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Multiple Tor instances
by nottryingtobelame＠protonmail.com 02 Nov '19

02 Nov '19

I have read that it is possible to run multiple bridges on the same IP using different ports and multiple instances of Tor. If this is the case, is there a guide, or can anyone provide instructions, for how to setup multiple instances of Tor on the same machine? Thanks in advance.

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Issues reaching gigabit relay speeds
by Mitar 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Hi! I have a gigabit connection and I am trying to utilize it as much as possible as a Tor relay. When I try various speed tests I get on the machine speeds close to gigabit, but when running Tor, I do not achieve anything close to it. I even started two Tor nodes on the same machine/connection, see here: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/567E9785458C605E59202755C748… https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4CF9BAEB0DE6D7230D6B7DA0FF42… The utilization of the machine is pretty low, top returns: top - 20:27:33 up 4 days, 23:01, 1 user, load average: 0.32, 0.28, 0.23 Tasks: 167 total, 1 running, 97 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 1.6 us, 0.6 sy, 0.0 ni, 97.3 id, 0.0 wa, 0.0 hi, 0.5 si, 0.0 st KiB Mem : 3772912 total, 931336 free, 1574676 used, 1266900 buff/cache KiB Swap: 3900412 total, 3900412 free, 0 used. 1915568 avail Mem In configuration I have: RelayBandwidthRate 125 MB RelayBandwidthBurst 125 MB Interesting is that it seems each Tor daemon on same machine runs always around 5 MiB/s, when I started the second one, it just added to it with another 5 MiB/s. So it is somewhere else where is the bottleneck? What could I do to improve things here? To me it looks like more throughput should be possible? Mitar -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

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DDoS’d offline
by Christopher Sheats 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

fyi https://twitter.com/EmeraldOnion/status/1189668679752900608 Calyx appears to have been hit also, but not offline https://twitter.com/calyxinstitute/status/1189693027192840192 -- Christopher Sheats Executive Director for Emerald Onion Email: yawnbox(a)emeraldonion.org Office (& Signal): +1-206-739-3390 Website: https://emeraldonion.org/

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New relay in USA: bridge or middle relay?
by Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Good morning from Wisconsin, After reading about how middle relays in the USA go largely underutilized, and having quietly run my own middle relay for several years, would it be more beneficial to the network to launch several new bridges instead of more middle relays? Make your day great, Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant Aileron I.T. - " Because #ProactiveIsBetter " O: 715-377-0440, F:715-690-1029, W: www.aileronit.com

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Re: [tor-relays] Windows Relay Setup
by William Pate 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

I finally got around to playing with this some more. Thank you for your message, Bruce. I searched for Vidalia and found an old bundle that appears to work perfectly on my Windows 10 machine. Steps I took: 1. Download Vidalia Bundle 0.2.4.23 from http://vidalia-bundle.en.lo4d.com/ 2. Extract 3. Install 4. Start 5. The Vidalia Control Panel will pop-up 6. In settings, I changed the Tor executable from the one included with the Vidalia Bundle to the current version of Tor elsewhere on my system. Like I said, it *appears* to be working. Can't find it in relay search yet, but I only set it up moments ago. Nickname is inadequate Contact is willpate(a)disroot.org William Pate willpate(a)pm.me 512-947-3311 inadequate.net ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, July 14, 2019 1:44 AM, Barton Bruce <barton.bruce(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > William, > > On 7/11/2019 6:58 PM, William Pate wrote: > > > I'm interested in hosting a Windows-based relay, if anyone can point me to a good tutorial. I've tried the most common ones. > > > > tor-relays mailing list > > tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > There used to be a VIDALIA (sp?) kit that could simply be downloaded and > run on a windows machine. I then worked for an ISP/CLEC and had lots of > bandwidth so ran Vidaalia on a 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine on my > desk at work. > > I never did hear why something had changed at the tor project so that > stopped working, but do remember a rude snippy condescending reply from > someone on the mailing list so I lost interest. > > I did get the head Tor guy from the Central Square Cambridge office of > TOR to come speak at a local networking group's monthly meeting we held > at a MicroSlush faclity in Burlington, MA and it was well received by a > packed audience. I think he now has left TOR and works for some ISP. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Setting up tor/relay
by hawkeye6666 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Hello everybody! I am using a windows ten computer on my home network. I would like to donate some of my bandwith but dont know how to do it. As i read in the tor wiki, as I have a static IPadress I should use a bridge. But I have no idea how so if anyone got a good tutorial please let me know.

