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10 Mar '14

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Gigabit is powerful
by Felix 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

High speeders Strong relays are a powerful contribution. As long as they are robust to resist misuse by attackers. Last night I received around 250.000 circuits per 5 minutes over one hour on a 100Mbit relay. In case the relay would forward this it could harm someone who is not prepared. And I would be a part of the sender chain. Felix ==========---------- - - - - - - - - - - ----------========== -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) mQENBFL/5VoBCAC8l2gGmuy2hZf866dDkwzOvMkyJlfnFZU6T5LWe4uPIx0a8R1U cmj/Vut2yUCaJgvFpdOVA3mmXC58zoDeiW7Um6q6otD6BR2hXdgyBTAgqkQ0BsYx epb4UXBz/u3TJmv655fBnXeDgCB8L5BIkcsmX6EoBNUs6a3TPMhX3UXOtEKLXJeZ 2QtoDxwXqHNSmW7jLq+qkpriVDqxDTFv+muZRE+Zn/6PZpEASvpSdVdT/1giEMUL QQFIP6cBPY2GYIaNCO1dYRj9ebM7ewWjCiOiOw6/eylxan8vfFntgaPU3J7W2wJp RiRtUIjT+TDycVyNk7gy4wV2Rj8+58+Krk1tABEBAAG0IEZlbGl4IDx6d2llYmVs QHF1YW50ZW50dW5uZWwuZGU+iQE5BBMBAgAjBQJS/+VaAhsPBwsJCAcDAgEGFQgC CQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQC2jb92rYqyMGxQf/d9oJf0qpgXZaUmcqujQ3DVsc uvYOnK2MJCpDIvvZYdQTcnG2jz8/na1ZyfAGeKhYZ18ypONwSQYthC17L5GHQ2H3 Pg/H0GARtx4aJR5TtIKnhPR8yYdlikCuTBb5QSFJUUtEz91SqDW7EXNbMC4RRSEd BWWirADCJWitoR3JCC13r+CF6TCFDluClAht/t56f7prBzARVYWmlbgYD2yx4Uzs FOl0vvhW2o9dpVaLZ6mSHAyNzefCFcNumRUxqa+V6nY94dd8BV8xH0lOd1xaMtZW HuxIU9Sbh13OlJyBAvVffVBL+4sEOpc8XB6Yl/pmyjEjUSvC7lP3T+Ix9Mnk/A== =kfXw -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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ScrambleSuit maintenance question
by Delton Barnes 07 Mar '14

07 Mar '14

Inexperienced Debian administrator here with a question about how to maintain the new obfsproxy/Tor for ScrambleSuit. I installed as follows: 1. Updated /etc/apt/sources.list (new lines prefixed with *): deb http://server.name.redacted/debian wheezy main contrib non-free *deb http://server.name.redacted/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://server.name.redacted/debian-security wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org wheezy main *deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org tor-nightly-master-wheezy main 2. Created apt.conf to prevent all packages from being pulled from unstable by default: echo 'APT::Default-Release "stable";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf 3. Edited torrc with following: ServerTransportPlugin obfs3,scramblesuit exec /usr/bin/obfsproxy managed 4. Installed the new packages: apt-get update apt-get -t unstable install obfsproxy apt-get upgrade <-- Installed Tor nightly. 5. service restart tor My question: Is there a way to configure things so obfsproxy and Tor will later automatically be upgraded to a *stable* release that includes ScrambleSuit? And how to know when I need to upgrade obfsproxy and Tor? Thanks, Delton

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problem with tor-arm
by manu 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Hello! I use tor-arm to manage my relay, at startup the following messages appear: [ARM_NOTICE] Unable to prepopulate bandwidth information (insufficient uptime) [ARM_NOTICE] Unable to save configuration descriptions (permission denied: '/home/username/.arm') Problem is the same for every user who runs arm (root, debian-tor) Already tried 777 this folder, and make "debian-tor" the owner - without success. Purge & reinstall does not change anything. I am running Ubuntu Server 12.04 x64. Whats wrong? best regards manu

