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No Exit flag on Exit node
by spiros_spiros＠freemail.gr 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Good evening all, An exit that I have been running for over one month now has not yet achieved the Exit flag in arm/atlas (I know it is working because regular spam/hacking/abuse emails I am receiving). I though this was related to recent bwauth issue, but have concerns now because the exit now has a Guard flag. I think the problem will lie in the torrc and some mistake in the config. Please can I ask for some advice on where the mistake might be? I have pasted torrc below, with sensitive information changed in the brackets <>. Thanks very much Spiros #:~ cat /etc/tor/torrc RunAsDaemon 1 DataDirectory /var/lib/tor ControlPort 9051 CookieAuthentication 1 ORPort 443 ORPort [<<valid IPv6 address>>]:9090 Nickname <<nickname of this exit>> RelayBandwidthRate 10 MB RelayBandwidthBurst 12.5 MB DirPort 9030 DirPortFrontPage /etc/tor/tor-exit-notice.html MyFamily <<nicknames of other exits and relays>> ExitPolicy accept *:20-23 ExitPolicy accept *:53 ExitPolicy accept *:79-81 ExitPolicy accept *:88 ExitPolicy accept *:110 ExitPolicy accept *:143 ExitPolicy accept *:1194 ExitPolicy accept *:5900 ExitPolicy accept *:8008 ExitPolicy accept *:8080 ExitPolicy accept *:8082 ExitPolicy accept *:8332-8333 ExitPolicy accept *:50002 ExitPolicy reject *:* ExitPolicy reject6 *:* IPv6Exit 1 DisableDebuggerAttachment 0

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Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito)
by saitosean＠ymail.com 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

I’m currently working with Dr. Virgil Griffith on Roster, a tor project that aims to reward relay operators with good relays. Right now we are brainstorming how to measure/quantify a good relay. Besides the obvious requirements of a good relay (e.g. speed, geo-diversity, constant uptime), what qualities make a relay valuable to the Tor network and its users? Thanks, Sean

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Re: [tor-relays] Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito)
by Magnus Hedemark 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

These ideas are quite good. I think it would be interesting for a partner organization like the EFF maybe to gamify Tor relay best practices by issuing Mozilla type merit badges [ http://openbadges.org/ ] to relay operators. Setting it up is not free, volunteer time is not free, but it's a way to recognize volunteers in meaningful ways that does not require sending out tee shirts around the world. Importantly, badges should also be revoked if a relay operator is found to be behaving in less than meritorious ways. This is easily done. [ https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges-backpack/wiki/Revoking-Issued-Badges ] Magnus : E0B7C731568AC72AE848EDE91F857A3FED19ED0B @Magnus919 Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito) Time (GMT): Jun 25 2015 15:12:17 From: moritz(a)torservers.net To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Hi Sean, On 06/24/2015 03:07 AM, saitosean(a)ymail.com wrote: > Besides the obvious requirements of a good relay (e.g. speed, > geo-diversity, constant uptime), what qualities make a relay valuable to > the Tor network and its users? George posted some ideas a while ago: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007181.html I also remember another list of "diversity criteria" that someone posted, but I can't remember who or in which thread. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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Let's talk incentives: addressing the social questions
by Ori Shimony 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hi All, I am an undergraduate researcher at the University of Virginia looking into the Tor Incentives Problem. I recently started running an exit-relay and plan on finding effective ways of encouraging others to do so as well! As a student of Computer Science and Anthropology, I am prioritizing both the technical and social angles of Tor's ecosystem in my approach to this problem. Thus far, many of the unanswered social questions regarding motivation and Tor have barred progress in efforts to scale the relay community. It is my objective to move this issue forward by conducting systematic research on the human-systems underlying Tor while developing proposals grounded in these socio-technical realities. One idea I’ve had is to discuss these issues and potential approaches one-on-one with some of the individuals currently operating relays. I think it would be really helpful to hear your ideas, questions, and personal insights on relay-volunteering and its future. If you are interested please email me at os7hf(a)virginia.edu with dates/times that would be convenient for a Skype or phone call. For general questions, comments, concerns, etc. feel free to respond on the mailing list as well. Thanks, Ori

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Ports 465 and 587 vanished from reduced exit policy?
by Mike Perry 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

