July 2023 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org

Attempting to create a relay with Orbot
by blueapple128 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, I am trying to use Orbot's "Enable your device to be a non-exit relay" option, but (after waiting enough hours) the relay's nickname fails to show up in Tor Metrics' Relay Search. How can I begin to debug this?

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recommended way to run 0.4.7 on armhf?
by ilf 25 Nov '23

25 Nov '23

What's the recommended way to run 0.4.7 on armhf? > The package repository [deb.torproject.org] does not offer 32-bit ARM > architecture (armhf) images (yet). https://support.torproject.org/apt/tor-deb-repo/ Debian has 0.4.7 in bullseye-backports. But Raspbian doesn't have bullseye-backports: http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/dists/ -- ilf If you upload your address book to "the cloud", I don't want to be in it.

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Wrong "first seen" flag for bridges at metrics.torproject.org
by telekobold 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

Hi together, I have an issue regarding the "first seen" flag at metrics.torproject.org: It is definitely wrong for my two bridges - both dates are much too close in the past. For one of the bridges, it seems to correspond to the last signing key renewal, for the other bridge, it seems to correspond to the penultimate signing key renewal. Has anyone observed similar behavior for its relay? (I found it meaningful to first ask here before creating an issue at [*]). [*] https://gitlab.torproject.org/hiro/onionoo/-/issues Kind regards, telekobold

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(EVENT) Tor Relay Operator Meetup - June 24, 2023 @ 18.00 UTC
by gus 10 Aug '23

10 Aug '23

Hello, The next Tor Relay Operator Meetup will happen on June 24, 2023, at 18.00 UTC. We're working on the agenda here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-relay-op-meetup-june-keep onionsite: http://kfahv6wfkbezjyg4r6mlhpmieydbebr5vkok5r34ya464gqz6c44bnyd.onion/p/tor… Feel free to add other topics to the agenda. WHERE Room link: https://tor.meet.coop/gus-og0-x74-dzn Registration No need for a registration or anything else, just use the room-link above. We will open the room 10 minutes before so you can test your mic setup. Please share with your friends, social media and other mailing lists! cheers, Gus -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead

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Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 bridge!
by gus 02 Aug '23

02 Aug '23

Dear Relay operators community, The parliamentary elections in Turkmenistan are coming up very soon on March 26th[1], and the Turkmen government has tightened internet censorship and restrictions even more. In the last few months, the Anti-censorship community has learned that different pluggable transports, like Snowflake, and entire IP ranges, have been blocked in the country. Therefore, running a bridge on popular hosting providers like Hetzner, Digital Ocean, Linode, and AWS won't help as these providers' IP ranges are completely blocked in Turkmenistan. Recently, we learned from the Anti-censorship community[2] and via Tor user support channels that Tor bridges running on residential connections were working fine. Although they were blocked after some days or a week, these bridges received a lot of users and were very important to keep Turkmens connected. How to help Turkmens to access the Internet =========================================== You can help Turkmens to access the free and open internet by running an obfs4 Tor bridge! But here's the trick: you need to run it on a residential connection -- you won't need a static IPv4 --, and it would ideally be run on more robust hardware than just a Raspberry Pi (although that can help, we have found they can get overloaded). You can set up an obfs4 bridge by following our official guide: https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/ After you setup a new bridge, you can share your bridge line with the Tor support team at frontdesk(a)torproject.org, and we will share it with users. A complete bridge line is composed of: IP:OBFS4_PORT FINGERPRINT cert=obfs4-certificate iat-mode=0 Check this documentation to learn how to share your bridge line: https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/post-install/ Just sharing your bridge fingerprint is not the best, but it's fine. You can read more about censorship against Tor in Turkmenistan here: - https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/censorship-analysis/-/iss… - Snowflake blocked: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/censorship-analysis/-/iss… Thank you for your support in helping to keep the internet free and open for everyone. Gus [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Turkmen_parliamentary_election [2] https://ntc.party/c/internet-censorship-all-around-the-world/turkmenistan/17 https://github.com/net4people/bbs/issues/80 -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead

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How do I set up a conjure Bridge?
by Poojith Bestha 01 Aug '23

01 Aug '23

I have a question. How do I set up a conjure bridge? Is the process hard? What hardware do I need to use? Regards, Poojith

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Receiving abuse reports for Non-Exit Relay
by admin＠prsv.ch 01 Aug '23

01 Aug '23

Hello all, In the past 24 hrs, I have been receiving complaints from my hosting provider that they're receiving hundreds of abuse reports related to port scanning. I have no clue why I'm all of the sudden receiving abuse reports when this non-exit relay has been online for months without issues. In addition, I have other non-exit relays hosted by the same provider with no issues and more across other providers. I proceeded to reinstall the OS and reconfigure Tor. I was then quickly notified by my hosting provider again of more abuse reports all showing port 22 as target port. I have not changed my torrc at all and it's still setup as a non-exit relay. No other applications/services were installed alongside Tor. Tor Metrics does not show the relay as Exit either. It feels like Tor Exit Traffic is leaking through my non-exit relay? Has anyone else experienced any behavior similar to this? Any ideas on how to fix or prevent this? prsv admin

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Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 150, Issue 13
by amanyaz Amangeldiyew 31 Jul '23

