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Monitoring exit node traffic by port?
by Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 10 Nov '18

10 Nov '18

Greetings fellow relay operators, Do you monitor outbound traffic from your relays by port? I run an exit node relay from my house allowing only "safe ports" that are not likely to generate complaints and I would like to keep an eye on how much traffic is coming from the Tor network through those ports to the Internet. Anyone? Do you use a tool like vnstat on the interface? Make your day great, Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions" Office: 715-377-0440, Fax:715-690-1029, Web: www.aileronit.com

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2 relays at the same IP address with a flat rate, 2 exits versus 1 exit + 1 non-exit
by Toralf Förster 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

I do wonder, if it makes sense under such circumstances to have 1 non-exit and 1 exit -or- would it be better to have 2 exits? -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E

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FOSDEM relay operator meetup
by Roger Dingledine 06 Nov '18

06 Nov '18

Many Tor people are planning to attend FOSDEM this year, and I've been thinking we should organize a relay operator meetup there. It's in Brussels at the beginning of February, so it's within easy-ish range of the French / Dutch / Luxembourg torservers partners. The plans are coming together here: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2019Brussels if you want to help make it happen. :) (This mail is a fresh thread, from an earlier thread on tor-project@ about how I won't be at CCC this year to help run a relay operator meetup there: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2018-November/002042.html ) Thanks! --Roger

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when do dead "Alleged Family Members" disappear?
by Tim Kuijsten 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

In the past I've shortly ran a relay that I have shut down because of performance issues[1]. But even after a month now it still appears as an "alleged family member" on the Tor metrics website with the relay that I'm still operating[2]. Since the peer is gone for over a month now and won't be coming back, I wonder when it stops appearing as an alleged family member on the metrics page? (it is also no longer listed as MyFamily). -Tim [1] 2C76951164C5184A3B8B7CC1914B34E4622B225F [2] https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/B183A69592D2E8C8C487C054D084…

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Why is my relay dying?
by Scott Ashcraft 04 Nov '18

04 Nov '18

https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/EC0ABA811E4EB33DAD8BC8B7037D… I honestly have no idea. I am running on Google Fiber and have set: RelayBandwidthRate 52000 KBytes RelayBandwidthBurst 104000 KBytes The spike in January is when I switched out some bad equipment. There were a couple of outages in late Feb/Mar for a few hours each, and then some (usually monthly) restarts since. I also at one point tried to add a Family Member which I have since removed. Other than that, there haven't been any changes to my setup. Aside from the addition, then removal of the family member, my torrc configuration hasn't changed since starting over a year ago. Any thoughts? I'd like to be more useful to the community,

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Running relay on vmware ? is it secure to use Tor on virtual systems ?
by dlugasny＠protonmail.com 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

Hi, is it secure to run Tor Relay / Tor browser on Vmware ? On my Windows 10 desktop I have installed VMware Player where is running Ubuntu. I`m using that system to browse internet using Tor Browser. Is it secure to use Tor browser on virtual systems ? Cheers DLugasny

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Re: [tor-relays] Running an exit node from home
by Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Good morning Spiros, You are correct in that I won't maintain the exit flag without ports 80 and 443 open, *and* I lose my eligibility for a free t-shirt, *but* I am not likely to attract attention at my home either. =) Make your day great, Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions" O: 715-377-0440, F:715-690-1029, W: www.aileronit.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/IsaacGrover/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqrwZNFKdR-guKtuQzFPObQ

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List purpose and moderation
by Colin Childs 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Hello tor-relays, This message is to make everyone aware of the purpose of this list, and to notify that off-topic posting will result in moderation. This is to allow the list to continue being used as a relay operator support mechanism, and to make sure the people on the list for this purpose are not driven away by off-topic posts. The stated purpose of this list is as follows: Support and questions about running Tor relays (exit, non-exit, bridge) Topics relating to this are encouraged and accepted on the list at any time. However, this does not include: Posts intended to troll / annoy members of the list Acting as a support, publicity or communications channel for specific hosting providers Posts regarding general tech news of the day The tor-relays@ list is primarily a communication forum for current and prospective relay operators to obtain support, plus share stories and experiences. Relevant discussions about specific providers are also germane, although any usage of this list for the purposes of publicity or as a communications / support channel for providers is prohibited. Thank you all for being part of the relay operator community!

