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by deadcow＠tuta.io 01 Dec '18

01 Dec '18

i needed som fast help i tried IRC .... started well and when iv got help a= nd pasted the whole torrc file ... bot kicked me out i cant log in ive got = this answer deadcow sets mode +i on deadcow -NickServ- This nickname is registered and protected.=C2=A0 If it is your n= ickname, you may -NickServ- authenticate yourself to services with the IDENTIFY command.=C2= =A0 You are -NickServ- getting this message because you are not on the access list for = the -NickServ- deadcow nickname. * #tor-relays :Cannot join channel (Need to be identified and verified to j= oin this channel, '/msg NickServ help' to learn how to register and verify.= ) how do i get back to the chat ? ive never used irc :( anyway tha question was about bridge. i've started but i have no logs and dont know what is wrong. VPN is off. end of torrc #Bridge config RunAsDaemon 1 ORPort 9001 BridgeRelay 1 ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy # For a fixed obfs4 port (i.e. 9002), uncomment the following line. #ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:9002 # Local communication port between Tor and obfs4. Always set this to "auto"= . "Ext" means # "extended", not "external". Don't try to set a specific port number, nor = listen on 0.0.0.0. ExtORPort auto #Set your bridge nickname and contact info ContactInfo deadcow(a)tuta.io <mailto:deadcow@tuta.io> <mailto:deadcow@tuta.io <mailto:deadcow@tuta.io>> Nickname deadcow something is wrong but what :) thx for help --- Google, Facebook, The government and others are spying on your emails! DO YOU LIKE IT? If not, CHANGE! Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! https://tutanota.com

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Conrad Rockenhaus
by torix＠protonmail.com 30 Nov '18

30 Nov '18

Dear All, Has anyone news of Conrad? His servers at greypony have been down a week, which is worrying. TIA, --Torix Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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Re: [tor-relays] Relay with VPN
by deadcow＠tuta.io 30 Nov '18

30 Nov '18

Hi thanks for the answers. I understand your answers. I can not agree or disagree because I have no idea about it so I believe you and I wont do Relay with VPN :) I am using VPN all the time and I wanted to try run relay.... what you say make sense, so for the time I try, i'll disconnect VPN. I just want to see that my internet is good enough to run it 10/1 but as i've read in the instructions maybe bridge would be better for me ... i have access to internet 120/10 so i could set up relay on that but i need a PC with linux and remote control so getting complicated ... first try out what i have, if cool, later try more and more :) I love the concept of tor, I'd like to promote it :) question: can be laptop ? i think why not, but maybe i'm wrong thanks for helps :) --- Google, Facebook, The government and others are spying on your emails! DO YOU LIKE IT? If not, CHANGE! Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! https://tutanota.com Nov 28, 2018, 11:53 PM by tor-relays-request(a)lists.torproject.org: > Send tor-relays mailing list submissions to > > tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org <mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays <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 <mailto:tor-relays-request@lists.torproject.org> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > tor-relays-owner(a)lists.torproject.org <mailto:tor-relays-owner@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: Relay with VPN (s7r) > 2. Compatibility issue with OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Nick Mathewson) > 3. Re: Relay with VPN (Roger Dingledine) > 4. Re: tor relay warning - what is mean ? (> dlugasny(a)protonmail.com <mailto:dlugasny@protonmail.com>> ) > 5. Re: Relay with VPN (teor) > 6. Re: tor relay warning - what is mean ? (teor) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 14:23:38 +0200 > From: s7r <> s7r(a)sky-ip.org <mailto:s7r@sky-ip.org>> > > To: > tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org <mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org> > Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Relay with VPN > Message-ID: <> eba112e6-f60b-6278-2bf3-e86c34dc0dc4(a)sky-ip.org <mailto:eba112e6-f60b-6278-2bf3-e86c34dc0dc4@sky-ip.org>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 11:18 PM, > deadcow(a)tuta.io <mailto:deadcow@tuta.io>> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, first time ever using mailing lists. Please let me know if something I'm doing wrong. >> >> I'd like to run a middle relay. >> I'm using Linux mint 19 >> >> The question. Can i set up relay through VPN? (nordvpn) >> Or if i want relay i have to stop using vpn? >> Thank you for help >> >> >> --- >> Google, Facebook, The government and others are spying on your emails! >> DO YOU LIKE IT? If not, CHANGE! >> Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! >> https://tutanota.com <https://tutanota.com> >> > > Hello, > > Thanks for your interest in running a relay. > > You say you want to run a middle relay, why do you want to run it behind > a VPN in this case? Middle relays get no abuse complaints or anything as > they can not be used as exit points. Maybe you can explain to us why you > think you need to run your middle relay behind a VPN, do you have a > particular reason? Because for Tor running a relay behind a VPN is not a > + on security or privacy at all, instead it just complicates things. > > Secondly, if you have justified reason to still want to use a VPN on a > middle relay, here are some things you need to take into consideration > as well as disadvantages: > > - you will have higher latency; > - the bandwidth of your relay will be of the speed of the VPN itself, > and shared VPN usually are slow for high grade server connections that > run 24x7 with constant bandwidth usage; > - when the VPN tunnel will fail, due to an endpoint problem or internet > connectivity problem or route to destination problem, etc., the relay > will update its descriptor with the real IP address instead of the VPN > address, and when the VPN tunnel connects again change again and so on > until clients will be confused. One way around this is for your to > specify 'Address' in torrc and bind to explicit <address>:<port>. > > - you don't need just any VPN, you need a VPN with a public and static > IP address, so that you can actually open ports on that IP address > applications can bind and listen to certain ports. A normal shared VPN > that just changes the IP address for browsing is not sufficient, because > that does not assign a public static IP address directly. > > There are VPN services out there that offer public and static IP > addresses, but they are more expensive. > > - you should tell the VPN provider that you plan to use the maximum > available bandwidth 24x7, because all say it's unlimited because they > think "nobody will use that much", but when running Tor relays this is > not true. > >