31 Jul '23

Hi. Everybody. In Turkmenistan these IPs are open: 96.233.128.72 167.62.193.195 108.50.165.220 71.33.251.73 99.232.152.8 108.184.202.115 108.34.184.5 99.230.178.2 108.184.201.30 71.212.129.108 88.22.43.218 67.6.147.5 79.16.171.221 79.113.212.117 88.91.78.20 172.88.64.65 67.251.118.15 41.109.196.229 96.237.186.35 95.31.20.151 71.113.184.94 151.225.43.243 141.255.66.158 88.19.75.220 67.11.187.237 67.6.182.48 95.252.250.216 67.6.161.111 95.236.84.157 143.107.229.252 92.194.57.57 I think for now port 8080 is open too. Can anybody make obfs4 server with these ips and port 8080? On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 5:01 PM <tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org> wrote: > Send tor-relays mailing list submissions to > tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tor-relays-owner(a)lists.torproject.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of tor-relays digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 > bridge! (lists(a)for-privacy.net) > 2. Re: Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: run an obfs4 > bridge! (Gary C. New) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 23:30:26 +0200 > From: lists(a)for-privacy.net > To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Help Turkmens to bypass Internet censorship: > run an obfs4 bridge! > Message-ID: <2156503.WeTp2EQoyn@t520> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Freitag, 21. Juli 2023 18:07:35 CEST gus wrote: > > > New update: In the last few weeks, internal political conflicts and > > other events[1] in Turkmenistan have led to another wave of censorship > > on Tor and anti-censorship tools. Tor bridges have been one of the few > > free alternatives for people in Turkmenistan to connect with the world > > and access the open Internet. > > > > I stopped snowflake and now a bridge is running on my dynIP. > > > > > ## torrc example > > > > BridgeRelay 1 > > ORPort 127.0.0.1:auto > > AssumeReachable 1 > > ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy > > ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:8080 > > ExtORPort auto > > Nickname helptm > > ContactInfo <please-add-your-email-here> > > Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log > > # If you set BridgeDistribution none, please remember to email > > # your bridge line to us: frontdesk(a)torproject.org > > BridgeDistribution none > > But I have that in the log :-( > Jul 30 16:48:29 t520 Tor-01[93466]: The IPv4 ORPort address 127.0.0.1 does > not match the descriptor address 203.0.113.18. If you have a static public > IPv4 address, use 'Address <IPv4>' and 'OutboundBindAddress <IPv4>'. If you > are behind a NAT, use two ORPort lines: 'ORPort <PublicPort> NoListen' and > 'ORPort <InternalPort> NoAdvertise'. > Jul 30 16:48:29 t520 Tor-01[93466]: The IPv6 ORPort address ::1 does not > match the descriptor address 2001:db8:1234:1:bbbb:eeee:eeee:ffff. If you > have a static public IPv4 address, use 'Address <IPv6>' and > 'OutboundBindAddress <IPv6>'. If you are behind a NAT, use two ORPort > lines: 'ORPort <PublicPort> NoListen' and 'ORPort <InternalPort> > NoAdvertise'. > > I don't know if I should ignore that or better configure it that way: > ORPort 127.0.0.1:8443 NoListen > ORPort 8443 NoAdvertise > ORPort [::1]:8443 NoListen > ORPort 8443 NoAdvertise > > I'm aware of > https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40208 > I hope to get it done with scipting on my Mikrotik, or switch to ipv4 only. > > frontdesk(a)torproject.org has no PGP key, can I send you or meskio the > bridgeline? > > Bridgeline must be: > Bridge obfs4 <IP ADDRESS>:<PORT> <FINGERPRINT> cert=abra+kadabra iat-mode=0 > But DynIP changes every few days. Do you also give the bridge users > myrouter.example.net? > > Because of your post in the forum: > https://forum.torproject.org/t/orport-127-0-0-1-auto/8470 > should we do this with all running bridges, or only the hidden ones? > > -- > Ciao Marco! >

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(no subject)
by amanyaz Amangeldiyew 27 Jul '23

27 Jul '23

Hi. I am from. Turkmenistan. I have obtained obsf4 bridge from internet but only ip address is readable. If anybody knows fully obsf4 bridge please send me to my mail. Ip address is: obsf4 93.104.161.141

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Final Call: Last Opportunity to Participate in the Tor Update Survey - Closes Tomorrow!
by Meitong Wang 22 Jul '23

22 Jul '23

Dear Tor Relay Operators, We hope this email finds you well. This is our final outreach regarding the Tor Update Survey, and we want to extend a sincere thank you to those who have already participated. Your valuable contributions have been invaluable to our research project at the University of Edinburgh. For those who haven't had the opportunity to take part yet, we wanted to remind you that the survey will be closing tomorrow, the 23rd of July. If you are interested in sharing your insights towards updates as a Tor relay operator, we kindly request you to participate now and make your voice heard. Your participation in this survey is crucial for understanding the challenges and developments within the Tor network. Your responses will be treated with the utmost confidentiality, and all data will be anonymized to ensure your privacy. Taking the survey will take approximately 10 minutes, and we genuinely appreciate the time and effort you invest in contributing to this research. To participate, please click on the following link: https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/dvbbDORTjeztLzosbOuGVaRheI-FBjFh6xPQ… Once again, we would like to express our gratitude for your interest and support in this project. Your input will contribute to the continued growth and improvement of the Tor network. If you have already participated or are unable to participate at this time, we sincerely thank you for considering our invitation. Should you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. Thank you, and we truly appreciate your attention to this matter. Best regards, Meitong Wang & Tariq Elahi The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th' ann an Oilthigh Dh?n ?ideann, cl?raichte an Alba, ?ireamh cl?raidh SC005336.

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