators: DNS failure rate increased - please check your DNS
by nusenu 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

Dear Exit relay operators, first of all thanks for running exit relays! One of the crucial service that you provide in addition to forwarding TCP streams is DNS resolution for tor clients. Exits relays which fail to resolve hostnames are barely useful for tor clients. We noticed that lately the failure rates did increase again and would like to urge you to visit Arthur's "Tor Exit DNS Timeouts" page that shows you the DNS error rate for exit relays: https://arthuredelstein.net/exits/ (the page is usually updated once a day) Please consider checking your DNS if your exit consistently shows a high (>=20%) timeout rate - and make sure you run an up to date tor version. If you are an exit operator but have no (or no working) ContactInfo, please consider updating that field in your torrc so we can reach you if something is wrong with your relay. thanks for caring, nusenu -- https://mastodon.social/@nusenu twitter: @nusenu_

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Previous Guard not getting Guard flag back
by Matthew Glennon 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

While I understand that my relay lost the guard flag because of a weekend of downtime, I would expect that it would get it back after a while of stable again? Anyone able to shed some light on when it will get the flag back? https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/924B24AFA7F075D059E8EEB284CC… Thanks -- Matthew Glennon matthew(a)glennon.online PGP Signing Available Upon Request https://keybase.io/crazysane

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Hidden service error in log
by Gary 20 Mar '18

20 Mar '18

Hello. I made a "hello world" hidden service and I had to following message in the logs about exceeding launch limit. I have not seen this before. I had one onion for a while and added a second one recently - not sure if that matters as it is only complaining about the first one. I am not sure what / why it is exceeding launch limit, I would be grateful if someone could explain it to me. Thanks. Mar 14 12:43:24.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Hidden service 4l53ozkhv******* exceeded launch limit with 10 intro points in the last 202 seconds. Intro circuit launches are limited to 10 per 300 seconds. Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Service configured in "/var/lib/tor/hidden_service/": Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Intro point 0 at [scrubbed]: circuit is open Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Intro point 1 at [scrubbed]: circuit is open Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Intro point 2 at [scrubbed]: circuit is doing handshakes Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Intro point 3 at [scrubbed]: circuit is open Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Service configured in "/var/lib/tor/hidden2/": Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Intro point 0 at [scrubbed]: circuit is doing handshakes Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Intro point 1 at [scrubbed]: circuit is open Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Intro point 2 at [scrubbed]: circuit is open Mar 14 12:43:32.000 [warn] Intro point 3 at [scrubbed]: circuit is open Mar 14 12:44:25.000 [notice] Performing bandwidth self-test...done.

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Atlas Country Flag
by Anders Burmeister 20 Mar '18

20 Mar '18

Gentlemen How come, after update to latest tor version. the small flags at Atlas start to behave abnormal? The case is, I have 6 relays: 2 France 1 Canada 1 Polen 1 Germany 1 UK The one in Canada and the two in France shows the correct Country Flag. But Germany, Polen and UK shows the France Flag. Should I take it personally, or just be patient and drink more coffee? Best regards Anders Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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by Pat Cun 18 Mar '18

18 Mar '18

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by wodencafe 18 Mar '18

18 Mar '18

hi Tor https://goo.gl/WCKrme wodencafe

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stem library: huge difference between resolvers "proc" and others, eg. "netstat"
by Toralf Förster 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

