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

Help With Autoupdating Tor Software
by Keifer Bly 02 May '18

02 May '18

Hello, So on Mac OS X, I am using crontab to automatically run a script I wrote for Mac OS High Sierra to automatically update the tor relaying software every day at 1am. The cron command I am using is this: 0 1 * * * /Users/oldimac/Desktop/update\ tor.scpt The script I wrote seems to work fine for updating tor, however it seems to have trouble updating homebrew. Here are the contents of the script: do shell script "$ which brew /usr/local/bin/brew update" do shell script "$ which brew /usr/local/bin/brew upgrade tor" end When the script is run, the output is this: sh: $: command not found Error: tor 0.3.2.10 already installed So it seems to be that it updates tor ok but when it tries to update homebrew the error is “command not found”. I previously tried do shell script “brew update” however that only turns to a "command not found" error and only works in terminal but not AppleScript. Also, after writing the crontab command, I launched crontab via terminal via running “crontab” which loads to a blank Terminal screen. Do you know of a way I can check the script actually ran? Thank you very much.

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Info about Provider Scaleway and cheap "ARM server"
by Olaf Grimm 02 May '18

02 May '18

Dear readers, I tried to use different operating systems and hardware architectures for my Tor relays for diversity. So I came to the Parisian provider Scaleways, which has a cheap offer for ARM servers for € 2.99 per month. Debian was available with architecture "armhf / armv7l". I knew that, but I did not want to believe it. After performance trouble and a server crash I tested "/etc/cpuinfo" and 'lscpu'. There are Raspberry Pi in the cloud! From my personal device at home I know, that full cpu performance will kill the device due to overheating. Oh no! Must change to the next offer with x86_64 for € 11,99 / month. What can I expect? An old Pentium with 400MHz? https://www.scaleway.com/baremetal-cloud-servers/ My order was "C1 - A true metal ARM server running in the cloud." "4 Dedicated ARM Cores, 2GB Memory, 50GB SSD Disk / 200Mbit/s unmetered bandwith" The information for interested parties only. No discussion required. Olaf

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>1100 relays still run end-of-life tor versions
by nusenu 01 May '18

01 May '18

As of today, with the EOL date of tor 0.2.5 the amount of EOL relays increased to over 1100 and more than 7% of the tor network capacity. https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/#end-of-life-relays-share Here is the list of affected operators by contactInfo sorted by consensus weight fraction. https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nusenu/b867fb18c00dd1893820408877ed1470/… (the first 8 readable entries are in BCC) We encourage everyone to configure their relays to do updates automatically: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide#AutomaticSoftwa… Happy updating! nusenu -- https://mastodon.social/@nusenu twitter: @nusenu_

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