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Throughput changes?
by Thomas Themel 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

Hi, I've been running two nodes on the same machine for some time because I was unable to get enough throughput to blow through my bandwidth budget otherwise. However, something seems to have changed recently, since right now I'm blasting through about double my usual bandwidth (~25 MB/s) with the two tor jobs at only ~60% CPU usage each while previously it was always CPU limited. This doesn't seem to correlate with any software updates on the machine. Here's atlas: https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/3DD2523F1B241F01D54818F327714CDA7F542… ciao, -- [*Thomas Themel*] [Albulastrasse 52] To begin with, GNU will be a kernel [...] [ CH-8048 Zürich ] - RMS announcing GNU in 1983 [*+41 78 9070988*]

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recent OVH feedback?
by Alan Turing 13 Jan '14

13 Jan '14

Dear all, I am currently running a fairly large tor relay (no exit, due to OVH's restrictive policies) and would like to know if other people have made experiences with running non-exit relays using OVH's services. Did any contracts get canceled or did you receive any kind of (legal) threats by OVH for doing so? Have you made positive experience with OVH regarding non-exit relays? I'd be grateful for information. regards, s.

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404: /tor/keys/fp-sk/print-print not found
by nano 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

I haven't looked into this at all yet, thought I would share it here first. Both my exit relays [0] received these repeated warnings around the same time yesterday: timestamp [warn] Received http status code 404 ("Not found") from server 'server1IP:port' while fetching "/tor/keys/fp-sk/A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I9J0K1L2M3N4O5P6Q7R8S9T0-A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I9J0K1L2M3N4O5P6Q7R8S9T0". timestamp [warn] Received http status code 404 ("Not found") from server 'server2IP:port' while fetching "/tor/keys/fp-sk/A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I9J0K1L2M3N4O5P6Q7R8S9T0-A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I9J0K1L2M3N4O5P6Q7R8S9T0". timestamp [warn] Received http status code 404 ("Not found") from server 'server3IP:port' while fetching "/tor/keys/fp-sk/A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I9J0K1L2M3N4O5P6Q7R8S9T0-A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I9J0K1L2M3N4O5P6Q7R8S9T0". timestamp [warn] Received http status code 404 ("Not found") from server 'server4IP:port' while fetching "/tor/keys/fp-sk/A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I9J0K1L2M3N4O5P6Q7R8S9T0-A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8I9J0K1L2M3N4O5P6Q7R8S9T0". Only one timestamp and serverIP was consistent on both relays. All fingerprints, however, were consistent on both. Hasn't appeared before or since. Anything to worry about? Thanks. [0] https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/799B025E25850A88CD133276301FAFB731C2E… -- syn.bsdbox.co

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Re: [tor-relays] One relay shown as two
by Andy45 11 Jan '14

11 Jan '14

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question. I guess I'll just be patient then! The funny thing is that I never did reinstall Tor/Vidalia... although I got one working then the other with different configs for a while. That may have been it. Thanks! Andy

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One relay shown as two relays in Atlas
by Andy45 10 Jan '14

10 Jan '14

Hello all! My question is related to Atlas. I asked this question on Tor help and I was referred to here. Here are my questions: I run a small exit relay on my computer. (Nickname is Andy45 and IP address is 108.249.221.251 if you want to look at this problem on Atlas for your self.) When I look up my relay on the Atlas, the relay is displayed as two separate relays with differing bandwidths and different uptimes. I'm not sure what's up with that - but my best guess is that it is splitting the amount of bandwidth I donate in half? The one of the average bandwidths listed on Atlas is a fair amount less than what the bandwidth monitor shows I give. (70 kbps rather than 100+ kbps.) Thanks, Andy