It appears that some years ago someone quietly removed port 465 and 587 from the reduced exit policy at https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy without an explanation. I've added them back in, since these ports should only be used for user-authenticated SMTP, and not spam. Has anyone experienced any abuse from these ports that involved non-authenticated mail/spam? Otherwise, it seems that exit operators who were using the reduced exit policy should consider updating their polices to include these ports. -- Mike Perry

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Re: [tor-relays] Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito)
by saitosean＠ymail.com 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Wow, thank you all for the suggestions! Hope to implement these soon. Would definitely appreciate more ideas too. Sean

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by Bruce Ganton 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

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Re: [tor-relays] Fwd: [Site5 #TZZN-12908]: DMCA Complaint: mybox.ganton.ca
by tqr2813d376cjozqap1l＠tutanota.com 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

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A bridge too far
by jchase 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Hello, Can anybody help me figure out why my bridge has stopped showing the flags fast, running and stable? Especially stable, I would love to get that flag back. I run two bridges, on two different Rasp Pi's, the one with a globe fingerprint of B08284109C72C81ACF5866A17A4CC64CE3E16499 . The other with a globe fingerprint of 1BCD3EBEFE17EEB86EEDE21D5E2DB8468E2864CF . The first bridge runs with obfs 3 & 4 on a Pi 2. It seems I lost the stable flag around the time I got obfs 4 up and running. The second bridge runs only with obfs 3 on an older Pi. I've read that the stable flag is quite handy. Any ideas about how I can get it back? Greetings, J Chase

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exit to youtu.be via germany gema
by tor-server-creator＠use.startmail.com 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

german exit for https://youtu.be/ is breaking functionality due to disunity between google and gema. since years now. anyhow german exits shouldnt block youtube ip's, now should they?

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Problems with second/third relay
by TORnet Zone 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Really need some help here, just cannot find the answer. I've been running 2 middle relays for a year now, from a home/business IP, one DSL and the other cable. Only problems were brief and IP induced all has served the system well. I recently attempted to add a 3rd relay on the same cable feed as one of my others, but there is no way the ORport will connect. I have DMZ'd the static address, forwarded the ports, changed the ports - the ORport just will not open. And yes I realize diversity is tightened, but I'm trying to help all I can on my budget. First - CAN there be two relays on the same dynamic address (different port numbers) ? How? Do I need some form of DNS service to help? Relay 1 is Linux 3.2.0-86 and Tor 0.2.6.9. Relay 2 is Linux 3.16.0-30 and Tor 0.2.6.9. The DMZ'd relay worked until I had to forward 9001 to the 2nd, then it quit. Uptime was normally 40 - 50 days until a kernel update, or something major. Both are old laptops on battery backups that never have power down. Router is an Archer C7, latest firmware. -Gumby

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Raspberry Pi - Relay Setup
by Tor Zilla 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Hello All, I just bought a Raspberry Pi.. Wanted to setup as a Tor non exit relay. I have read so many instructions online on how to set it up but i am facing issues with opening ports. I am using a NetGear Router and require your inputs with the same. Also is static IP mandatory for setting up a relay? Thanks, TorZilla11

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Re: [tor-relays] Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito)
by teor 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:07:28 +0000 > From: <saitosean(a)ymail.com> > > I?m currently working with Dr. Virgil Griffith on Roster, a tor project that aims to reward relay operators with good relays. > > Right now we are brainstorming how to measure/quantify a good relay. > > Besides the obvious requirements of a good relay (e.g. speed, geo-diversity, constant uptime), what qualities make a relay valuable to the Tor network and its users? Autonomous System diversity, and similarly, IP-netblock diversity Operator diversity (ContactInfo, MyFamily) Operating System diversity, perhaps (most of the Tor network is Linux, including BSDs/OS X and others avoids a monoculture, but Windows is considered less secure) teor teor2345 at gmail dot com pgp 0xABFED1AC https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5 teor at blah dot im OTR D5BE4EC2 255D7585 F3874930 DB130265 7C9EBBC7

