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Re: [tor-relays] Does this mean upgrades are working?
by Keifer Bly 18 May '20

18 May '20

This output does mean it will do this automatically correct? Thx On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 10:29 AM Matthew Smith <matt(a)offtopica.uk> wrote: > > Keifer Bly writes: > > How will running upgrades every day effect my uptime? Thx. > > When an update to Tor is available, it will be applied and then your Tor > daemon will be restarted. It will affect your uptime, but all of your > relay's flags (like fast, stable, ...) will still be there when it comes > back online. > -- --Keifer

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Is running an irc only exit relay safe from abuse
by Keifer Bly 17 May '20

17 May '20

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Does this mean upgrades are working?
by Keifer Bly 16 May '20

16 May '20

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Port 853
by mnlph74 16 May '20

16 May '20

I'm running a relay and planning to put an exit at port 853 (DNS over TLS) Is this safe from abuse? Thanks for the help. Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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(no subject)
by Станислав 15 May '20

15 May '20

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How Many Mbps Does A Tor Relay Need To Be A Guard?
by Keifer Bly 14 May '20

14 May '20

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So running a new middle relay on ovh
by Keifer Bly 13 May '20

13 May '20

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Recommended router for 200+ Mb/s relay
by Secure Node 13 May '20

13 May '20

Thank you for all response. Old PC can be good, but it's not power efficient ;) Looks like Mikrotik: https://mikrotik.com/products/group/ethernet-routers have quite cheap hardware, but question is - For 1 Gb/s broadband with tor relay (set for up to 250 Mb/s - maybe more in future) - any of this small router will be enough? Example: hEX PoE lite It's powerful enough or I will need something much more enterprise grade? On my current setup with my home grade 1 Gb/s router my relay works quite stable, but with working TOR I can reach speed up to 450 Mb/s (150 Mb/s for relay and up to 300 Mb/s for other services or tests). When I stop relay - I can reach easily 950 Mb/s If I understand it correctly - my router CPU can't handle more packages / connections, currently nyx reporting: Connections (3053 inbound, 4151 outbound, 1 control) which is a lot ;) I really want to avoid using big rack type mount, noisy router with separate PSU. > On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 23:07, Logforme <m7527(a)abc.se> wrote: > On 2020-04-29 17:13:49, "Secure Node" <admin(a)securenode.pl> wrote: > >> I'm looking for new router for good price which can handle more >> connections and traffic ;-) >> Can you recommend any specific models? Should I avoid some products >> lines or companies? >> > If you have an old PC with 2 ethernet ports laying around or you can > get > one cheap I suggest you build your own: > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/the-ars-guide-to-building-a-linux-r…

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Exit stops after one year, then again after few days
by ylms 12 May '20

12 May '20

Hello all As written above, I run an Exit (for many years, with the current setup since 04.2019) but on 30. March 2020 it stopped, I was unable to determine any reason. So I installed updates and since there were some Kernel updates I also rebooted the machine. The Exit was back up and ran again till ~36h ago. Same situation again, I have no idea why it stopped. I now activated "Log notice syslog", I think this was in the standard torrc which is installed with the package of Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS anyway, but there is not entries in journalctl. Only Start/Stop/Reload events are shown in the journal for unit tor.service since 100 day ago. Can someone help me to troubleshoot this problem, could the fingerprint be blacklisted? In this case would the Exit come back up running for a few days as described above? Regards and thank you very much for any support. yl

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Does OVH cloud support exit relays?
by Keifer Bly 12 May '20

12 May '20

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obfs4 bridge port question
by torix＠protonmail.com 12 May '20

12 May '20

I am looking at the post install instructions here after putting up my first bridge: https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/post-install/ and thought I would try out the bridgeline for it. Bridge obfs4 <IP ADDRESS>:<PORT> <FINGERPRINT> cert=<CERTIFICATE> iat-mode=0 I have all the parts mentioned in the text except for <PORT>. I have ExtORPort set to auto, so I never picked a port in my torrc. How do I get there from here? TIA, --Torix Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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bridge down
by Anonforpeace 11 May '20

