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Tor plugin for Nagios
by ramo＠goodvikings.com 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Heya List I've recently started on developing a nagios plugin for tor, since a cursory google search didn't come up with anything I would describe as 'comprehensive.' Generally speaking, it works by connecting to the control port and running various commands to check the health of the server. You would either drop it on the Tor box and run it with NRPE, or on the monitoring server and open your control port to that IP. So far I've implemented / plan to implement the following checks: * Fetch a page through the socks port * Check if the server is hibernating * Check the current bandwidth (up and down combined) * Check the accounting values (how close to hibernation) * OR / Dir port reachable It's in a very early stage at the moment, but I'm posting here now to ask: Are there any other checks relay operators would want to see implemented? You can check out the code so far at https://github.com/goodvikings/tor_nagios/ Cheers Ramo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTEsR5AAoJEAXQWoW8lug/m7AH/iEJ6X1kKcOCkUkhgVHyT6aX Nusu9yADtaRzyNrRUtWIgHw80SQSItr8Sgtt9pGIDZssetUYyxKCPN7YFztBJGL5 Fym/Iv+lF6jCyyWRm4SH84yA3k/rW+gPiiNg0mw5di6V2Bx311GM2YavOnZWs0Yh rdX2ljdqbJuIQIOxhaMVrX3jYFRCYv6LvSZwxh9CA8KVgvosiiQTU76ubekoZoCt XUXLepqgD+sUxeRh7QWrM8BxTkY1Yp0XxXaeU87aO40sBB18dozgXuBsTO43ssvK s82iYorusIPdpjuVIr6FnmPrbwuDEaWVJ6ktcVz9Z9WRMP5AbJISU7LuRSxRNBU= =m/S7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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is comcast throttling relays?
by Steve Rich 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

Hey, I am running the following relay, and never see traffic going more than 250k. Is Comcast throttling non-exit tor proxies? https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/7E6183143778259F025576A5803E3334AB95C…

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Effects of Rebooting?
by Tor Relay 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

I am a n00b relay (OnionTorte) operator, and, as such, know lamentably little of what I'm doing. (Yes, I'm one of *those* relay operators.) When I went to bed last night I had an HSDir flag, but it has since disappeared. And since this A.M. my consensus was halved. A bit of promiscuous pokings-about in relay metrics leads me to think that this happened in the wake of my having had to reboot my machine to unwedge it. Speed Test shows that even on the worst of BadHair Days my u/l speed doesn't sink below 15Mb/s (1900KB/s), and almost always cruises at >25Mb/s, so I don't think that it's so much a bandwidth issue as one of perceived reliability. :( I read https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay but wasn't able to take away as much as I would have liked. If somebody can explain to me, using small words and interpretive dance as befits a callow contributor, what happened I should certainly appreciate it. Thanks, P -- Dirt kicked to the curb goes into the gutter. Professionals kicked to the curb go into retail.

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tor-browser still fails on FreeBSD 9.2-STABLE
by Scott Bennett 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

I just downloaded tor-browser-linux32-3.5.2.1_en-US.tar.xz and tried it. It fails on FreeBSD 9.2-STABLE exactly the same way the previous version did: [hellas] 128 % ./start-tor-browser Launching Tor Browser Bundle for Linux in /home/hellas/bennett/src/tor/tor-browser_en-US XPCOMGlueLoad error for file /usr/home/hellas/bennett/src/tor/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/libxul.so: libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM. Tor Browser exited abnormally. Exit code: 255 [hellas] 129 % So I guess it did *not* get statically linked. I checked the ports tree, but didn't find any port named libasound or just asound, so I don't know where to get the library that the browser wants and is lacking. Is there much likelihood of having a secure browser for FreeBSD anytime soon? Using firefox 27 turns out to be several orders of magnitude more identifiable than firefox 3.51, which was already bad enough in that respect, so I'd really like to have something that's much safer. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at sdf.org *or* bennett at freeshell.org * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************

