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I Have Worked Out An (Experiemental) Way To Run A Relay Or Obfuscated Bridge On Windows And Update On Relay "Torland"
by Keifer Bly 06 Oct '18

06 Oct '18

Hi all, I wanted to report a method I have found of running a tor relay on Windows, as well as an obfuscated bridge. So when I switched over to Windows, I had to start a new relay as my signing keys were lost in the transit. I decided to switch over to running a bridge, as I am running on a home router to cut down on connections, etc. For setting up a new relay on Windows, these are the steps that worked (cmd says I have generated a fingerprint). Step 1: Download the tor expert bundle from here https://www.torproject.org/download/download Step 2: Extract the tor expert bundle to the desktop. Step 3: Run “tor.exe” as administrator (doing so will create the folders were going to be running tor from later. Step 4: Open the “run” command. Using this, open “C:\Users\keife\AppData\Roaming\tor” (Where is says “keife” you will need to type your username). Step 5: Go back to the folder that the tor expert bundle was extracted to formerly. Open the folder called “Tor” and copy / paste all of the contents of it over to the roaming/tor folder you just opened using the run command. Step 6: Right click inside the folder, and select New -> Text Document, name the text file “torrc” and open it using notepad. Step 7: In the torrc text file just created, type nothing else but the configuration for your relay, for example Nickname torland SocksPort 0 ORPort 9002 ExitRelay 0 ContactInfo keifer dot bly at gmail dot com ExitPolicy reject *:* Change the nickname to what you want your relay to be called, ORPort to what port you are forwarding on, ContactInfo to your email address, etc. Go file -> save then close notepad. Step 8: To start a middle relay, do not click tor.exe as it will not recognize torrc in txt file format. Instead we will use Windows Command Prompt to ask “tor.exe” to read the torcc file. Open cmd, and type “cd”, then a space, then “C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\tor”. This will point command prompt to the directory where tor is. Step 9: in CMD, type “tor.exe -f torrc.txt” This will send a command to tor to read the file called “torrc.txt” in the file directory, and start a relay. Now, I will go to how tonight I was able to start an obfs4 obfscated bridge on Windows (at least to where it says I have a fingerprint and a “registered server transport ‘obfs4’). Step 1: After doing all of the things above, download the tor browser from https://www.torproject.org/download/download Step 2: Install tor browser, then navigate to the folder you installed tor browser to. Step 3: In the folder tor browser was installed to, above the “start tor browser” button, there will be a folder called “Browser”. Open this folder, open “TorBrowser” folder, then open “Tor” folder. Right click the folder called “pluggable transports” and copy / paste it to the “roaming/tor” folder. Step 4: Now to edit the torrc file to run the obfuscated bridge. Here is a somewhat example torrc file (my current one) Nickname torland SOCKSPort 0 # no local SOCKS proxy ORPort 9002 # public bridge must have an open ORPort ExtORPort auto # configure ExtORPort for obfs4proxy ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed BridgeRelay 1 # relay won't show up in the public consensus PublishServerDescriptor 1 # publish to the bridge authority ContactInfo keifer dot bly at gmail dot com # use obfs4proxy to provide obfs4 on port 80 ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\AppData\Roaming\tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:9002. To try running any kind of obfusacted bridge, try editing “ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec C:\Users\keife\AppData\Roaming\tor\PluggableTransports\obfs4proxy.exe” to the exe of the pluggable transport you want to run. Doing this, after starting it about an hour ago, has resulted in this output from tor, it is a picture on a google drive link as the list does not allow photos and there is now way to edit copy text from command prompt. Cheers. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aPVIYox5ZD_JwpqnRGFk-bGxDjRDc_OL --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Fast search for underutilized ASN space?
by Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

Good morning fellow relay operators, I am interested in reaching out to the ISPs in underutilized ASNs to share their acceptance for exit nodes with the relay operator community so that interested parties can set up nodes with those ISPs as they are able. Previously I seem to recall being able to use Atlas to search for fewest exit nodes per both ASN and country but am currently unable to reproduce that functionality in Tor Metrics, Onionoo, or Globe. So before I invest the time in such a project, would there be interest from the relay community in receiving such information? 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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Running A Tor Relay On Windows 10 (Was Continuing To Run A Relay On Mac OS High Sierra Via Homebrew After A New Mac OS Version Is Released)
by Keifer Bly 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