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(untrusted) Raspberry Pi binary .deb packages for Tor 0.2.4.18-rc
by Gordon Morehouse 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I've built Tor 0.2.4.18-rc for the Raspberry Pi and released unofficial packages[1]. They are signed with my GPG key, but as always, if you don't trust binary packages from some dude on the internet, please see the instructions to compile them for yourself[1]. 1. https://github.com/gordon-morehouse/cipollini/tree/master/raspbian_packages… 2. https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#source Best, - -Gordon M. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSj5ghAAoJED/jpRoe7/ujpugIAL8U1aGVZQ4FSqCgRac0g4oW pqEGYT/aHI7GYX1J0ruS5kSjB7VGBqqskvb3LmWkSjMbJwX7MqTLbfUBj/wX8db8 sHTH/cdFNin3qazjrMnS0fe6bJ/AlimPcQSQfeEPQ3w5Wqk2Lb/qxVEY0cGxwYDn p6P4KItegJkWcT7pKHCcIkLcjUHjalS4N9xUOg0oFh1cXzA4YRrMbrmHuNuNYtOG OV09+56jlOJm6ApsYHNiDO/3lYB8xPnaMs8EbOVWUjBsh0kraTusXvNs9IquZEXd Pk83VhavdsiAmksz5u6q7+gVIXsBkwxTBlpybj5aWNOwze2D4DNe/eBKVzLTu2w= =7g1s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Tor hidden services – a safe haven for cybercriminals
by an.to_n-73＠riseup.net 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Hey folks! Something to read from Kaspersky Labs: https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/8187/Tor_hidden_services_a_safe_haven_fo… Interesting is, that Eugene Kaspersky hisself states in an interview: "We cooperate not only with the FSB, but also with the Americans and Brazilians, and with a variety of European agencies on security issues or cybercriminals. We sit a group of experts who break the code better than anyone in the world - perhaps only after the FBI. They understand, disassembles, analyze codes and understand what it is the best in the world. People come to us, "Guys, what is it?" - And we respond. We are not able to engage in all sorts of detective work, it's not our job, but we give them the information on which they continue to catch criminals. Or, conversely, we can see some information that may seem interesting to them, and we give them. Sometimes, in Germany looking for stolen laptops, we gave IPs" You can use Google translate to read the whole Russian interview in your language: http://lenta.ru/articles/2013/10/01/kaspersky Facing the overwhelming bulk surveillance I encourage everyone to start more relays/bridges! ==> Are there public statistics about the fraction of illegal content in/from Tor? Is it significantly more than in the "normal"net? We need some counter-arguments. Our "adversaries" will continue putting us in the criminal/terrorist/child-abuse category. But distributed P2P anonymizers like Tor, I2P, GNUnet, Bitmessage etc. are the only technology that helps against mass surveillance. Best regards Anton -- an.to_n-73 at riseup dot net PGP: 0B4C DF2C CB22 5DF4 25EA F212 49D1 ABF2 A2A9 7D7D Bitmessage: BM-2cTY8fuXGGXmh3fVgfQMaRCqTpgqp479ux (no metadata)

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Advise on fully using a gigabit connection
by Jesse Victors 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Hey everyone. I manage an exit at a university, and I recently moved it to a gigabit connection. I did some tests and the machine does appear to be capable of fully using the available bandwidth. Besides getting two Tor instances to run side-by-side on the same IP, is there anything else I can do to further contribute the connection besides waiting and maintaining uptime? I set my average and burst bandwidth limits to the maximum upload speed I have been able to achieve in my tests, is that an ideal setting? Please advise. Thanks.

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TTTT - Reached 100 runs
by Sebastian Urbach 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

Dear list members, We are celebrating the century of submitted results, so to say. The "Trying Trusted Tor Traceroutes" project finally reached 100 completed runs from different ip's (not to mention the multiple runs). No one expected that just a few weeks ago when we were basically nowhere. Thank you very much for your support, you officially rock ! The data analysing is going on and hopefully we can draw conclusions from the collected data. The last time at the Chaos Communication Congress was not satisfying for all of us, but we are optimistic this time that there is sufficient data to do it. We will inform this list as soon as we have news. Thanks again from Anupam and myself (He's travelling at the moment) The project: http://web.engr.illinois.edu/~das17/tor-traceroute_v1.html The results: http://datarepo.cs.illinois.edu/relay_scoreboard.html -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen / Sincerely yours Sebastian Urbach ---------------------------------------------- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ---------------------------------------------- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Inventor, journalist, printer, diplomat and statesman

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Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6
by herojideani＠live.com 05 Mar '14

