November 2024 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org

Raspberry Pi 4
by Keifer Bly 05 Nov '24

05 Nov '24

Hi, So I am wondering, is a Raspberry Pi 4 a recommended device to run a tor relay on? In terms of traffic load, etc? Thanks. --Keifer

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Please check if your relay has fallen out of the consensus
by Roger Dingledine 02 Nov '24

02 Nov '24

Hi folks! We're hunting down a mystery where two of our big university relays are having troubles reaching the Tor directory authorities: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/network-health/analysis/-/issues/86 Can you check to see if your relay is in a similar situation? In particular, the situation to look for is "Tor process is still running fine from your perspective, but, relay-search (https://atlas.torproject.org/) says you are no longer running." If your relay is in this situation, the … [View More]

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"When you pay peanuts, you get monkeys"
by mick 01 Nov '24

01 Nov '24

Hi there. I found the title of the above blog post highly ironic. I run a Tor relay (middle and guard node). You appear to be sending automated "abuse" reports to other ISPS as a result of what is obviously (well obvious to anyone who studies the network traffic properly) spoofed source address connections to SSH port 22 on random servers around the net. These "abuse" reports cause the ISP hosting the /real/ address of the spoofed server to do one of two things. Either they just pass the … [View More]

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