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procedure for TBB to use localhost relay
by Zenaan Harkness 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

I am running a tor relay - gracemissionstor - and have begun providing the relay name to friends who would like to use TBB. What I have not been able to google yet properly, is what startup/connection procedure is "best" for those using TBB, _and_ are on the local network - many people come and go here and there, and connect to the Internet from the LAN/internal network. Should those connecting in this way, simply select the default connection options, and add "gracemissionstor" into the final "I need to use a bridge relay" screen, or is there a preferred way to connect - I am running the TOR SOCKS proxy for example. I would like to be able to explain to people how to use TBB and connect to the local TOR relay when they are connected to the LAN - either via SOCKS or otherwise - but of course, it does not make sense to have TBB connect through TOR relay SOCKS (on the local network TOR relay), just to thereafter be tunnelled through the TOR network, just to thereafter establish _another_ connection back to the "gracemissionstor" relay, thereby having all Internet access travelling multiple times through the TOR network unnecessarily. Does this make sense? There ideally ought be a TORButton config option, or similar, to "connect using local TOR relay SOCKS port" and an easy way to let the TBB know (perhaps on each startup default to safety option) that (eg on next boot) we are no longer on a trusted local network. E.g. when TBB starts up (at least first time, and there SHOULD be option to have TBB ask _every_ time), and the user chooses "use SOCKS proxy to connect to Internet", then when TBB connects to the SOCKS proxy, the TOR relay which is that SOCKS proxy ought notify the TBB that it is in fact connected to the desired (if the TOR relay name matches of course) TOR relay. Of course, it would _also_ make sense for TBB to SSL encrypt its connection to the local tor relay SOCKS port. This might all be wishful thinking and pie in the sky, but please forgive my enquiry if so - I don't yet have a full understanding of these things. TIA Zenaan

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tor is not connecting
by Rupesh Kumar 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

in my collage tor browser is blocked in proxy server what can i do how can i connect the tor browser help me

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Named status
by John Ricketts 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

All, At what point does the router acquire "Named" status? My exit node is called "QuintexSJT" and has been up for 20 days. I suspect it requires some sort of human intervention? John

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new relay acting strange
by Athena Lester 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Hello, This is the first tor relay I have set up, it has been running for going on 4 days. I was waiting for the 3 day lag period I have read about but still no activity, besides the 30 MBs or so per day. It is running on my vps located in the Netherlands. The thing that is strange is when I search for "windywillow" on the atlas it finds two relays, same ip's, same ports. the thing is they both say that the server has been down for the last 3 days when it has been running and recieving a trickle of activity with no adverse log entries. I noticed a day ago that I lost the "Valid" flag. nothing has changed as far as know since it was valid so I'm at a loss. Here are the links to the two atlas pages. Any help would be appreciated. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/F51A8E6C811D3C8F2436BE0029E95E67CB0DF… https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/90B97451822C0881C0652A7DA7430A73BCAF3… ---

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How long from enabling ExitPolicy's to getting the Exit flag?
by David Serrano 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Hi, I finally decided to accept some ports in my ExitPolicy and I'm curious about how much time does it take to get the Exit flag. I'm in no rush to know this of course, but I haven't found anything in a couple of searches and I thought it might be useful to someone else, hence me asking. -- David Serrano GnuPG id: 280A01F9

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Compile Tor Debian package with UPNP support
by Patrick ZAJDA 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

Hi all, I want to compile Tor on my Raspberry Pi. I added --enable-upnp \ in debian/rules, but it returned an error about documentation. config.status: error: cannot find input file: `doc/torify.1.in' make[2]: *** [doc/torify.1] Error 1 libminiupnpc-dev is installed, and libminiupnpc package too. MiniUPNP is found when checking for depencies. How can I compile Tor Debian package with UPNP support enabled? Does someone know why this error is displayed? Thanks, -- Patrick ZAJDA Skype : gansta93

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