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create Tor-Guard and Tor-Middle
by dave` dave 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

i want to build my own Guard-Relay and Middle-Relay and use them. i already have Tor-Bridge and Exit-Relay and i want to add the Guard and Middle, but i don't know how.

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Tor relay marked as hibernating?
by Nathaniel Suchy (Lunorian) 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

Hi, The Tor relay https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/B0BF533DA3BC09DEEB4AF2BEC16F… of mine is marked as hibernating however I have not set a bandwidth limit. Any idea on why this is happening? Cheers, Nathaniel Suchy

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Timeframe for a relay to be removed from the consensus and tor metrics
by Nathaniel Suchy (Lunorian) 28 Apr '18

28 Apr '18

While setting up my fleet of Tor Relays, one relay IP Address 206.189.165.140 had a bad config so I decided to delete it from the cloud provider and setup a new one in its place. When will it be removed from the tor consensus and tor metrics for the downtime? Cheers, Nathaniel

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nyx tor controller password
by smichel0 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Hello! I want to monitor my new tor relay (set up on a raspbian pi 3 by migrating my former relay incl. keys) with nyx. When try to start nyx by "nyx" in the command line "Tor controller password" is prompted. I can't find a password except the hashpassword in the torrc-file but that doesn't work. I tried to set a password by "tor --hash-password <password>" but it didn't work as well. When I start nyx with sudo it works and I can see that tor is doing well. Any solutions? Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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reminder: Tor 0.2.5.x LTS will reach its end-of-life in a few days on 2018-05-01
by nusenu 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Hi, this is a reminder that in a few days the tor LTS branch 0.2.5.x will reach its end-of-life date [1]. Currently there are still over 440 relays (~3.2% of the network capacity) running that tor version [2]. Please upgrade to one of the currently supported tor versions: - 0.2.9.x - 0.3.1.x - 0.3.2.x If you are still on Debian oldstable (jessie) with tor 0.2.5.16 you have multiple options: - use the the torproject's debian repository (tor 0.3.2.10) https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu - use debian backports (tor 0.2.9.14) https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports/tor - or upgrade to debian stable (stretch) (tor 0.2.9.14) [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkTeam/CoreTor… [2] https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/#tor-version-distribution-relays -- https://mastodon.social/@nusenu twitter: @nusenu_

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What's the timeline for a Tor relay to start routing a large amount of traffic?
by Nathaniel Suchy (Lunorian) 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

I started to run a few Tor Exit Relays (My exit policy only allows ports 80 and 443 only to minimize the amount of abuse) a few days ago. Currently Tor Metrics shows the relays are only advertising 700Kb/s despite the fact the minimum port speed on the VPSes I host on is 100Mb/s. I've been told by friends of mine it's because it's a new relay - at what point does the relay start to route a large amount of traffic equivalent to the port speed. I'm hoping to contribute to the Tor Project in a variety of ways over the next few months and the summer and starting relays is a first step. Cheers, Nathaniel

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FW: Relay unreachable by authorities (Was: Re:Questiononrelay allowed downtime)
by Keifer Bly 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

