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Tor Relay Operators Needs
by Eran Sandler 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

Hi everyone, My name is Eran Sandler and I'm the Operator of tor4thepeople1 (98F44299592FC31FD3F2F8969D27374D00E96B9B) and tor4thepeople3 (CEACA34874EAD103D27CA6A7650B16112F12B209) - tor4thepeople2 had to go away, unfortunately. I also developed the gonionoo (https://github.com/erans/gonionoo) an Go wrapper around the Onionoo API. I've been running various tor relays and exit nodes since Sep/2015. Being a software developer by trade I've been thinking about projects and services that might help Tor Relay Operators and Tor in general and have a few ideas I wanted to pass along and see if anyone sticks. A few of the most notable ones are: - *Tor Weather Replacement* - ever since Tor Weather went down I've found that I actually miss it. It doesn't happen often that my relays are down but it does happen from time to time and in the past Tor Weather really helped get notified. A few things I thought about adding in addition to "Your node is down" alert are: - Node version is too old - New versions of Tor that are relevant to you are available etc - Sends node stats every given interval - *Free domain name for every Tor node operator who wants it*. A while back I purchased torexitnode.net and I wanted to develop a system that, upon verifying a running node (send an email to the published Email address of a node and verify its running) - will give a subdomain under torexitnode.net. I'm currently using it for tor4thepeople1.torexitnode.net and tor4thepeople3.torexitnode.net. I find that it makes things easier to explain when that's the node name. If you can get your hosting service to provide you with an updated reverse DNS for your IP address and point it to a subdomain of torexitnode.net it make it very clear that this is a Tor exit node. - *System to provide tor exit node verification*. Given a pre-registered app and callback and a fingerprint of a node it will find the Email of the operator and email a unique link. When that link is clicked a callback will be made to the preregistered URL - allowing a developer to verify that a certain node operator is truely the one accessing the service. That is actually needed for both of the services mentioned above. - *Simple package to run a webserver + customized tor exit node notice page* - similar to what I configured for http://tor4thepeople1.torexitnode.net. It's very useful and if we can get a super basic web server that only serves this page and would be easy to install (maybe even bundle with Tor) + let's encrypt integration (to serve it under SSL) it would provide great benefit to all operators. If you have additional ideas and or thoughts about the above projects or other projects please let me know. Looking forward to your thoughts. Thanks, Eran

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Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 89, Issue 37
by Bill Chapman 21 Jun '18

21 Jun '18

> On Jun 20, 2018, at 1:48 PM, "tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org" <tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org> wrote: > > +

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Relay bandwidth accounting
by Sean Brown 18 Jun '18

18 Jun '18

I just set up a new non-exit relay and in going through information to set up, I came across the T-shirt for contributing and in addition to running for 2 months it says "if you're not an exit but you average 500 KBytes/s traffic." What would be the best way to keep accounting of the traffic my relay is passing? I know of the metrics.torproject.org, is that all the project would need?

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how to set-up multiple debian relays at once
by I 18 Jun '18

18 Jun '18

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Spam Emails Received From This Mailing List
by Keifer Bly 16 Jun '18

16 Jun '18

Hello fellow relay operators, My apologies as this is not related to tor relays, however, there seems to be several spammers subscribed to the relay list. Every time I am involved in a discussion on this list, I receive 3-5 emails supposedly from girls wanting to meet up (for sex). The emails in question claim they are sent from email address tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org (and always have the same email subject of the discussion I was involved in). I am somewhat in a trap as blocking them with spam filters would block all emails sent from the relay lists address. I am wondering what could be done about this (the email provider in question is Gmail). Thank you.