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tor relay warning - what is mean ?
by dlugasny＠protonmail.com 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

Hi, does any could tell me what is mean that Warn ? 16:32:33 [WARN] {BUG} Bug: 0x1076f25 <_start+0xa5> at /usr/local/bin/tor (on Tor 0.3.4.9 4ec3ccf2863b86e7) │ 16:32:33 [WARN] {BUG} Bug: 0x1077119 <main+0x19> at /usr/local/bin/tor (on Tor 0.3.4.9 4ec3ccf2863b86e7) │ 16:32:33 [WARN] {BUG} Bug: 0x107727c <tor_main+0x4c> at /usr/local/bin/tor (on Tor 0.3.4.9 4ec3ccf2863b86e7) │ 16:32:33 [WARN] {BUG} Bug: 0x107bfe9 <tor_run_main+0xb9> at /usr/local/bin/tor (on Tor 0.3.4.9 4ec3ccf2863b86e7) │ 16:32:33 [WARN] {BUG} Bug: 0x107a221 <do_main_loop+0x411> at /usr/local/bin/tor (on Tor 0.3.4.9 4ec3ccf2863b86e7) ─┘ 16:32:33 [WARN] {BUG} Bug: 0x801b4de1f <event_base_loop+0x51f> at /usr/local/lib/libevent-2.1.so.6 (on Tor 0.3.4.9 4ec3ccf2863b86e7) I extracted that from Nyx. FreeBSD 11.1 Cheers Dlugasny Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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Relay with VPN
by deadcow＠tuta.io 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

Hi everyone, first time ever using mailing lists. Please let me know if something I'm doing wrong. I'd like to run a middle relay. I'm using Linux mint 19 The question. Can i set up relay through VPN? (nordvpn) Or if i want relay i have to stop using vpn? Thank you for help --- Google, Facebook, The government and others are spying on your emails! DO YOU LIKE IT? If not, CHANGE! Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! https://tutanota.com

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Is There A Windows CMD Command To Update Tor.exe?
by Keifer Bly 28 Nov '18

28 Nov '18

Hello, so today when I started my bridge relay, tor popped up with a warning saying this WARNING: According to directory authorities, this version of tor [0.3.4.8] is out of date or no longer recommended. I am running the obfs4 bridge via tor expert bundle, and was told previously that that is updated when the tor browser is updated, but am wondering, seeing as there is a way to do this on MacOS and Linux, is there a way to update the tor process (I guess I would also need to update the obfs4 exe process) via the Windows command line? Thank you.