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Re: [tor-relays] OpenBSD: tor rc script: don't kill unrelated tor instances (patch)
by teor 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:09:07 +0200 > From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen(a)fabiankeil.de> > > nusenu <nusenu(a)openmailbox.org> wrote: > >>> … >>> Did you test with custom flags like "--+Log ${tor_loglevel} file >>> ${tor_logfile}"? >> >> This should read "--Log" no? > > While I prefer using neither "--Log" nor "--+Log", the latter > is valid syntax and used in the real world: > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/security/tor-devel/files/tor.in?view=… > > … >> - From tor's man page: >>> Other options can be specified on the command-line in the format >>> "--option value", in the format "option value", or in a >>> configuration file. > > Looks like the man page is incomplete. See the next section, "THE CONFIGURATION FILE FORMAT" > By default, an option on the command line overrides an option found in > the configuration file, and an option in a configuration file overrides > one in the defaults file. > > This rule is simple for options that take a single value, but it can > become complicated for options that are allowed to occur more than > once: if you specify four SOCKSPorts in your configuration file, and > one more SOCKSPort on the command line, the option on the command line > will replace all of the SOCKSPorts in the configuration file. If this > isn't what you want, prefix the option name with a plus sign, and it > will be appended to the previous set of options instead. > > Alternatively, you might want to remove every instance of an option in > the configuration file, and not replace it at all: you might want to > say on the command line that you want no SOCKSPorts at all. To do that, > prefix the option name with a forward slash. teor teor2345 at gmail dot com pgp 0xABFED1AC https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5 teor at blah dot im OTR D5BE4EC2 255D7585 F3874930 DB130265 7C9EBBC7

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Re: [tor-relays] OpenBSD: tor rc script: don't kill unrelated tor instances (patch)
by nusenu 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 > Did this reply make the intentions clearer? > >> Yes, thanks. Though my first inclination would be to tell users >> "don't use rc.d if you've got the ansible role configured", I >> suppose it can't hurt to make it foolproof. I'll test your patch >> in different scenarios, and, if it works, commit it. Thank you! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJViTfhAAoJEFv7XvVCELh0164P/2ORfHYYdh2MbihJP/3yrKoK JuvgHLcRmYHob7s8vFAzdg8KqpriyNGuWCGY1b5ameXNFpy5slwGP0wmTFIe8qIA pfHVO1Oo1r4vFpMq5PEjHZloBLBnjxwDbcuC2D+b4f8YeOMjSeB4Rf6yXWF2EXju 3cEsUb5UguQ6YAcFItlW8Es/XijHp5Ad1e2DUXpl/te8FH7VxoK41ctILP4zs0kM ykPWgq7j5V0/OQS4BOe71i85S37sssejTFyPLV6kTdDUN1zLZKiUZljkgktfjAwm uMGp3FGnVWL0mN6KmK0OM1DesbRsIv0yMU/FIUyaL0vOnh/vgDt/o2seBKo7Evsy Po6w/J5X27M3gsFG5HtNuyrONssndvSsVwNQvpXf2vTiz342fulRnptCjvtNz+iI CGfpJ6i2VHH7ZMY0ZDYIfBrgZDa/HdzlZU9gk4hmORJOpol4jMjqDu44K7RW8PLo hHTqa/gWBKZsOwSpXDjsQyMYCFGvxcCXdqDOa1KNJa4zw/pZur52b7fv0s8/+Lky u19lBODZO/7br1Sg4fwmMjLVUbkQtIwtmBdbRWP6zqEByFEt/LJSt93RXs2rMtX0 IVKWCvh3+G04nZkv0AbF/YeMKe9ABp1pbP7I3M+X0wOdKzpPsBLjjUYxaOpZnhqn 7wJDlcBTqVQ86e1lavlD =WeYu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [tor-relays] OpenBSD: tor rc script: don't kill unrelated tor instances (patch)
by nusenu 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi Pascal, thanks for the fast reply. I think there is a slight misunderstanding. >> rc.subr(8) does not have multi-instance support, and it will most >> likely stay that way. Correct, and I'm _not_ trying to add that in any way to rc.subr or to your rc script. > What you're trying to do is going against that design >> decision, so I suggest you simply don't use the rc.d subsystem >> if configured for multiple instances. Even if I'm not using it at all, your rc script will kill unrelated tor instances, this is not limited to an ansible environment. The goal is only to be able to have your tor package + the ansible role on the same system without the rc script from the package interfering with unrelated tor instances created via ansible. >> I mean: As soon as you have more than one tor instance running, >> you'll have to implement a way to start/stop/restart/reload all >> of them individually anyway That is already done. Did this reply make the intentions clearer? After all the proposed fix should not generate any new problem or effort for your package, or does it? thanks! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJViTOUAAoJEFv7XvVCELh0wVUP/1PX+HjEUvDTlg8mKZzCwy4Q pXbSQpqEyuXDLbAYvN2GOnL0Vd8jSH5NxpuRFHnevdEC0/vdAbRRAJRbQwXSneYk 60XCVCLW8IFsNwDNjzDf1oXkcQFIkPQW7uoyFWxn7Km/JITtRIrpmpfdMYQ1ievM DBIEFZZWg1/Oa2NsxYPc1NQHdFoxbRLEwmRT8bZCHuPjB+pULTjZyuCpTcO4xcmt peE5SeE74X4oakrHqjLdoF0Vmcak1NNpulvV/Q/GMhqzucAbnvzoUrEHNn5ffxhC s+dd5kkrOwN61E3vg+1JxdWSK2Bh6Equ8DgIhW4pNOlenmGLQwL8HeuQ6hAJafCt rPAdEP9RtKIB+uj0KvZtngUhlkonnHeu/NGX6wSfwgL1S8SjSBCRCVPWDKs+Bkdx PM4VGBHw9USdXbBPrKvMpvDKxoX5wNJOBArTdz3UfJh+sow5tD0i/+Oq8bVK0s4u cu9TNHH+/SdriGNcwaOTKYdJ3tCQke2ACYREYrVdM6iaBKlhMhEy2oWWa/05Cp+S k5GCdsUWP/ppDK+OGHbxQ5h9xAxjNgF8myh32uMS8e0arG2X8ibnFd+1QYg+pL5s tUby7RMu0p6LsVYL7G0s1nWpaANFn8qcSdIT5AAdEOtCSl1pR973OeMh4xGoYa4+ awnwja7uPHk6DnjPY1yZ =JcuP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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OR port no longer reachable
by Patrick Derwael 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