11 May '20

Apologies for the length but detail is important. My bridge pc's internal power supply had to be replaced, and was down for a week. After the replacement, I restarted the daemon and the tor service. Everything seemed normal except that it's not reachable from outside. No configurations have been changed. The only difference I see is a message in the log indicating that the network speed has changed/slowed down. The forwarded port in the router is the same. The torrc file has not changed. I can surf the web. Literally the only change is the replaced power supply. Any ideas? Thanks

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Re: [tor-relays] bridge down
by entensaison＠use.startmail.com 09 May '20

09 May '20

Hi, On Friday, May 8, 2020 at 7:39 PM, Anonforpeace <anonforpeace(a)protonmail.com> wrote: > I have the port forwarded. I've also noticed that the advertised > bandwidth is only 248 KiB/s on the metrics page. This is a first and > I'm not sure how to raise the bandwidth. Could this be what's causing > it to stay offline?? No. The advertised bandwidth tells you how much traffic you were able to handle in the last week. For bridges the advertised bandwidth doesn't influence how much traffic you receive. If you were offline for a week and your relay is still not reachable from the outside that's the reason why your advertised bandwidth remains low. Can you share the log lines that show your issue? Are you able to run a "normal" web service on that computer that is accessible from the internet? > -------- Original Message -------- > On May 8, 2020, 12:35 PM, Paul Geurts wrote: >> >> Option: Dynamic internal ip address so the FW rule does point to the >> right internal ip address? >> Machine has been off for a week so the lease could be expired. >> >> On Fri, May 8, 2020, 18:19 Anonforpeace <anonforpeace(a)protonmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Apologies for the length but detail is important. My bridge pc's >>> internal power supply had to be replaced, and was down for a week. >>> After the replacement, I restarted the daemon and the tor service. >>> Everything seemed normal except that it's not reachable from >>> outside. No configurations have been changed. The only difference >>> I see is a message in the log indicating that the network speed has >>> changed/slowed down. The forwarded port in the router is the same. >>> The torrc file has not changed. I can surf the web. Literally the >>> only change is the replaced power supply. Any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks

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Question on Unanttended Upgrades
by Keifer Bly 06 May '20

06 May '20

Hello, I am wondering, does using Unattended upgrades on Linux, when relay is configured using this configurator: https://tor-relay.co/ install tor updates automatically when they are released? Does the relay need to be restarted? Thanks very much. --Keifer

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IPV6
by Dr Gerard Bulger 05 May '20

05 May '20

Is there any work going on which would allow Tor to work with IPV6 alone? i.e. no IPV4 OR ports etc. Gerry

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Liberation Day article on running a relay
by Imre Jonk 05 May '20

05 May '20

Hi all, Today the Netherlands celebrates the 75th anniversary of our liberation from Nazi Germany by allied troops in 1945. Normally there would be festivities around the country with presence from organizations like Bits of Freedom and Amnesty, but those are cancelled because of the ongoing pandemic. That means that we celebrate from home this year, which leaves me with time to finish this article: https://www.imrejonk.nl/running-a-tor-relay/ The goal of the article is to answer frequently asked questions that aspiring relay operators might have, while linking to authoritative documentation of the Tor Project as well as this list for further information. Hope you enjoy reading it, feedback is welcome :) Imre

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Feature request to aide bridge operators
by nottryingtobelame＠protonmail.com 05 May '20

05 May '20

I brought up a new bridge and thought everything was fine according to the logs (OR port accessible, check, server descriptor published, check, etc.). I didn't see any activity on it after awhile, so I tried to test it and was unable to connect. Turns out, I forgot to open the randomized server transport port. I think it would be really nice if there was a log entry confirming the OBFS4 port is open and accessible. Currently the only entry you get related to this is "[notice] Registered server transport 'obfs4' at '[::]:35375'". Wondering how the community feels about this. Thanks.