I do wonder about the differences of "proc" versus the other 3 ("netstat, "lsof" and "ss") related to the Inbound/Outbound values at my Tor relay. As an example I copied below the output of "proc" and "netstat". Does anybody have a clue about those differences? mr-fox ~ # python ~/stem/docs/_static/example/relay_connections.py --ctrlport 9051 --resolver proc 0.3.4.0-alpha-dev uptime: 06:48:29 flags: Exit, Fast, Guard, Running, Stable, V2Dir, Valid +------------------------------+------+------+ | Type | IPv4 | IPv6 | +------------------------------+------+------+ | Inbound to our ORPort | 2107 | 6 | | Inbound to our DirPort | 15 | 0 | | Outbound to a relay | 1753 | 0 | | Outbound exit traffic | 155 | 302 | | Outbound uncategorized | 119 | 0 | +------------------------------+------+------+ | Total | 4149 | 308 | +------------------------------+------+------+ +------------------------------+------+------+ | Exit Port | IPv4 | IPv6 | +------------------------------+------+------+ | 80 (HTTP) | 111 | 61 | | 143 (IMAP) | 1 | 0 | | 443 (HTTPS) | 0 | 229 | | 465 (SMTP) | 1 | 0 | | 993 (IMAPS) | 13 | 0 | | 5222 (Jabber) | 8 | 2 | | 5223 (Jabber) | 6 | 0 | | 7777 | 1 | 0 | | 8080 (HTTP Proxy) | 4 | 4 | | 8333 (Bitcoin) | 2 | 2 | | 8888 (NewsEDGE) | 2 | 0 | | 50002 (Electrum Bitcoin SSL) | 6 | 4 | +------------------------------+------+------+ | Total | 155 | 302 | +------------------------------+------+------+ mr-fox ~ # python ~/stem/docs/_static/example/relay_connections.py --ctrlport 9051 --resolver netstat 0.3.4.0-alpha-dev uptime: 06:48:41 flags: Exit, Fast, Guard, Running, Stable, V2Dir, Valid +------------------------------+------+------+ | Type | IPv4 | IPv6 | +------------------------------+------+------+ | Inbound to our ORPort | 4883 | 6 | | Inbound to our DirPort | 35 | 0 | | Inbound to our ControlPort | 1 | 0 | | Outbound to a relay | 4174 | 0 | | Outbound exit traffic | 390 | 293 | | Outbound uncategorized | 267 | 0 | +------------------------------+------+------+ | Total | 9750 | 299 | +------------------------------+------+------+ +------------------------------+------+------+ | Exit Port | IPv4 | IPv6 | +------------------------------+------+------+ | 80 (HTTP) | 300 | 68 | | 110 (POP3) | 1 | 0 | | 143 (IMAP) | 4 | 0 | | 443 (HTTPS) | 0 | 214 | | 465 (SMTP) | 1 | 0 | | 1883 | 1 | 0 | | 3128 (SQUID) | 1 | 0 | | 5222 (Jabber) | 21 | 2 | | 5223 (Jabber) | 18 | 0 | | 6667 (IRC) | 4 | 0 | | 7777 | 2 | 0 | | 8080 (HTTP Proxy) | 14 | 3 | | 8333 (Bitcoin) | 8 | 2 | | 8888 (NewsEDGE) | 3 | 0 | | 50002 (Electrum Bitcoin SSL) | 12 | 4 | +------------------------------+------+------+ | Total | 390 | 293 | +------------------------------+------+------+ -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E

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hourly CPU spike at <hour>:02
by Toralf Förster 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

caused by both of the 2 Tor exits here at a Linux server. I do wonder what both processes do exactly 2 minutaes past each hour for about half a minute? -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E

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new Tor exit
by Arisbe 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

Hello all, I rolled out a new Tor exit [0] this morning West Coast U.S. time. It's special to me because I've negotiated the trust of a host company in Albania. I was the first Tor relay in that country and now I'm the first exit relay there. This trust took me a year to establish. I run a number of relays-both exit and non-exit. I run a dozen bridges for people that need the ISP connectivity. I host classes in Southwest Washington State to teach ordinary people how to be safe while they're on the internet. I teach high-school pupils how to set up and operate Tor relays. Here is my problem: The aforementioned relay has been on for nearly 24-hours and not a single user has frequented my doorsteps. I have had seven of the nine authorities parked in this node for most of the time but no inbound connections (except for those referenced and two hackers) and no outbound or exit connections. There is nothing technically wrong with the installation so what gives. I this an issue of administrative paperwork? While I am very supportive of Tor, I am not with unlimited patience. I have a job, wife and kids and money pit house to maintain. Thanks for giving me a bit of advice to make this guy blossom. If I don't understand, I apologize to all. Arisbe [0] 516D1B9E22484202322828D8CAC30325030017E2

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How helpful is it to run your own DNS server?
by torix＠protonmail.com 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

Dear All, I have seen mentions on this list of people using pi-hole and unbound DNS servers in their setups, and I wondered if others had considered opinions as to the usefulness of doing this. Pi-hole's biggest feature seems to be their filter lists to block extra/evil DNS queries, while Unbound seems to feature caching and validating functions. I would think that a DNS cache that kept queries for a long time would certainly keep most of your queries out of an ISP's DNS logs. Or are there DNS providers that are relatively immune to their logs being requited by others? TIA, --Torix Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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