Guys, I've been running a relay since many months without issue (Tor 0.2.6.9 on CentOS 6 fully patched) Since a few weeks, my OR port is no longer reachable without apparent reason (Dirport remains reachable on port 9030) [warn] Your server (xx.xx.xx.xx:9001) has not managed to confirm that its ORPort is reachable. Please check your firewalls, ports, address, /etc/hosts file, etc. Nothing changed on my network nor on the config... Both Dir & OR port are open and routed properly (Nmap checked from the Net) Selinux & firewalling are disabled, nothing but localhost in /etc/hosts... I'm kinda puzzled... Could you tell me where I should investigate further? Thanks!

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Messages
by Adrian Soh 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

Is there a way to send out messages that all tor relays will display to other circuits? Or any mailing system where I could send out to lists and boards?

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Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay is restarting every minute
by teor 20 Jun '15

20 Jun '15

> Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:42:59 -0500 > From: Michael <mctor(a)biographiks.com> > Jun 19 06:10:34.000 [warn] The communication stream of managed proxy > '/usr/local/bin/obfsproxy' is 'closed'. Most probably the managed > proxy stopped running. This might be a bug of the managed proxy, a bug > of Tor, or a misconfiguration. Please enable logging on your managed > proxy and check the logs for errors. Please provide the obfsproxy logs. You might also find that the tor debug-level logs around the time of the interrupt are useful. > Jun 19 06:11:43.958 [warn] OpenSSL version from headers does not match > the version we're running with. If you get weird crashes, that might > be why. (Compiled with 1000105f: OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013; running > with 1000106f: OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014). > Jun 19 06:11:43.958 [notice] Tor v0.2.6.9 (git-145b2587d1269af4) > running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1f and Zlib > 1.2.8. Please run tor with the OpenSSL version it was compiled with, and see if that makes a difference. > Jun 19 06:10:28.722 [notice] We were compiled with headers from > version 2.0.19-stable of Libevent, but we're using a Libevent library > that says it's version 2.0.21-stable. Please try using the same Libevent version tor was compiled with, and seeing if that makes a difference. You might also want to consider the following: tor is shutting down because it's receiving an interrupt signal. Which interrupt is it receiving? What is sending the interrupt signal to tor? Potential options are cron, a memory or server watchdog process, a rogue process, or perhaps a hardware fault. obfsproxy isn't running. Why does the obfsproxy process not start up/not keep running/shut down? Did you do anything else to your server around the time of the move? Upgrade software? Drop it? (I only ask because a hardware fault can trigger certain kinds of interrupts.) Does AT&T block certain types of connections? teor teor2345 at gmail dot com pgp 0xABFED1AC https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5 teor at blah dot im OTR D5BE4EC2 255D7585 F3874930 DB130265 7C9EBBC7