05 Mar '14

PLS how does relay work and how can I set up my system to work with relay ----- Reply message ----- From: tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org To: <tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org> Subject: tor-relays Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6 Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 1:00 pm Send tor-relays mailing list submissions to tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org You can reach the person managing the list at tor-relays-owner(a)lists.torproject.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of tor-relays digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Single IP multiple OR Ports (Moritz Bartl) 2. Re: Exit Relay on VPS by WEDOS (dope457) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:10:10 +0100 From: Moritz Bartl <moritz(a)torservers.net> To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Single IP multiple OR Ports Message-ID: <53158A62.1010306(a)torservers.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, On 03/04/2014 08:19 AM, toxi roxi wrote: > With an upgrade to ubuntu 13.10 x64 there seem to be no more support for > aesni module - so it doesnt seem to be usable any more. With older > ubuntu releases it works. https://www.torservers.net/wiki/setup/server#aes-ni_crypto_acceleration Does this help already? > I've recognized that some configurations are running easily with an > higher throughput - but could not figure out whats the reason for it. > My VPS'es are almost running in an KVM environment - but the 2 fastest > ones running on OpenVZ hypervisor. I tried KVM and OpenVZ some years ago for high bandwidth relays, and couldn't get it to make decent throughput at all. I now run all our fast relays "on bare metal". > But anyway im interested on reactivating that function as it seems to > really speedup relay's speed. Unless you max out /all/ your CPU cores, you can and should simply spin up more Tor processes in parallel, one per CPU core, and limit their bandwidth so they never hit 100% CPU usage. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 00:43:54 -0800 From: "dope457" <dope457(a)riseup.net> To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Exit Relay on VPS by WEDOS Message-ID: <0da23911717602772537f88415043d39.squirrel(a)fruiteater.riseup.net> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Thanks for the reply. Well, the bad thing is the ISP is already listed there as good one with no problem with exits. I also asked them about Tor before I even started and they acted cool... Best, dope457 > Hi, > > Thanks for going through the trouble of running an exit relay! > > On 03/04/2014 08:49 AM, dope457 wrote: >> Today, few weeks from last incident, they just pulled out ethernet cable >> from my VPS and I am not sure what to do. > > Looks like this ISP is not suitable for Tor exit relays. Please add it > to the https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs > page, and find a better one. I'm afraid there's not much else you can > do. Make sure to inform the ISP beforehand about the risks, be fast and > polite in answering abuse complaints, and as long as the ISP doesn't > know you well enough make sure the ISP of all places understands how you > handled the complaint and why. For example, for the POP3 case, you could > have offered to block POP3 altogether. > > In case you haven't seen it already, this is a must-read for exit > operators: > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorExitGuidelines > > -- > 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 > ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays ------------------------------ End of tor-relays Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6 *****************************************

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Single IP multiple OR Ports
by Felix 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Hi to all - I have a question: In case there is a strong relay ie 1Gbit/s, enough cores and RAM so the HW is not limiting. Let's further assume only one IP. Could a single Tor daemon on Debian be a bottle neck? If yes, could be more performance to start two (or more) daemons and bind the first OR Port to :443 and the second to :8080. Both at the same 'eth' interface? Both OR Ports are based on the same IP so they would be the same family member. Thanks for your answer. My response might have some delay. Sorry for that. Regards, Felix ==========---------- - - - - - - - - - - ----------========== -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) mQENBFL/5VoBCAC8l2gGmuy2hZf866dDkwzOvMkyJlfnFZU6T5LWe4uPIx0a8R1U cmj/Vut2yUCaJgvFpdOVA3mmXC58zoDeiW7Um6q6otD6BR2hXdgyBTAgqkQ0BsYx epb4UXBz/u3TJmv655fBnXeDgCB8L5BIkcsmX6EoBNUs6a3TPMhX3UXOtEKLXJeZ 2QtoDxwXqHNSmW7jLq+qkpriVDqxDTFv+muZRE+Zn/6PZpEASvpSdVdT/1giEMUL QQFIP6cBPY2GYIaNCO1dYRj9ebM7ewWjCiOiOw6/eylxan8vfFntgaPU3J7W2wJp RiRtUIjT+TDycVyNk7gy4wV2Rj8+58+Krk1tABEBAAG0IEZlbGl4IDx6d2llYmVs QHF1YW50ZW50dW5uZWwuZGU+iQE5BBMBAgAjBQJS/+VaAhsPBwsJCAcDAgEGFQgC CQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQC2jb92rYqyMGxQf/d9oJf0qpgXZaUmcqujQ3DVsc uvYOnK2MJCpDIvvZYdQTcnG2jz8/na1ZyfAGeKhYZ18ypONwSQYthC17L5GHQ2H3 Pg/H0GARtx4aJR5TtIKnhPR8yYdlikCuTBb5QSFJUUtEz91SqDW7EXNbMC4RRSEd BWWirADCJWitoR3JCC13r+CF6TCFDluClAht/t56f7prBzARVYWmlbgYD2yx4Uzs FOl0vvhW2o9dpVaLZ6mSHAyNzefCFcNumRUxqa+V6nY94dd8BV8xH0lOd1xaMtZW HuxIU9Sbh13OlJyBAvVffVBL+4sEOpc8XB6Yl/pmyjEjUSvC7lP3T+Ix9Mnk/A== =kfXw -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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(no subject)
by Samual Carman 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

howdy i am interested in helping updating and patching the tor code van one of the developers contact me off list or some of you i am interested ih helping updating all parts of tor and any project of tor -- the wyer