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Again: abuse email for non-exit relay (masergy)
by lists＠for-privacy.net 05 May '20

05 May '20

Hi, got multiple abuse in the last 2 weeks. 2 relays with 2 IP run on the server. Someone is always hammering my OR port on one IP. (37.157.255.118:9002) https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/BD2A34ADE4E603A272FAAD23AEF3… https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/8EE44717FA55705C12086F3ECD1F… What can I do? Found that in the archive: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2017-September/013030.html the 5th complaint: ############################################################################################################## To Whom it May Concern, You have a system on your network that is actively scanning and/or attacking external sites on the Internet. This can come from many sources and because it is often difficult to detect this activity, we are sending this E-mail in an attempt to help you solve the problem. We have detected your system with an IP of, 37.157.255.118, scanning a client we monitor. This was not a short attack but a prolonged scan and/or probe that was designed to find and intrude into the target network. This may be someone on your network who is actively trying to hack others. This person may be a legitimate user on your network or it may be that this system has been compromised and is being used by someone to hack others. It is also likely that the system is running automated tools that have been installed to perform these actions without any human intervention. Below is the information about the attack. Keep in mind that the source IP of our client has been sanitized for anonymity. Date: 04/30/2020 Time: 11:05:37 Time Zone: America/Chicago Source(s): 37.157.255.118 Type of Attack/Scan: Generic Hosts: 10.10.10.182 Log: 37.157.255.118:9002 > 10.10.10.182:24562 Possible Cause: Thank you for your attention to this matter, Masergy email: esp(a)masergy.com -- ╰_╯ Ciao Marco! Debian GNU/Linux It's free software and it gives you freedom!

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by Станислав 04 May '20

04 May '20

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Recommended router for 200+ Mb/s relay
by Secure Node 03 May '20

03 May '20

Hi, I'm hosting 150+ Mb/s relay for a while now: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/333C874B532B3EA7E1A40980B765… I'm looking for new router for good price which can handle more connections and traffic ;-) Can you recommend any specific models? Should I avoid some products lines or companies? It's possible to get something usable in range ~£100 for used one?

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(no subject)
by Станислав 02 May '20

02 May '20

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Debian-tor Vs User
by Kathi Hilton 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

Switch from root to user = su usrname >Password. The problems start when I try and su to debian-tor. First I get a query for a password which it doesn't have. So I make a pass for debian-tor and enter it when I su to debian-tor. I enter whoami and the response is: user and not debian-tor. With or without a password it doesn't work. Secondly, if I su debia-tor > passwrd - sudo -u debian-tor nyx it produces a page and a half of pure gibberish. Sudo -i to root and enter nyx, it operates perfectly; and yes I understand I shouldn't run nyx as root. How do I become debian-tor so I can operate my bridge correctly? Adriann -- It can't be, so therefore it isn't - stanton Friedman

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(no subject)
by Станислав 26 Apr '20

26 Apr '20

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Why does my relay often appears offline in Metrics and should I be worry?
by Clément Février 19 Apr '20

19 Apr '20

Hello, I often check my relay trough Metrics, but it often appears as offline after some time, from couple of hours to few days. I think it has this behavior since December 20. However, my relay seems to run normally. I have the usual number of connections when I check in Nyx. I don't see anything in the log. But, in Nyx, I don't see the flags that I see when it appears as online in Metrics. What I do is to restart the service, but I'm not sure if it's what I'm suppose to do. Is there an explanation or can you help me to investigate this issue? FYI, the tor, version 0.4.2.7, is running on a Ubuntu server 18.04 within a LXD container. My relay fingerprint is 33D88F331408141F2A2CC563239E54E48F7A211B https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/33D88F331408141F2A2CC563239E… Thanks, Clèm

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by Станислав 19 Apr '20

19 Apr '20

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