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BWAUTH weightings too volatile. . ."twitchy"
by starlight.2015q2＠binnacle.cx 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

I'm back to complain further about erratic bandwidth authority behavior, previously [tor-relays] BWauth kookiness https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-May/007039.html Allowing that BWauths are in a bit of flux, with tor26 replaced by maatuska and moria1 dropping the GuardFraction calculation, the bandwidth calculations evidence wildly erratic swings. Specifically my relay, which is perfectly stable, reliable, fast (9.375 Mbyte/sec) has been assigned a jaggedly random series of consensus weights. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/4F0DB7E687FC7C0AE55C8F243DA8B0EB27FBF… earlier, fairly sane *gabelmoo Bandwidth=7701 Measured=9960 tor26 Bandwidth=7701 Measured=9340 moria1 Bandwidth=7701 Measured=18000 GuardFraction=66 longclaw Bandwidth=7701 Measured=12800 later, bit high, nutty gablemoo Bandwidth=9375 Measured=17100 moria1 Bandwidth=9375 Measured=77900 GuardFraction=75 *longclaw Bandwidth=9375 Measured=23000 now, sane but undervalued gablemoo Bandwidth=8925 Measured=14900 maatuska Bandwidth=8925 Measured=17200 moria1 Bandwidth=8925 Measured=5330 *longclaw Bandwidth=8925 Measured=7440 moria1 here is downright schizophrenic but other BWauths regularly double and halve the bandwidth value they assign. Graph shows it a more vividly. What the graphs and numbers do not show is that the effective difference between the consensus values of ~7000 and ~23000 is staggering. At the low end of this range the relay shows roughly 2500 active circuits and a average load factor of about 20% of actual bandwidth, while an assignment of 23000 results in almost 8000 circuits and a load factor of more like 50% (both per Blutemagie.de). My point is that BWauths should not be arbitrarily flipping stable, well run relays from the top to the bottom of this steeply sloped sweet-spot of the weighting curve. Perhaps the sweet-spot range has moved over the last couple of years as the price of bandwidth has dropped and faster connections become more prevalent, and this has been overlooked in the algorithm. Regardless, it seems BWauth measurement should be more nuanced in this particular range, such that relays are not slammed constantly between "rather popular" and a "bit boring" irrespective of their actual available capacity. One reason this vexes is that I would like to see how well the relay runs with Address Sanitizer active. ASAN provides obvious benefits w/r/t security, but entails a performance trade-off. With the BWauths throwing darts, eyes closed, when choosing weighting, it's impossible to gauge the performance impact of various adjustments. In the bigger picture view, erratic BWauth weighting can't be adding clarity to the performance, capacity and utilization situation.

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Tor relay is restarting every minute
by Michael 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