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Exit Relay on VPS by WEDOS
by dope457 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Hello, I have been running Exit Relay for the last three months on VPS by czech company WEDOS. Even though I reduced exit policy ( https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/F12AFDB3FEC184E76944579579F762F1142C7… ) there were two "attacks" from this relay accompanied by abuse reports. 1) Jan 15 02:46:21 65.20.0.47 pop3: Failed password from 31.31.78.141 2) Dear Administrator, The CSIRT.CZ Intrusion Detection System has recorded connection attempt(s)from your hosts to our honeypots. This may indicate a security risk for your network and for the whole Internet. Would you please investigate this and/or inform all parties responsible that the following system(s)may be compromised? Both times I quickly replied with explanation it is Tor relay and offering further steps to do in case it is not going to stop. Today, few weeks from last incident, they just pulled out ethernet cable from my VPS and I am not sure what to do. I would like to contribute to the Tor network with this Exit and not just as a middle relay. Thanks for any suggestions, dope457

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Problem encountered with Bandwith Authority algorithm (was : "bandwidth authority algorithm is cracked")
by julien.robin28＠free.fr 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Hi everybody, 15 days, 16 hours and 15 minutes (without any restart) have passed since my 2 involved in this problem are restarted (started at the same time). And there is something very clear and interesting to see. They both have restarted from nearly zero (~100kB/s) in the first days, and a problem is still completly present on 1 of the 2 identity : -> The first one (the older one also) is stuck at less than 1MB/sec (5,510 in consensus weight) - ArachnideFR94 -> The second one is growing, growing and growing, now around 9MB/sec (and more than 75,000 in the consensus weight) - ArachnideFR94v2 It can be very clearly seen by observing graph on Tor Atlas. (But there is no more bandwith earthquake like I had on december.) On this machine, the first daemon is launched by /etc/init.d, while the second one is manually lauched via another non-admin user. No differences, same nice value, completely the same torrc file apart from nickname, DirPort, ORPort and MyFamily. Pretty large max bandwith for both of them : RelayBandwidthRate 25600 KB RelayBandwidthBurst 122070 KB ShutdownWaitLength 90 -- Into the log file : The only one difference was this (I just corrected it) - it was on the server that is working perfectly fine (ArachnideFR94v2) : Jan 30 06:07:03.000 [warn] Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please raise your ulimit -n. [6978 similar message(s) suppressed in last 21600 seconds] Jan 30 12:07:17.000 [warn] Failing because we have 4063 connections already. Please raise your ulimit -n. [20004 similar message(s) suppressed in last 21600 seconds] -> Oops :s I know very well this problem and I just forgot to prevent it this time - Sorry for that - Corrected by editing /etc/security/limits.conf and adding some lines about the user used by my second tor daemon - I just restarted this one by SIGINT, wait and new launch (logged with a much better ulimit !) today at 12:35 UTC. Absolutely nothing else abnormal into the log of the 2 daemons. And the problem of ulimit was on the one that runs perfectly well! -- Any idea of why the first one is completely stuck at such a low value ? The next steps would be to set the 2 tor daemons on the /etc/init.d using the Multiple Tor Processes example at www.torservers.net on this machine, and to watch if ArachnideFR94v2 launched by /etc/init.d is still working as well as today. If no solution appears, may be trying to re-install the entire system, and watch what happens would be interesting. If still no solutions, it will be complicated to understand ! Best regards, and thank you in advance for your ideas Julien ROBIN

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Re: [tor-relays] TTTT
by Sebastian Urbach 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Hi, I'm sorry but there is no Windows executable available or planned due to the insignificant number of Windows relays. Is it necessary to run it by scripts or is it possible to create a exe or dmg file -----Original Message----- From: tor-relays [mailto:tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org] On Behalf Of Sebastian Urbach Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2014 2:10 PM To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: [tor-relays] TTTT Dear list members, The next big data review regarding the "Trying Trusted Tor Traceroutes" project was initiated this week. It will probably take a while (weeks) before we have solid conclusions. We are very close to 100 complete runs from different IP's, in fact 99 right now. I hope that we will reach this goal very soon :-) We are not sure yet if we gathered enough data, but time will tell. We want to thank you for your support and if you want to make sure that we have more data in case the amount we collected turns out to be insufficient, then join us or keep running multiple rounds. Project: http://web.engr.illinois.edu/~das17/tor-traceroute_v1.html Results: http://datarepo.cs.illinois.edu/relay_scoreboard.html I make sure that this list is getting the results from the data review before anyone else. -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen / Sincerely yours Sebastian Urbach ---------------------------------------------- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ---------------------------------------------- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Inventor, journalist, printer, diplomat and statesman _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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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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by Zenaan Harkness 25 Feb '14

25 Feb '14

I saw a hint of some interesting output by arm: flags: Exit, HSDir, Running, V2Dir, ValidleDebuggerAttachment 0' to your torrc and restarting tor. For more information see... This bit "leDebuggerAttachment 0' to your torrc and restarting tor. For more information see..." disappeared pretty quick. Any ideas what that would be? TIA Zenaan

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