Hello, So adding to the previous discussion, I was not able to run Debian Linux on my machine, or the new Mac OS. What I ended up doing was formatting the hard drive (erasing the OS and all), then did a fresh install of Debian Linux, which after installing failed to load. However, what I then did a fresh install of was Windows 10, and it is successfully up and running. I have my relay fingerprint backed up. If someone could please send me the instructions for running a relay on Windows 10, that would be appreciated. I know I could run a Debian Linux virtual machine, but would rather not have to deal with VMs. Your instructions (or ideas) are appreciated. Thank you.

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The neighbour's cat just walked in.
by I 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

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Continuing To Run A Relay On Mac OS High Sierra Via Homebrew After A New Mac OS Version Is Released
by Keifer Bly 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

Hi all, So I am having a bit of a dilemma, the computer I am running my relay on is running Mac OS High Sierra, and despite the fact that Apple Support had priorly told me it would be able to run Mojave (via the serial number) when I go to install Mojave, I get an error saying Mojave “cannot be installed on this computer”. Ugh. As my relay is running via homebrew, I created a homebrew support ticket for this incident, and this was their response. “Generally homebrew supports only the last 3 releases, which would mean you have 2 more years of bottle support at least. It doesn’t mean it’ll stop working the day after it ends though. While having an up to date system is a good thing, the homebrew packages might very well work for years after official support is dropped, you’ll just have to compile updates for yourself.” The official homebrew support ticket can be viewed here: https://discourse.brew.sh/t/continued-support-for-certain-processes-on-olde… Seeing as they say homebrew supports the last three releases of Mac OS, I should be fine for another while. However, they hinted that the main thing that is dropped support for is bottles, so I am wondering if running the tor relay software via homebrew requires this process? I can’t really buy a new computer right now, and that’s the only available that isn’t a laptop, so I am trying to find available options. Thanks all.

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Greypony / Conrad Rockenhaus offline?
by Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

Good afternoon fellow relay operators, My exit node hosted with Greypony IT (ephesysnull - 2426F096372BCAB360B75D463AEBD7B7B8BFF0FF) has gone offline, greyponyit.com is also offline, and emails to Conrad Rockenhaus sent over the last week have received no replies. Has anyone else received a response from him? 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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Chinese hacking chips added to Supermicro server motherboards
by I 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

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Greypony IT - Public Statement to the Tor Community
by Nathaniel Suchy 04 Oct '18

04 Oct '18

Hi everyone, I'm writing to you all on behalf of Conrad. There have been a few messages posted here in regards to Greypony IT and a lack of responses from Conrad. Conrad is NOT ignoring you nor being malicious. Conrad had a stroke and has been seeking medical attention. Likewise he's unable to provide customer support or fix issues as he's in a hospital. The issue affecting several customers is at the ISP Level - system administrators such as myself are unable to SSH into the Xenserver to fix customer issues. This is something Conrad will have to fix after he recovers. I'm unable to fix individual virtual machines for customers until the hypervisors are fixed. It's quite possible that customers will choose to cancel services and/or switch providers and/or request an SLA Credit or a refund. This is understandable. We will address requests on a case by case basis as soon as possible. To address a few things I've seen floating around here and on a few IRC channels: 1) Greypony IT has not been shut down. We've been unable to address a network outage. 2) Greypony IT has not had equipment seized by LE to the best of my knowledge. Hopefully this provides everyone insight - I know it's not a solution but we want everyone to know. Cordially, Nathaniel Suchy

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NTP and tor
by grarpamp 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

Further NTP client variations... https://chrony.tuxfamily.org/ https://github.com/bsdphk/Ntimed https://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=dntpd&section=8 http://cr.yp.to/clockspeed.html

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Plans to add IPv6 exit nodes to list of Tor exit nodes
by Gabbi Fisher 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

Hi there! I wanted to see if there are any plans to add Tor exit nodes with IPv6 addresses to https://check.torproject.org/exit-addresses. I've observed some while using Tor, but do not see them on this list. Thanks so much! Gabbi

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