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metricsbot broken
by Paul Templeton 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

Who ever looks after the @metricsbot@botsin.space its stopped working... Paul 609662E824251C283164243846C035C803940378

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Bandwidth limits for Fallback Directory Mirror
by Cristian Consonni 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

Hi, due to the new DigitalOcean billing terms for bandwidth (see this other thread [1]), I have limited my relay bandwidth to be sure I will stay withing the limits: ``` RelayBandwidthRate 360 KB # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps) RelayBandwidthBurst 720 KB # But allow bursts up to 200KB/s (1600Kbps) ``` This is the relay: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/1211AC1BBB8A1AF7CBA86BCE8689… The relay is also a Fallback Directory Mirror. I plan on keeping the relay running, but I was wondering if the new limits disqualify it or if they are a problem to let it be a fallback directory mirror. Thanks for you help. Cristian p.s.: I've also asked to DO if they could revert my last charges for the bandwidth, since they were quite steep and, frankly, unexpected. Let's see what they say... [1]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2018-April/015051.html

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FW: [#79576] Spam Emails Being Sent To TOR Relay Operators
by Keifer Bly 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

Hill all, I wanted to inform that I filed a complaint about the spam emails and this is the reply I got. Cheers. From: support(a)ioflood.com Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 7:43 PM To: Keifer Bly Cc: abuse(a)ioflood.com Subject: Re: [#79576] Spam Emails Being Sent To TOR Relay Operators Hi Keifer, I wanted to let you know that we've received your complaint regarding the spam emails and have forwarded it to the relevant customer so that they can resolved it. We do take these kinds of complaints seriously and will be following up with our customer to make sure the appropriate action is taken. In the meantime, if we can be of further assistance, please let me know. Thanks, -- Mabel To Input Output Flood, LLC We Love Servers web: www.ioflood.com email: mabel(a)ioflood.com Skype: ioflood_mabel_t twitter: @ioflood --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Tor Community Night / Relay operator night in Barcelona
by Colin Childs 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

Hello tor-relays, The Tor Project will be holding a community night / operator meet up after-hours at the 2018 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS2018) in Barcelona! This will be happening on July 24th, at 6:30 PM in the PETS main room at Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. At 8:30PM we will be moving to a near-by Belgian bar called "Belchica" at Carrer de Villarroel, 60, 08011 for food and drink. There will be Vegan options available. This will be a great opportunity for the Tor relay operator community to meet and socialize. Within this event, there will be a dedicated relay operators meetup, which will begin at 7:00PM. We will discuss common issues operators face, potential solutions, as well as how we can all help to grow the relay operator community both locally and globally. We'll be on hand to answer questions and want to hear your feedback about the community, running relays, and what we can do to better support you. Full details on the event can be found on our blog at https://blog.torproject.org/meetup-tor-community-night-pets <https://blog.torproject.org/meetup-tor-community-night-pets> I look forward to hearing from you / seeing as many of you there as possible!

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Tor Network Safety Precautions
by Keifer Bly 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

Hello, So I am aware that the tor network has some built in safety mechanisms to protect tor users from attacks (such as from malicious tor relays, surveillance based attacks, etc). I am aware of some of tors safety mechanisms; I know that tor will automatically switch out which relays the tor browser is connecting through so as to prevent relays from being able to log traffic flowing through them. I am also aware that tor browser will automatically redirect to https secure websites to prevent end to end correlation attacks on users. I am wondering, what are the other safety mechanisms that tor network does to prevent against attacks? Besides keeping the tor relay software on OS up to date (which I am doing), what are the safety precautions relay operators should consider (the OS my relay is running off of is macOS High Sierra). Thank you.

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What is the different between Tor browser and Tor source code
by dave` dave 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

I know that i can download Tor Browser and use it as a regular browser with a touch of anonymity. but, if i want to change a few things in Tor i can change in .torrc file like the ExitNode, EntryNodeetc.. as i have here in Tor's manual: https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en but, if i want to change a way more series things i need to change it from the source code for example the numbers of Nodes-hop make 1 one or 8 hop's: https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en after changing the source code i and to install it: ./configure && make install more info: https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-unix.html.en after changing thw source code as i want it compiled without any error's(Ubuntu 16.04 VMware). after the compiling im in kind of in dead end don't know what to do. i want to use the source code that i edit as a i use in regular Tor-Browser can i do that? Thank you!

