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Re: [tor-relays] Bridge Relay Internet Speed Much Slower Than Actual Internet Speed
by entensaison＠use.startmail.com 16 Nov '18

16 Nov '18

Hi Keifer, > Hello List, my bridge relay at > https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/148BD64BED9F2C27637D986DE032… > > Is reporting the relay speed is between 50 kb/s and 60 kb/s, when the > speed of the internet connection it is running off of is actually > much faster than this, generally about 50mbps (the relay is running > on a home internet connection, where the isp is Charter > Communications / Spectrum). As a result, I have the “fast” flag > on/off randomly. > > I do not want my bridge to suck up a huge amount of my internet > speed, but why would the tor software report relay speed that is so > much slower than the speed of the internet connection it runs off of? > > Any thoughts are appreciated, thank you The advertised bandwidth is not the bandwidth of your connection but the bandwidth observed. Your relay probably hasn't been used as a relay so far. When it's being used the advertised bandwidth will rise. Are bridges chosen based on their advertised bandwidth?

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Explaining Tor to worried parent
by DrNotThatEvil 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

Hi everybody, My exit got suspended for a little a few hours today, even tho I contacted my isp before to explain the situation (it was related to a spam blacklist suspend policy). I got the matter resolved quickly but due to the annoyance I mentioned it to a parent. The conversation quickly devolved into worry and fear advising me to stop running it, to be honest now that I think about it from her perspective I can't blame her for thinking like this. However the responses and explanations from my end never hit the mark, I know why I'm doing it I know their might be risks but that I'm doing something that I believe in. Have you guys/gals ever faced situations similar to this? How did you handle it? Secondly she also raised the following question: 'if you don't do it somebody else will, so why do you put yourself at risk? Thirdly she detected from the conversation that a Exit Relay might not be free from legal issues and I can't say that this is not the case, but I do think her view of these issues is utmost grim bringing up my future and employment opportunities. How would do you view/explain the severity of these legal issues? Kind Regards, Willmar

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Bittorrent Legal Noise, Advocacy [re: Explaining Tor to worried parent]
by grarpamp 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

> Yeah, one of the complete bullshit things. I get around 200 emails per day > like this one: > > Protocol: BITTORRENT This should tend to diminish when you begin creating and showing people how to use filesharing and distributed storage protocols operating entirely within the various encrypted anonymous overlay and storage networks that exist out there. Talking "Privacy" and "Freedom" is hardly enough to get any percentage of various communities migrating inside and safely using these networks, nor to get much change in the world, you have to show them how to use real world apps over those nets. The *years* of anti speech and dis enablement from Tor about agnostic Bittorrent in particular has no doubt hindered some onionification et al of same. So you get that many more bullshit emails and leave lots of unprotected non private and un free peoples still out hanging using clearnet. > I run into this all the time whilst proselytizing for Tor, as for > example at a local non-profit makerspace recently. "Kiddie porn! FBI > raids!" was the hue and cry, whereupon people's brains shut down. But > this is very much a public relations issue Jacob Appelbaum has some great presentations and arguments made very much in the public free speech space mentioning and addressing some of what you speak of. You should look them up on youtube. Move to tor-talk to discuss more. Obligatory PJDU... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW3PFC86UNI > I mentioned [Tor] to a parent. > > The conversation quickly devolved into worry and fear advising me to > stop running it, > to be honest now that I think about it from her perspective I can't > blame her for thinking like this. > However the responses and explanations from my end never hit the mark, I > know why I'm doing it > I know their might be risks but that I'm doing something that I believe in. > > Have you guys/gals ever faced situations similar to this? How did you > handle it? > > Secondly she also raised the following question: > 'if you don't do it somebody else will, so why do you put yourself at risk? > > Thirdly she detected from the conversation that a [node] might not > be free from legal issues and > I can't say that this is not the case, but I do think her view of these > issues is utmost grim bringing up > my future and employment opportunities. > How would do you view/explain the severity of these legal issues?