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Re: [tor-relays] tor relay - impact on e-mail system reputation
by starlight.2018q2＠binnacle.cx 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

If you have a good deal on a powerful VPS you wish to run as a relay, suggest you rent a second dirt-cheap low resource VPS for email. MTA softwares tolerate flaky connectivity and system performance well. RBLs are a fact of life. I use them to great benefit on my MTAs. Reason no-port-25 exits are blacklisted is that web-form spammers use them. Here are two excellent resources for viewing the blacklist status of IP addresses (helpful to check IPs, when known, before purchase): http://multirbl.valli.org/lookup/x.x.x.x.html # single IP https://www.senderbase.org/lookup/?search_string=x.x.x.x/24 # block, directs to Talos The lists which matter most are Spamhaus, CBL and Barracuda. Good luck with it! On 2Thu Nov 22 13:08:55 UTC 2018, Artem Dziubenko wrote: > >Hi, > >no its not possible. This is powerful VPS with single IP. I simply do not >want to have blacklisted IP because tor relay is running on it. > >In the past many times IP was blaclisted and afterwards I had >several problems with email delivery. > >I do not understand why rbls blocking tor non exit relay ip's... It stupid... > >Cheers >Dlugasny > >Sent from ProtonMail mobile > >-------- Original Message -------- >On 22 Nov 2018, 08:30, Artem Dziubenko wrote: > >> Is it possible to get a second IP address for that server from your ISP? >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >>> Hi, >>> >>> I haven an e-mail server which has a lot of not consumed >>> resources (CPU/Traffic etc.). Base on my practice I know that my >>> E-mail server will loose reputation if Tor relay will run on the same IP. >>> >>> Is there any other way to utilize resources of that machine without >>>> any reputation impact on the IP. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any feedback. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Dlugasny

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Raspberry pi 3 relay performace
by tor_manager＠autistici.org 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Hello everyone, I have a tor relay running on a raspberry with raspbian 9 and tor version 3.4.8, everything is working fine for more then a year. I noticed that the average download/upload is just 1.5 MB and the peak 3.3 MB The Bandwidth configuration is the following: BandwidthRate 9 MB BandwidthBurst 10 MB RelayBandwidthRate 9 MB RelayBandwidthBurst 10 MB MaxAdvertisedBandwidth 9 MB It doesn't look the CPU or memory usage are too high. Is this something normal? How can I improve the performance? Thanks a lot

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How To Update The Tor Expert Bundle To Tor 0.3.4.9
by Keifer Bly 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Hello, So I am running an obfscated bridge on Windows 10 via the tor expert bundle, which, even when I tried downloading it today, is running tor 0.3.4.8. I was unaware that tor 0.3.4.9 had been released due to this. Do to being away from where the relay is running, I will not be able to update it for about 4 days, but how could I update the tor expert bundle to tor 0,3,4,9? How could I update the tor expert bundle to the newest tor in general? Thank you.

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Is the public information for relays trustable?
by Gunnar Wolf 25 Nov '18

25 Nov '18

Hi, I just asked a superset of this question to the IRC channel - But I want to be able to better refer to the subset that wasn't answered there ;-) I am working together with some other people to increase the number of relays in Mexico. We have finally started to increase the number - from our usual two active relays to four, still WAY too low, but it's a beginning: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/country:mx But there are some issues / questions bugging me: When we set out to pursue this, we faced the reality that most Mexican ISPs block Tor relays in some way or another: The main ISP in the country (Telmex / Infinitum / Uninet, depending on the business branch in question) blocks all communication to seven of the dirauths, thereby making it impossible to operate a relay (although bridges do work); many other ISPs employ a set of nested NAT systems, making it impossible for external computers to reach a server inside it... However, we have at least one relay claiming to be from Uninet (5F6E720D7F0A95D6276B6F6DF8C210735A331B9D - Not currently online, but made it to the consensus at least at several points over the past months). We also have some in an ISP that gives addresses behind multiple layers of NAT and are unworkable (FF3FF664B0811B2E3C237BECA4382966AD9E393C, 6E483A91105C647A65ED04E1CB637AAD84F5943F) So... Is this information right? Can this be in some way spoofed? How should I interpret this? Thanks,

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