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Recommended router for 200+ Mb/s relay
by Secure Node 03 May '20

03 May '20

Hi, I'm hosting 150+ Mb/s relay for a while now: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/333C874B532B3EA7E1A40980B765… I'm looking for new router for good price which can handle more connections and traffic ;-) Can you recommend any specific models? Should I avoid some products lines or companies? It's possible to get something usable in range ~£100 for used one?

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by Станислав 02 May '20

02 May '20

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Debian-tor Vs User
by Kathi Hilton 26 Apr '20

26 Apr '20

Switch from root to user = su usrname >Password. The problems start when I try and su to debian-tor. First I get a query for a password which it doesn't have. So I make a pass for debian-tor and enter it when I su to debian-tor. I enter whoami and the response is: user and not debian-tor. With or without a password it doesn't work. Secondly, if I su debia-tor > passwrd - sudo -u debian-tor nyx it produces a page and a half of pure gibberish. Sudo -i to root and enter nyx, it operates perfectly; and yes I understand I shouldn't run nyx as root. How do I become debian-tor so I can operate my bridge correctly? Adriann -- It can't be, so therefore it isn't - stanton Friedman

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by Станислав 26 Apr '20

26 Apr '20

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Why does my relay often appears offline in Metrics and should I be worry?
by Clément Février 19 Apr '20

19 Apr '20

Hello, I often check my relay trough Metrics, but it often appears as offline after some time, from couple of hours to few days. I think it has this behavior since December 20. However, my relay seems to run normally. I have the usual number of connections when I check in Nyx. I don't see anything in the log. But, in Nyx, I don't see the flags that I see when it appears as online in Metrics. What I do is to restart the service, but I'm not sure if it's what I'm suppose to do. Is there an explanation or can you help me to investigate this issue? FYI, the tor, version 0.4.2.7, is running on a Ubuntu server 18.04 within a LXD container. My relay fingerprint is 33D88F331408141F2A2CC563239E54E48F7A211B https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/33D88F331408141F2A2CC563239E… Thanks, Clèm

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by Станислав 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

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Got my first abuse
by lists＠for-privacy.net 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Hi, my Family¹ has had an exit for 2 weeks and today the first abuse mail has arrived. First of all, thanks for the templates: https://www.torservers.net/wiki/abuse/templates https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorAbuseTemplates I linked these two from the Tor-project: - Common Boilerplate (Tor Intro) - SSH Bruteforce Attempts and wrote the following myself: -------------------------------------- Another good option that we use ourselves is: fail2ban And report to blacklists, which can then be loaded into the router firewalls: https://www.abuseipdb.com/user/33280 Hope this helps! -------------------------------------- I actually wanted to add that the SSH login attempts can be limited. (3-6) Because the logs from the abuse mail showed 100 attempts pro IP. ;-) _Are such notes useful or do such instructions cause even more problems?_ ¹https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/TorOrDie4privacyNET -- ╰_╯ Ciao Marco! Debian GNU/Linux It's free software and it gives you freedom!

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Help with torrc for Bridge
by ylms 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Hello all I just set up a bridge and want to make sure I didn't forget anything. //the torrc I use Nickname FancyNick ContactInfo see https://example.com/torcontact/ ControlPort 9051 ORPort 443 SocksPort 0 BridgeRelay 1 ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:80 ExtORPort auto CookieAuthentication 1 ExitPolicy reject *:* ExitPolicy reject6 *:* ClientUseIPv6 1 #%include /etc/tor/torrc_family //End of torrc For the family, is this setting needed for a Bridge? Should it be set? Thanks for any advice yl

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Re: [tor-relays] 100% CPU at random rate
by scullcactus 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

Thanks Gisle and petrarca for confirming that. I thought this is because of my messed-up OS only. I linked this thread to the trac's ticket #33554 to for more info on that. On 17.04.2020 21:27, Gisle Vanem wrote: >> My problem is, and long time has been, the following. Every 30-40-60-120 >> minutes (it varies) I suddenly see CPU consumption jumps to 100% because >> of tor process, so I need to stop/start it to settle things down. Also, >> when I start Tor after a period of inactivity, say, a few hours or >> night, I cannot start it reliably for the first time, ever. It goes up >> to "Bootstrapped 95% (circuit_create): Establishing a Tor circuit" log >> message and... 100% CPU. After the second start, I get 100% CPU with >> 50/50 probability, and after the 3rd, it finally is OK, most of the >> time. Then, this 30-40-60-120 minutes cycle begins... It happens with >> this "Bootstrapped 95% ..." message or a bit before that. > > I've seen the same and patched like this: > > --- a/lib/thread/compat_winthreads.c 2020-01-24 21:59:07 > +++ b/lib/thread/compat_winthreads.c 2020-04-09 08:55:04 > @@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ > do { > DWORD res; > res = WaitForSingleObject(cond->event, ms); > + > + SleepEx(1, TRUE); > EnterCriticalSection(&cond->lock); > if (cond->n_to_wake && > cond->generation != generation_at_start) { > > ------------- > > That always did the trick. > > I reported it here: > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/33411 > > --gv

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100% CPU at random rate
by scullcactus 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

Hello list. This is my 1st message here, and I'm not a pro, so please excuse me if I do something wrong. I run a relay for several years now. This is my personal notebook so I only start Tor when I power it up. I set it up for 2 things: to be a node (non-exit) and to serve me as a SOCKS proxy for accessing some sites I have here blocked. My problem is, and long time has been, the following. Every 30-40-60-120 minutes (it varies) I suddenly see CPU consumption jumps to 100% because of tor process, so I need to stop/start it to settle things down. Also, when I start Tor after a period of inactivity, say, a few hours or night, I cannot start it reliably for the first time, ever. It goes up to "Bootstrapped 95% (circuit_create): Establishing a Tor circuit" log message and... 100% CPU. After the second start, I get 100% CPU with 50/50 probability, and after the 3rd, it finally is OK, most of the time. Then, this 30-40-60-120 minutes cycle begins... It happens with this "Bootstrapped 95% ..." message or a bit before that. I experienced it with many 0.3.x, 0.4.1.x versions, now with 0.4.2.x versions also. I tried not to restart tor process when it eats my CPU for several minutes but it doesn't stop, so I have to stop/start it manually. I see nothing bad in the log at its NOTICE level. My setup now is: Windows 8 Tor is 0.4.2.6 Fingerprint BF4591C167FF01B8AAE2749CD9D04913BD6743C4 I run Tor as a Service (--service install cli option; start manually) My notebook is decently powerful and so is my network connection My torrc is basically like this: SOCKSPort [port] SOCKSPolicy accept private:*,reject *:* Log notice file C:\tor-0.4.2.6\var\notice.log DataDirectory C:\tor-0.4.2.6\var ControlPort [port] HashedControlPassword [cencored] MaxMemInQueues 1 Gb Address [my real ip] Nickname skullcactus ORPort 59001 NoListen ORPort 192.168.0.84:9001 NoAdvertise DirPort 59030 NoListen DirPort 192.168.0.84:9030 NoAdvertise RelayBandwidthRate 3 MBytes RelayBandwidthBurst 6 MBytes ExitRelay 0 GeoIPFile C:\tor-0.4.2.6\Data\Tor\geoip GeoIPv6File C:\tor-0.4.2.6\Data\Tor\geoip6 ExcludeExitNodes [some exclusions] StrictNodes 1 TrackHostExits [some hosts] TrackHostExitsExpire 600 HeartbeatPeriod 1 hours Really, I want to keep my node working but it gets on my nerves :-) . Can you please help me track the problem down?

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