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Running an exit node from home
by Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Good morning, As a followup to my last (and other) posts on this list, I have been cautioned multiple times of running an exit node from my home. After careful consideration and previous direct feedback from this list, I configured an exit node with the following exit policy, which allows traffic on ports that are "safe" in my opinion, meaning that they're not likely to generate complaints or search warrants. accept *:5228 accept *:8333 accept *:9418 accept *:11371 reject *:* Regarding these aforementioned cautions, they all seem to be based on dated posts and/or irresponsible exit policies. I would not open any of the web, email, irc, remote desktop, ssh, etc. ports on an exit node based at home as those would generate complaints and/or search warrants very quickly, so I am open to discussion about modifying the groupthink behind this blanket "don't run an exit node at home" advice. Make your day great, Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions" O: 715-377-0440<tel:715-425-0440>, F:715-690-1029<tel:715-690-1029>, W: www.aileronit.com<http://www.aileronit.com/> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/IsaacGrover/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqrwZNFKdR-guKtuQzFPObQ

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Re: [tor-relays] freebsd relay doesnt receive any traffic (after 1 month)
by dlugasny＠protonmail.com 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

Hi Matt, thanks for Your hints. To build my BSD relay, I used some of the available in the internet BSD tutorials. It seems that I have copied some parameters without understanding what for they are. I would like to run non-exit tor relay. Which parameters should I commented out ? Documentation, in did I have to read it, but it would be much easier (much faster) to have some example which user can copy with some small modifications. Cheers Dlugasny Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, October 25, 2018 5:11 PM, Matt Traudt <pastly(a)torproject.org> wrote: > On 10/25/18 13:05, dlugasny(a)protonmail.com wrote: > > > Hi, > > few weeks ago ( more than 4) I have installed Freebsd with Tor relay > > service. > > System is connected to Tor network since more than one month but I see > > only 1-2 connections per day. > > I had Tor relay service on my Debian server for many years and I havent > > got any problems. With Freebsd its pain, nothing is working as expected. > > Any how I would like to build more BSD instances in few different > > countries, but first I need to know why its not working. > > Does any one could help me to do some troubleshooting ? > > Maybe some of the parameters in the torrc are blocking traffic ? > > My torrc without Hashedpassword, Nickname: > > ########################### > > SocksPort 0 > > Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log > > ControlPort 9051 > > ORPort 9001 > > RelayBandwidthRate 400 KBytes # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps) > > RelayBandwidthBurst 600 KBytes # But allow bursts up to 200KB (1600Kb) > > ContactInfo Dlugas-ny <dlugasny AT protonmail dot com> > > DirPort 9030 # what port to advertise for directory connections > > ExitPolicy reject : # no exits allowed > > PublishServerDescriptor 0 > > CellStatistics 1 > > ExtraInfoStatistics 1 > > ConnDirectionStatistics 1 > > EntryStatistics 1 > > LogMessageDomains 1 > > AvoidDiskWrites 1 > > WarnPlaintextPorts > > HeartbeatPeriod 1hours > > ServerTransportPlugin obfs2,obfs3 exec /usr/local/bin/obfsproxy managed > > ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/local/bin/obfsproxy managed > > ExtORPort auto > > ############################ > > Thanks in advance for any support > > This is a very confused torrc. What are you trying to accomplish with it? > > There's lines indicating you want to run a bridge > (ServerTransportPlugin, ExtORPort) > > There's a line indicating you don't want your bridge to be one > distrubted via BridgeDB (PublishServerDescriptor 0), yet you wonder why > no one is using your bride/relay. > > Please read > > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide > > And don't set any options that it doesn't tell you to set. And don't set > options you don't understand. `man tor` can help you understand what > you're setting > > Matt

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