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Source code signature verification
by tor_manager＠autistici.org 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Hello everyone, I am looking for the procedure and the tor developer key to verify tor source code package. I found the one about tor-browser but not this. Thanks a lot, Andrea

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Question
by Rubles 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

I tried running a bridge but my systemLog said: Please upgrade! This version of Tor (0.3.2.10) is not recommended, according to the directory authorities. Recommended versions are: 0.2.9.15,0.2.9.16,0.2.9.17,0.3.5.8,0.4.0.5,0.4.0.6,0.4.1.2-alpha,0.4.1.3-alpha,0.4.1.4-rc,0.4.1.5,0.4.1.6,0.4.1.7,0.4.2.1-alpha,0.4.2.2-alpha,0.4.2.3-alpha (I used sudo apt-get install tor - on Mint) so I checked out https://support.torproject.org/apt/tor-deb-repo/ and when I tried gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | apt-key add - it didn't work as it said gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on homedir gpg: [stdout]: write error: Broken pipe gpg: build_packet(2) failed: Broken pipe gpg: key export failed: Broken pipe Here are some other things it said: Looks like client functionality is working. Bootstrapped 100%: Done Your server has not managed to confirm that its ORPort is reachable. Relays do not publish descriptors until their ORPort and DirPort are reachable. Please check your firewalls, ports, address, /etc/hosts file, etc. What do I do?

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36C3 voucher
by Niels Hesse 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

Anybody holding a Voucher for 34C3 in Leipzig at the end of December? https://tickets.events.ccc.de/36c3/docs/ <https://tickets.events.ccc.de/34c3/docs/>? While still running several Exits I would be more than happy to meet others there Thanks

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Tor can exceed your AccountingMax in 0.4.0+
by Roger Dingledine 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

Hello wonderful relay operators, I wanted to let you know about a bug that might affect you if you use the AccountingMax option, in Tor 0.4.0 and later. Here's the ChangeLog entry from the upcoming 0.4.2.3-alpha: o Major bugfixes (relay): - Relays now respect their AccountingMax bandwidth again. When relays entered "soft" hibernation (which typically starts when we've hit 90% of our AccountingMax), we had stopped checking whether we should enter hard hibernation. Soft hibernation refuses new connections and new circuits, but the existing circuits can continue, meaning that relays could have exceeded their configured AccountingMax. Fixes bug 32108; bugfix on 0.4.0.1-alpha. That is, when your relay enters "soft" hibernation, you stop accepting new connections and new circuits (good), but you stop checking whether you've hit the hard limit and need to close down the remaining circuits (bad). The bug has the additional impact that when your Tor has entered soft hibernation, it stops updating the 'state' file in its DataDirectory, which means it doesn't record new bytes spent in the interval after that point. You can read more details on the trac ticket: https://bugs.torproject.org/32108 We'll have an 0.4.2.3-alpha release out soon with what we hope is a fix. And if it looks good then we'll plan to put out new 0.4.0.6 and 0.4.1.7 stables. In the meantime, if this bug affects you, you might do some combination of the following: * Watch your relay's bandwidth use and logs more carefully than usual * Downgrade to Tor 0.3.5.8 until the newer stables are ready * Set your RelayBandwidthRate to a lower value so you don't hit soft hibernation as quickly during this interval * Apply the two-line patch yourself (and let us know whether anything breaks) Sorry for the troubles, --Roger

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