My Tor relay interrupts and restarts every minute (without my involvement), so it isn't usable by anyone. Nothing new in my obfsproxy log. My relay was running fine until I moved and changed to a new ISP (AT&T). Jun 19 06:10:28.717 [notice] Tor v0.2.6.9 (git-145b2587d1269af4) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1f and Zlib 1.2.8. Jun 19 06:10:28.717 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong! Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning Jun 19 06:10:28.717 [notice] Read configuration file "/usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc". Jun 19 06:10:28.717 [notice] Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc". Jun 19 06:10:28.722 [notice] Based on detected system memory, MaxMemInQueues is set to 2048 MB. You can override this by setting MaxMemInQueues by hand. Jun 19 06:10:28.722 [notice] We were compiled with headers from version 2.0.19-stable of Libevent, but we're using a Libevent library that says it's version 2.0.21-stable. Jun 19 06:10:28.722 [notice] Opening Control listener on 127.0.0.1:9051 Jun 19 06:10:28.723 [notice] Opening Control listener on /var/run/tor/control Jun 19 06:10:28.723 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9001 Jun 19 06:10:28.723 [notice] Opening Extended OR listener on 127.0.0.1:0 Jun 19 06:10:28.723 [notice] Extended OR listener listening on port 55831. Jun 19 06:10:28.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file /usr/share/tor/geoip. Jun 19 06:10:28.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file /usr/share/tor/geoip6. Jun 19 06:10:28.000 [notice] Configured to measure statistics. Look for the *-stats files that will first be written to the data directory in 24 hours from now. Jun 19 06:10:29.000 [notice] Your Tor server's identity key fingerprint is [REDACTED] Jun 19 06:10:29.000 [notice] Your Tor bridge's hashed identity key fingerprint is [REDACTED] Jun 19 06:10:29.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0%: Starting Jun 19 06:10:33.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor network Jun 19 06:10:34.000 [warn] The communication stream of managed proxy '/usr/local/bin/obfsproxy' is 'closed'. Most probably the managed proxy stopped running. This might be a bug of the managed proxy, a bug of Tor, or a misconfiguration. Please enable logging on your managed proxy and check the logs for errors. Jun 19 06:10:34.000 [notice] Failed to terminate process with PID '13164' ('Success'). Jun 19 06:10:34.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with first hop Jun 19 06:10:35.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit Jun 19 06:10:36.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks like client functionality is working. Jun 19 06:10:36.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done Jun 19 06:11:13.000 [notice] Interrupt: we have stopped accepting new connections, and will shut down in 30 seconds. Interrupt again to exit now. Jun 19 06:11:43.000 [notice] Clean shutdown finished. Exiting. Jun 19 06:11:43.000 [notice] Tor 0.2.6.9 (git-145b2587d1269af4) opening log file. Jun 19 06:11:43.958 [warn] OpenSSL version from headers does not match the version we're running with. If you get weird crashes, that might be why. (Compiled with 1000105f: OpenSSL 1.0.1e 11 Feb 2013; running with 1000106f: OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014). Jun 19 06:11:43.958 [notice] Tor v0.2.6.9 (git-145b2587d1269af4) running on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.1f and Zlib 1.2.8.

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Installing Tor-ramdisk
by eldorado 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Installing Tor-ramdisk I have question about installing Tor-ramdisk on Dedicated server in hetzner datacenter. I want install iso file without using USB and DVD . i followed this link[1] . My iso file is in my VPS that LARA could access to iso via SAMBA/CIFS . LARA shows me the iso file attached but after running KVM and press F11 the boot menu have my hard disks not "PepperC Virtual Disc 1 0.01" in boot menu . How i can mount Tor-ramdisk with KVM . i don't want pay € 21.01 for using USB stick/DVD . [1] http://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/LARA/en

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Questions about GUI monitor
by nks nks 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Dear Sir/Madam: My system is Debian 32bit, Tor non-exit bridge. 1. For Debian, is there any pure Tor service monitoring and analyzing software for the local machine (not the entire Tor network), with/without a GUI ? 2. Does "Vidalia" really end developing? May I ask why? May I install the "Vidalia" which is still could be found in the Debian apt system? 3. https://www.torproject.org/projects/projects.html.en "orlib" the link is dead. 4. About "Tor2web", are there any clearer figures and docs which could explain the security differences between "Tor" and "Tow2web" ? Especially for the client. Thank you.

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Exit relay is apparently being used to attack other servers
by trillium 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello, I’m running an exit relay (fingerprint: 5793CB9E1F5BAD3D5DA6C4158E16067D80CD8A2E) on a Linode VPS right now, and so far they’ve been really fantastic with dealing with a couple of DMCA notices that were sent to them. However, in the last week, I received notice from them that my server is attacking multiple sites around the web. Their suggestion was to go through my logs and remove the offending user, which is obviously unhelpful advice as I don’t keep any logs on my relay’s users. I’d like to keep running the exit relay, but I’m not really sure how to best go about mitigating these sorts of threats and don’t want Linode to shut down the entire server. Any suggestions are very much welcomed. Thanks, trillium

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Encryption in French servers
by Javi 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

I know in France it's illegal to encrypt data so if I run a tor relay in a French server I would have any problem? Thanks.

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