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greyponyit.com free trial report
by Dmitrii Tcvetkov 29 Jul '18

29 Jul '18

Since 25.07.2018 I'm running Tor exit relay BBF17F784433635FA28E7E585D05FE3B15A31A6B on FreeBSD VPS. Although AS16276 is quite crowded, fact that IP address space is SWIPed to Conrad Rockenhaus means that I, as relay operator, don't need to deal with a torrent of abuse complaints because of usual exit activity. This allows to run relay with default exit policy. The VPS has OS FreeBSD 11.2 on KVM hypervisor (hypervisor maybe different for newer VPS though), storage is ZFS on GPT. The relay is too young to reach it's full potential, I may post updates in the future.

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3-hourly pattern in network load of my Tor exit relay
by Toralf Förster 29 Jul '18

29 Jul '18

I do run 2 exits at the same hardware [1] and do use systat [2] to monitor system data. 2 questions: A) Since a while (months) I do observe a periodic pattern in the network load. An example is the graph (SVG format, made with [3]) of the data from yesterday. Is this typical? I did not observe such a pattern in the last few years. B) htop shows me, that the Tor exit relay listening on ORPort 443 consumes typically 30% more CPU time than the second Tor exit relay listing on ORport 9001. Boths however have nearly identical configs, bandwith weights and amount of connections (typical values are 4300 and 4500 respectively, 3700 and 3900 of them are connections to relays, the delta are exit connections). Does this explains the delta in CPU time? [1] https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/family:D11D11877769B9E617537B… [2] http://sebastien.godard.pagesperso-orange.fr/ [3] svg=/tmp/graph.svg; sadf -g -T ~/tmp/sa/sa28 -O skipempty,oneday -- -n ALL > $svg && konqueror $svg -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E

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theonionbox
by TorGate 29 Jul '18

29 Jul '18

Hi i have found an issue on the freebsd startupscript. The theonionbox.py is in the /bin dir not in the theonionbox dir OLD: # That's out script command="${theonionbox_dir}/theonionbox.py --mode=service --config='${theonionbox_conf}'" start_cmd="/usr/sbin/daemon -u ${theonionbox_user} -p ${pidfile} ${command}" NEW: # That's out script command="${theonionbox_dir}/bin/theonionbox --mode=service --config='${theonionbox_conf}'" start_cmd="/usr/sbin/daemon -u ${theonionbox_user} -p ${pidfile} ${command}" Hope this help any Relayoperator :-) TorGate torgate(at)linux-hus.dk

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Nyx 2.0.4-4 on armhf - Python3 error
by Paul 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

I try to run Nyx on Linux 4.9.80-Re4son-v7+ #1 SMP Thu Apr 26 17:45:16 CDT 2018 armv7l getting following after start: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/nyx", line 11, in <module> load_entry_point('nyx==2.0.4', 'console_scripts', 'nyx')() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 476, in load_entry_point return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2700, in load_entry_point return ep.load() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2318, in load return self.resolve() File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2324, in resolve module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'], level=0) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/nyx/__init__.py", line 46, in <module> import distutils.spawn ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils.spawn' Could somebody show me a way to solve this and get Nyx running? Thanks Paul

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torrelay on wan
by TorGate 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

Hi to all, is it a god ide to setup torrelays directly on WAN port ? Yes there are an firewall, but direkt in the torserver. So no extern firwall. I have freebsd TorGate torgate(at)linux-hus.dk

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YATR - Yet another tor relay
by zimmer linux 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

Hi, I too now have a shiny new exit relay, gifted by Conrad Rockenhaus for a one month trial on one of his freebsd virtual servers. I have zero background with freebd but use Mint linux on a daily basis. It's my second experience with running a relay, I ran a bridge for about a year on a home machine, but my first with an exit relay. Conrad was very helpful and supportive which enabled me to get the system and relay up and running much faster than without the personal support. It's early days yet and the server may take a while to pick up enough traffic to determine its ability. If you are wondering about trying Conrads offer, I say go ahead - you have nothing to lose except the time and input required to enable a relay. I am not an IT professional but it can be done without too much difficulty. If you have any questions about my experience to help you decide whether to run your own relay, please feel free to contact me off list. My relays Fingerprint 7D2A3BD99441CE8F104ADCB02590262ECDFEEF1C https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/7D2A3BD99441CE8F104ADCB02590… Thanks, Zim

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Something strange noticed on tor metrics
by Keifer Bly 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

Hello, So today I w as checking my relay on tor metrics https://metrics.torproject.org/networksize.html I noticed something strange, according to the graph, the number of bridges seems to have suddenly completely dropped to zero (the bridges line just after “2018-07”) and now slowly climbing back up. I am wondering did something happen that knocked all of the bridges offline? It seemed strange so I just thought I would report. Thank you.

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Relay operators meetup @ Onionspace, Berlin (in solidarity with Torservers)
by Vasilis 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Dear Tor friends and relay operators, This Saturday (21/07) a Tor relay operators meetup will take place at Onionspace, Berlin. When: Sat., 21 July 2018, 13:00 Where: Gottschedstrasse 4, Entrance 4, 13357 Berlin (U Nauener Platz) Map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.54978/13.36991 Event link: https://blog.torproject.org/events/egypcio-vasilis-and-others-tor-friends-a… Hope to see many of you there. Cheers, ~Vasilis -- Fingerprint: 8FD5 CF5F 39FC 03EB B382 7470 5FBF 70B1 D126 0162 Pubkey: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x5FBF70B1D1260162

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Expanded Free Trial For Exit Relays
by Conrad Rockenhaus 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Hello, One of the guys trying out my services suggested that I offer a free trial to those who would like to run Linux Tor Exit Relays or just plain relays or even bridges. So I am. I would prefer you would use FreeBSD (Still working on OpenBSD) but I'll offer Linux if it helps expand Tor. So, I'll offer this - 1 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 10GB HDD, 100mbit/unmetered bandwidth. Address space is SWIPed to me. I'm still automating things so I don't have a nice control panel online yet, should have it by this weekend though. If you're interested, please email me a public RSA key and I will create an instance for you. Thanks, Conrad -- Conrad Rockenhaus https://www.rockenhaus.com ------ Get started with GreyPony Anonymization Today! https://www.greyponyit.com

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Moving Tor Files - Backing Up Tor Software On Macos
by Keifer Bly 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

Hi, So I am trying to backup my relay software (torrc file, relay fingerprint, etc) using my file backup application. However, there is a problem. The macos operating system only allows accessing the /usr/local/, where tor is saved via the Go -> Go to folder option and does not allow it to be found via the finder no matter what, which my backup application (google backup and sync) requires. I tried running defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles true as both the normal and sudo user and restarted the computer and finder, and this did nothing. Is it possible to move the tor files to a place where they would be accessible via the Finder or is there a known workaround for this? The software version is tor 0.3.3.9 on macos 10.13.6. Thanks very much.

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