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Fwd: Tor Guard Relay
by Keifer Bly 10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

This is one of the about 20 emails that have been received. Upon looking it looks like they are spoofing the [tor-relays] subject line. My apologies for the subject change but could not find a way to forward the emails without forwarding them from an old conversation. Thank you. (The subject this is in reference to is "Spam Emails Received From This Mailing List"). ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Becky Janet <beckyjanet335900(a)re.mexyst.com> Date: Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Tor Guard Relay To: Keifer Bly <keifer.bly(a)gmail.com> first you need to trust someone to find real sex partner. So if you want to find real sex partner then you need to trust me. Always i'm telling you it's totally f r e e. Just connect with My Private Page <http://datingflirt.info/1stold> by submitting you mail, name, age etc. I'm assure you if it's ask any cc then no need to connect with me. So just trust and try. Trust Me & Try It Now NCTB ; After completing this task check your mail ,Automatically you will get my personal phone no in your mail within 5 min. Just check your mail (inbox/s p a m) and call me asap. I'm waiting for your cam

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Tor Guard Relay
by Keifer Bly 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

Hello, I have one question. I have been running my relay “torland” at http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/router_detail.php?FP=db1af6477bb276b6ea5e7213… For roughly 3 months now (I am unsure exactly how many days). While my relay is marked “fast” and “stable” currently, it has never been marked as a “guard” relay. I believe being a “guard” relay requires at least 10mb/s for relay speed, but am wondering, do I need to configure my torrc file to allow it to be used as a guard relay and are there any risks for doing this (like there are in running in exit relay)? Thank you.

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Why adding more Nodes won't help?
by dave` dave 06 Jun '18

06 Jun '18

Tor use 3 noes to enter the Tor-Network. why adding more nodes would not help my anonymity, as more nodes i have it need to be harder to track me. how can i add or subtract nodes.

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Inbound-outbound connexion ratio in tor
by torix＠protonmail.com 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Dear List, Since I started running Tor 0.3.2.10 a few months ago, I tend to have 2 to 3 times the number of inbound connexions as outbound, as reported by nyx. I am running a middle relay on Debian, no special anything. Right now, for instance my inbound connexions are 2345, outbound are 861. The numbers never quite used to match, which made sense, because of tor overhead, but in a middle relay wouldn't they generally be about the same? Just wondering, --Torix Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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Reinstalling Relay
by Matthew Glennon 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

When I installed my relay last year, I foolishly enabled disk encryption. This has caused a few automatic reboots or power failures to turn into a weekend of downtime. Today (or sometime this week) I'd like to rectify this by reinstalling the OS. I'm going to backup /var/lib/tor and my torrc, but I wanted to alert the masses in case I mess up and have to start over. The relay will be down during the process, but it shouldn't take more than an hour or so. https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/924B24AFA7F075D059E8EEB284CC… -- Matthew Glennon matthew(a)glennon.online PGP Signing Available Upon Request https://keybase.io/crazysane

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Tor relay unstable
by Pascal Levasseur 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Hello, My very stable Tor relay 16102E458460349EE45C0901DAA6C30094A9BBEA is now rebooting every two days since May 31, 2018. Running Tor 0.3.3.5-rc (git-4fe9670741478750) on Linux with Libevent 2.0.21-stable, OpenSSL 1.1.0f, Zlib 1.2.8 You will find a short extract of the Tor log below : May 31 23:12:27 mkuktra systemd[1]: tor(a)default.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=7/BUS May 31 23:12:27 mkuktra systemd[1]: tor(a)default.service: Unit entered failed state. May 31 23:12:27 mkuktra systemd[1]: tor(a)default.service: Failed with result 'signal'. May 31 23:12:28 mkuktra systemd[1]: tor(a)default.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Jun 05 03:17:59 mkuktra tor[23419]: *** Error in `/usr/bin/tor': free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x000055ed468598d0 *** Jun 05 03:17:59 mkuktra tor[23419]: ======= Backtrace: ========= Jun 05 03:17:59 mkuktra tor[23419]: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x70bfb)[0x7fbb01af9bfb] Jun 05 03:17:59 mkuktra tor[23419]: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x76fc6)[0x7fbb01afffc6] Any idea ?? Pascal