From: Keifer Bly Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 4:08 PM To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: FW: [tor-relays] Relay unreachable by authorities (Was: Re:Questiononrelay allowed downtime) From: Keifer Bly Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 4:01 PM To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: RE: [tor-relays] Relay unreachable by authorities (Was: Re:Questionon relay allowed downtime) That’s what’s strange. I have double checked the tor logs and the only warning that appears is the “tor cannot help you if you use it wrong” warning; that’s the only one that appears. I did some research, and according to https://serverfault.com/questions/145907/does-mac-os-x-throttle-the-rate-of…, Mac os does have a maximum amount of network connections it does allow at once. To find mine out, I tried running this in terminal Launchctl limit maxfiles The return was this: maxfiles 256 unlimited. I tried attaching a photo of the output but got a message back saying it was held because it was too big (the file was about 6mb). I wonder if this would mean mac os only allows 256 connections at once? How could I modify my torrc file to not go over the max allowed connections by mac os and still be a useable relay? Thank you. From: teor Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2018 3:38 PM To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Relay unreachable by authorities (Was: Re: Questionon relay allowed downtime) On 27 Apr 2018, at 08:23, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly(a)gmail.com> wrote: My apologies. The fingerprint is DB1AF6477BB276B6EA5E72132684096EEE779D30 Here are the contents of my torc file (the isp beeng run from is Charter Communications, the only isp that is available where I live. You might want to use a pastebin service for large files. Or cut out all the commented stuff before posting your torrc. I do not remember applying any descriptor limit and do not see one here. The file descriptor limit is imposed by the OS. The default can be low. Here is how you can find out: Please check the logs for warnings and notices. Sometimes tor logs a warning when it starts up (for example, low file descriptors), and then the issue happens later. What’s strange is my internet connection is working fine and I am able to visit websites, making it not seem like it is overloaded. Tor requires thousands of simultaneous connections. Tor requires constant uptime. Internet browsing requires a few connections. It works when the network is interrupted. Seems strange. Does Charter have any strange policies against running tor relays (has anyone ever had a documented here problem with running a relay on Charter before)? Thank you. You should ask your ISP. T

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Goes the ORPort into "Consensus Weight" calculation ?
by Toralf Förster 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

For family:D11D11877769B9E617537B4B46BFB92B443DE33D - running at the same IP - I do wonder about the differences of the values 44300 versus 36800 (one is 1 1/2 year, the other is 1/2 year old). -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E

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Question on relay allowed downtime
by Keifer Bly 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Hello, So recently I had an uptime of about 3-4 days but then I had to restart my computer to install an operating system update (the OS in question being Mac OS X High Sierra). I know I am not to worry about what flags I have as long as I am not a bad relay, but am curious, what is the allowed downtime the network allows to do things like install operating system updates, etc, without significantly impacting time between failures? Thank you.

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Running relays in universities? Exit nodes, perhaps? Please share your experience!
by Gunnar Wolf 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

TL;DR - Have you got official permission to operate Tor exit nodes within an university campus/network? Relay nodes, even? Please share me how this permission was achieved! (or even if it was denied, please tell me!) Hi, I know this list is mostly technical in nature, so sorry for presenting a very different kind of topic here; I will send a very similar message to the tor-teachers list, but I believe the population of this list to be interesting.. I am trying to get my university's (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) OK to run an exit node from our campus' network. I currently operate one relay, am willing to set up some extra relays, and have at least one colleague in a different research institute with a relay of his own, but I believe we should aim for exit nodes. Now, I don't want to set it up in a rogue fashion, as I'm sure that the university's NOC or CERT would not take long to get complaints and require me to shut it down. I have already made an official request for the permission to run an exit node and (as expected) it was turned down. Quoting (translation mine) the reasons for rejection, 1. This assignation is not factible because the Tor network is not compatible with the Acceptable Usage Policies of RedUNAM, being this infrastructure oriented to the service of institutional goals. 2. While the Tor network can have reseearch purposes, due to its nature and the hiding of IPv4 addresses and anonymous connectivity, it is susceptible to be used by third parties from outside the University with purposes conflicting with those specified in item 1, without any possibility of control or regulation from the University's part or from your project. 3. Even more so: The Tor network, due to its definition and structure, can potentially incorporate third people with malicious or even delictive intentions, which would affect not only the computers or networks in your Institute or all of the University, but also networks outside the institution's control So, I want to gather experiences from operators in different universities or research institutions. Which way did you have to argue? How hard was to get this OK? Did you ask a permission for a specific project, or as part of your networking infrastructure in general? Did you ask this before setting up the exit node, or as a "fait accompli" gathering not-too-ill results for a given time period? Any help and pointers are welcome!

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