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Become a Fallback Directory Mirror
by Colin Childs 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

Hello Tor Relay Operators, Do you want your relay to be a Tor fallback directory mirror? Will it have the same address and port for the next 2 years? Just reply to this email with your relay's fingerprint. If your relay is on the current list, you don't need to do anything. If you're asking: Q: What's a fallback directory mirror? Fallback directory mirrors help Tor clients connect to the network. For more details, see [1]. Q: Is my relay on the current list? Search [2] and [3] for your relay fingerprint or IP address and port: [2] is the current list of fallbacks in Tor. [3] is used to create the next list of fallbacks. Q: What do I need to do if my relay is on the list? Keep the same IP address, keys, and ports. Email tor-relays if the relay's details change. Q: Can my relay be on the list next time? We need fast relays that will be on the same IP address and port for 2 years. Reply to this email to get on the list, or to update the details of your relay. Once or twice a year, we run a script to choose about 150-200 relays from the potential list [3] for the list in Tor [2]. Q: Why didn't my relay get on the list last time? We check a relay's uptime, flags, and speed [4]. Sometimes, a relay might be down when we check. That's ok, we will check it again next time. It's good to have some new relays on the list every release. That helps tor clients, because blocking a changing list is harder. Q. I already have a relay in the fallback list, can I add another? We will pick up to 7 relays per operator to be in the fallback list. Please send any relays that you would like considered for the fallback list. Thanks for considering and/or being a fallback directory mirror! [1]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors> [2]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc <https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc> [3]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist <https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist> [4]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21564/fallbacks_… <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21564/fallbacks_…>

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Configuring relay
by DeMarcus Sullivan 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

I am running the latest version on Tor 8.0.3 on my Windows desktop. I would like to run a non-exit relay 24/7 and I'm having trouble finding the step-by-step process to do so. Before I could just copy amd paste the torrc configuration text in the torrc file. It seems that has changed because now Tor won't run properly when I change the torrc file.

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# of connections of a exit relay dropped down by about 90% exactly after 1 month after installation time
by Toralf Förster 12 Nov '18

12 Nov '18

I do wonder why 2 exit relays (at the same IP address) dropped down from about 8,000 connections to about 1,000 connections after exactly 1 month + 2 hours after they were installed. Furthermore metrics.t.o shows: IPv4 Exit Policy Summary reject 1-65535 It is a hardened Gentoo with LibreSSL, no changes to torrc AFAICT. FWIW I do use offline keys here (for the first time) with a lifetime of 3 months. Rebooted today the system and upgraded from 0.3.5.3-apha to 0.3.5.4-alpha - doesn't helped. relays: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/509EAB4C5D10C9A9A24B4EA0CE40… https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/63BF46A63F9C21FD315CD061B3EA… -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E

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Bridge Relay Internet Speed Much Slower Than Actual Internet Speed
by Keifer Bly 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Hello List, my bridge relay at https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/148BD64BED9F2C27637D986DE032… Is reporting the relay speed is between 50 kb/s and 60 kb/s, when the speed of the internet connection it is running off of is actually much faster than this, generally about 50mbps (the relay is running on a home internet connection, where the isp is Charter Communications / Spectrum). As a result, I have the “fast” flag on/off randomly. I do not want my bridge to suck up a huge amount of my internet speed, but why would the tor software report relay speed that is so much slower than the speed of the internet connection it runs off of? Any thoughts are appreciated, thank you.

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Monitoring exit node traffic by port?
by Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Greetings fellow relay operators, Do you monitor outbound traffic from your relays by port? I run an exit node relay from my house allowing only "safe ports" that are not likely to generate complaints and I would like to keep an eye on how much traffic is coming from the Tor network through those ports to the Internet. Anyone? Do you use a tool like vnstat on the interface? Make your day great, Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions" Office: 715-377-0440, Fax:715-690-1029, Web: www.aileronit.com

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2 relays at the same IP address with a flat rate, 2 exits versus 1 exit + 1 non-exit
by Toralf Förster 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

I do wonder, if it makes sense under such circumstances to have 1 non-exit and 1 exit -or- would it be better to have 2 exits? -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E

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FOSDEM relay operator meetup
by Roger Dingledine 06 Nov '18

06 Nov '18

Many Tor people are planning to attend FOSDEM this year, and I've been thinking we should organize a relay operator meetup there. It's in Brussels at the beginning of February, so it's within easy-ish range of the French / Dutch / Luxembourg torservers partners. The plans are coming together here: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2019Brussels if you want to help make it happen. :) (This mail is a fresh thread, from an earlier thread on tor-project@ about how I won't be at CCC this year to help run a relay operator meetup there: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-November/002042.html ) Thanks! --Roger

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