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Refusing to apply consensus diff
by Logforme 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

I run the non-exit relay 855BC2DABE24C861CD887DB9B2E950424B49FC34 Two days now I've seen this in my log file: Jun 05 06:25:02.000 [warn] Refusing to apply consensus diff because the base consensus doesn't match the digest as found in the consensus diff header. Jun 05 06:25:02.000 [warn] Expected: 2E3DACFB12051F4A45F7F4DC062F6D47DC75DBA85EB72F8E5D43DF134940F2DA; found: 1573CFF458492B70BFDD4E91A594521C4DDD801B11936B8C148BF27F67736713 Jun 05 06:25:02.000 [warn] Could not apply consensus diff received from server '128.31.0.34:9131' (Repeated for 204.13.164.118, 131.188.40.189, 154.35.175.225, 194.109.206.212, 171.25.193.9, 199.58.81.140) First time I assumed it was just a glitch. Now I'm wondering if there is something I should do on my side?

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adding clients to obfs4proxy+private tor relay
by Hamid Safe 03 Jun '18

03 Jun '18

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New DNS related fields in the ContactInfo Sharing Specification
by nusenu 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

Hi, I added a few new DNS related fields for exit relays to the ContactInfo sharing specification if you want to contribute towards a more complete picture on how exit relays configure DNS. https://github.com/nusenu/ContactInfo-Information-Sharing-Specification#dns… regards, nusenu -- https://mastodon.social/@nusenu twitter: @nusenu_

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How to change Tor's source code
by dave` dave 29 May '18

29 May '18

I saw that i have this site https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-browser.git which have Tor's source code, i don't understand how it works. i want to change the source code in my computer, can/how i do that?

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Re: [tor-relays] Verizon AS701 blocking Tor consensus server tor26 (86.59.21.38)
by starlight.2017q4＠binnacle.cx 28 May '18

28 May '18

>Hi tor-relays mailing list, > >Good news! Verizon unblocked tor26 (86.59.21.38). > >I posted something similar on NANOG (with modifications for network people) here: >https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2018-May/095386.html > >Someone nice at Verizon must have read NANOG (VZ NOC people probably do >read NANOG) and unblocked tor26. Here is a (successful) traceroute: Thank you Neel! My relay along with all the other Verizon FiOS relays are now visible to 'tor26'. This can be viewed by navigating to https://consensus-health.torproject.org/ and clicking the 'detailed page' link at the bottom (takes time to load and render). https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/as:701

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Re: [tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 88, Issue 45
by Yash Kumar 27 May '18