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Hidden Service web design to speed load times
by Gordon Morehouse 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hey folks, I've been off the list for quite a long time due to personal reasons, and I'm aware I have a couple irons still in the fire WRT RasPi and the SYN flood stuff - I'll get to it. Today, though, I came across this article: http://csswizardry.com/2013/01/front-end-performance-for-web-designers-and-… tl;dr you can add a 'dns-prefetch' link tag in the HEAD of HTML documents to do DNS lookups ASAP, instead of later on when the browser parses the content which does it, or your Javascript (yeah, I know) does it, etc. I'm wondering if this would have any value for Tor hidden services - would a "DNS lookup" of a .onion force Tor to start building a circuit to the hidden service in question? I suppose one could deliberately request a nonexistent file or a 1x1 pixel PNG or something, too, to get the circuit built, but this is obviously a little cleaner and probably a little better for privacy versus an HTTP request which may be logged even if the user never takes an action to *actually* request real info. Just a thought for hidden service operations. It's always easier to get one's message out the less time it takes to load. Best, - -Gordon M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSztxfAAoJED/jpRoe7/ujrx8IAJyREaH6TZ2z5GjBPrZfZcir fWi5zfwO/t/we/uQzn0IriM8DIMvLQOHS1Z9ly/qzUyoBLPRxzUqPpkzmtzXgXOy l2bAhmRCSyGZXDgE4GAXpVXP8w2w3fb7ijJADqy+I/nqQYZX7MMzlcT8hlsqqon9 I39ITwbDoUuem+y/XG/IICcbTVBsrH3m2auhRBfHawAJW8iO6xooltyUS6JExxLB fALfaG64YOy8mv+eyOT4tYoP67r8miEDlmTnplARUKw458lihqlnZ1TrCN+AVaJt OJCXiDnqghvBAJE+v/5JWJOMDr90ucI/+9mitOmbbQh03JOSRsSryeffPmUN08c= =gl1d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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VPS ports closed
by I 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

Is there a way to open ports for Tor as an VPS account holder? Robert ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more!

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How to force VPS to update to current release?
by I 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

Anyone, On a new VPS putting the right entries in the sources.list won't get the current release. apt-get update or upgrade gets with more Ign http://torproject.org tor-experimental-0.2.5.x-precise/main Translation-en W: Failed to fetch http://torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/precise/main/binar y-i386/Packages Undetermined Error [IP: 38.229.72.14 80] Either could someone tell me how to force an update from the very old Ubuntu held one I managed to get or tell me how to get to the current package some other way? Searching for help for Linux without sufficient jargon is hard. Robert ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium

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Fwd: How to force VPS to update to current release?
by Zack Weinberg 08 Jan '14

08 Jan '14

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 9:33 PM, I <beatthebastards(a)inbox.com> wrote: > Err http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main i386 Packages > 404 Not Found [IP: 86.59.30.40 80] > Ign http://deb.torproject.org precise/main Translation-en_US > Ign http://deb.torproject.org precise/main Translation-en > Ign http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main Translation-en_US > Ign http://deb.torproject.org experimental-precise/main Translation-en > W: Failed to fetch http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/dists/experimental-precise/main/bi… 404 Not Found [IP: 86.59.30.40 80] It appears that the experimental-* distributions are no longer available. I think this is probably an intentional change associated with Tor 0.2.4.x having been promoted to stable release, and I think you want to replace *all* your existing 'deb ...' lines in /etc/apt/sources.list that mention torproject.org with one of these two: # Tor 0.2.4 official builds deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main # Tor 0.2.5 experimental builds deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org tor-experimental-0.2.5.x-precise main You should need only one or the other, not both. And of course you need Ubuntu's source in there too. (To be clear, this is *not* an issue with your VPS, this is a change to the package server you are using. If this was an intentional change, it sure woulda been nice if it had been announced here, hint hint.) zw

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[Feedback?] Multiple Tor processes on one host
by Johannes Fürmann 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello *, I wrote a short "HowTo" on running multiple Tor processes on one host [1]. Feedback and improvements are greatly appreciated! Johannes Link(s): [1]: https://gist.github.com/waaaaargh/8271499

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