27 May '18

Hi Olaf, Thank you for offering your help. I installed "ufw" and unblocked my ORPort, but still I am getting the same issue. Can you please suggest what else could be the problem ? Thank you, Yash On Thu, 24 May 2018 at 23:31, <tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org> wrote: > 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: Unable to confirm my ORPort is reachable (Luca Tortiglione) > 2. Re: Unable to confirm my ORPort is reachable (Matt Traudt) > 3. Re: Why adding more Nodes won't help? (teor) > 4. Re: Unable to confirm my ORPort is reachable (Olaf Grimm) > 5. Re: Tor Software Update Question (Keifer Bly) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 16:56:15 +0200 > From: Luca Tortiglione <luca.tortiglione(a)gmail.com> > To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Unable to confirm my ORPort is reachable > Message-ID: > < > CABvHF-vHSQUGQwpp3iu_vat1gv3gRtoi2ra_ASOi6ZchGLYzQw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > what about port forwarding on the router / modem adsl ? > Il giorno gio 24 mag 2018 alle ore 16:54 Yash Kumar <yashkr.99(a)gmail.com> > ha scritto: > > > Hi all, > > I have set up a tor relay on my Ubuntu machine by following the > instructions given in the link. To confirm whether the setup was done > properly, I checked the status using the command: > > > $ sudo service tor status > > > and was getting status as "Active". > > Further, I looked into the log file /var/log/tor/notices.log using the > command: > > > $ tail -f /var/log/tor/notices.log > > > and following was the output: > > > May 24 18:24:54.000 [notice] Starting with guard context "default" > > May 24 18:24:54.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 80%: Connecting to the Tor > network > > May 24 18:24:54.000 [notice] Signaled readiness to systemd > > May 24 18:24:55.000 [notice] Guessed our IP address as x.x.x.x (source: > 204.13.164.118). > > May 24 18:24:55.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 85%: Finishing handshake with > first hop > > May 24 18:24:56.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90%: Establishing a Tor circuit > > May 24 18:24:59.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. Looks > like client functionality is working. > > May 24 18:24:59.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100%: Done > > May 24 18:24:59.000 [notice] Now checking whether ORPort x.x.x.x:9001 is > reachable... (this may take up to 20 minutes -- look for log messages > indicating success) > > May 24 18:44:55.000 [warn] Your server (x.x.x.x:9001) has not managed to > confirm that its ORPort is reachable. Relays do not publish descriptors > until their ORPort and DirPort are reachable. Please check your firewalls, > ports, address, /etc/hosts file, etc. > > > Can anyone please help me with this issue? > > I am not able to figure out the reason behind this error message "Your > server (x.x.x.x:9001) has not managed to confirm that its ORPort is > reachable". > > Please also let me know if you feel there is any issue with the tor > configuration. > > > Thank you, > > Yash Kumar > > _______________________________________________ > > tor-relays mailing list > > tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > > > -- > > > > > L. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 10:56:42 -0400 > From: Matt Traudt <pastly(a)torproject.org> > To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Unable to confirm my ORPort is reachable > Message-ID: <00717b22-2471-5dc5-f4d1-352a455f6e73(a)torproject.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On 5/24/18 10:53, Yash Kumar wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have set up a tor relay on my Ubuntu machine by following the > > instructions given in the link > > <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide>. To > > > > [...] > > > > Can anyone please help me with this issue? > > I am not able to figure out the reason behind this error message "Your > > server (x.x.x.x:9001) has not managed to confirm that its ORPort is > > reachable". > > Please also let me know if you feel there is any issue with the tor > > configuration. > > > > Based on the information provided, most likely port 9001 is not > forwarded correctly at your router. > > Matt > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 08:30:16 -0700 > From: teor <teor2345(a)gmail.com> > To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org > Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Why adding more Nodes won't help? > Message-ID: <1B7BFAE4-778C-4D57-9E8D-0A9E0ECA8FDE(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > On 24 May 2018, at 05:00, dave` dave <daved7082(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > i saw that is a way to change the numbers of nodes in this site > http://thesprawl.org/research/tor-control-protocol/#creating-really-fast-on… > > any one knows how it works, there is not enough information how to use > it. > > "Since we will use the same node for both entry and exit, we must find a > node which supports appropriate exist policy" > > By default, recent Tor versions do not allow single hop exits, because the > exit learns the client's IP address and the destination domain. > > If you want this feature, run your clients and exits in a test network > with: > > RefuseUnknownExits 0 > > T >

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Running A Bridge Alongside My Relay
by Keifer Bly 27 May '18

27 May '18

Hello, So I am considering running a bridge alongside my relay gotland, as the network could probably use some more bridges. As I have said, I do not have any other network that I can run my relay from, however, what I might do is run my obsfacted bridge on a Linux Virtual Machine through a proxy server. Does anyone know any free proxy software out there this might be achievable with? Let me know what you think, thank you.

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New relay operator here
by privatesociety Tor 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hello tor relay community! I‘d like to introduce six new relays, which are operated by privatesociety, a community of people, which fighting for privacy based in europe. The six relays provide a capacity of around 300 mbit/s (total) and are hosted on networks, which aren‘t much used - so better for the tor community. I hope we are working great together. :) Look at meetrics for more details: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/family:7AF3F4E88A5AE224DB7757… Anyway: We are maybe setting up an exit in the future, but for this we‘d like to join forces with other exit operators like TORSERVERS.net to have better connections in case of problems. Does anyone have contacts, which could be helpful?

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