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ansible-relayor, how to ?
by Petrusko 01 Apr '18

01 Apr '18

Hey! I'm planning to try the "ansible-relayor" to deploy some Tor relay instances. If I'm not wrong, it's a main goal ? 2 instances / IP... (soooory for being really noob about this!!!) But I'm lost... not found a tutorial, step by step, you know the tutorial so loved by all noobs! For now, on a fresh Debian8 install, there are : - tor 0.2.9.8 (fresh install from depo, client is ok when opening log file) - ansible - ansible-galaxy install nusenu.relayor - git clone https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor (the folder is stored in my /home...) Will it configure (automatically) many torrc file per instance ? +every key files /relay ? (I'm not too much lost!) Do have I to do this install on every server built ? Or relayor can manage few servers on different locations ? Command lines list use this tool if available ? Many thx for help !!! (and hard work for this tool :) -- Petrusko C0BF 2184 4A77 4A18 90E9 F72C B3CA E665 EBE2 3AE5

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My middle relay has 2x the no. of incoming as outgoing connexions
by torix＠protonmail.com 31 Mar '18

31 Mar '18

I'm asking because before the update to the tor v. 3.2.10 it was usually about even. I've let things settle in for a few weeks while the throughput dropped to half what it was before, but the 2 to 1 connexion imbalance which started a few days after the update has persisted. Should I worry? It does seem to be working. TIA, --Torix Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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Hello relay operator aahana*
by Vasilis 30 Mar '18

30 Mar '18

Dear relay operator, I noticed that you added 6 relays [1], thank you! Please be sure to set the `MyFamily` configuration parameter on all your relays [1], so Tor clients are not at risk of using your relays in multiple positions in a single circuit [2], [3]. Thank you for running Tor relays. [0] https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetRadar/2018/03/28/a4 [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide#Importantifyour… [2] https://hackernoon.com/some-tor-relays-you-might-want-to-avoid-5901597ad821 [3] https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/endtoend-correlation-groups Cheers, ~Vasilis -- Fingerprint: 8FD5 CF5F 39FC 03EB B382 7470 5FBF 70B1 D126 0162 Pubkey: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x5FBF70B1D1260162

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"Your IP seems to have changed" notice
by Alexander Nasonov 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

This morning (9:30 UTC), my relay (nebo.xmmswap.com) printed 09:30:08.000 Your IP seems to have changed to <<Search Guide AS36029 range>> (METHOD=GETHOSTNAME HOSTNAME=nebo). Updating. 09:30:08.000 Our IP Address has changed from 217.182.198.76 to <<Search Guide AS36029 range>>; rebuilding descriptor (source: METHOD=GETHOSTNAME HOSTNAME=nebo). ... Six minutes later it was back to normal: 09:36:08.000 Your IP address seems to have changed to 217.192.198.76 (METHOD=INTERFACE). Updating. What was that? A DNS hijack? I'm running 0.3.2.10 on NetBSD. My DNS upstream is GoDaddy. Secondary DNS is OVH. -- Alex

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Hello new exit operator privateinternetaccess.com
by nusenu 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Hello PIA, I noticed that you added 47 new tor exit relays [1] and wanted to welcome you as an exit relay operator. Are you planing to run them for a longer time or is this a short term operation? thanks, nusenu [1] https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetRadar/2018/03/27/a8.html -- https://mastodon.social/@nusenu twitter: @nusenu_

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Please use mailing lists for questions
by teor 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Hi, In the past few weeks, at least 5 relay operators have emailed me directly to ask questions. I haven't answered most of those emails, because I was on leave, then at a meeting, then on leave again. I won't have time to check all my backlog for another 1-2 weeks. If you want a quick answer to your question, use a mailing list. If it doesn't matter who answers your question, use a mailing list. If your answer contains private information, redact it, then use a mailing list. If your question can only be answered by a single person, then use a mailing list, so other people can learn the answer. Please try really hard to use a list. Emailing a single person doesn't scale. And please don't feel hurt if someone asks you to use a list. It means your question is valuable to other people. T

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Decommissioning (middle) relay
by tor-relays 27 Mar '18

27 Mar '18

In case anyone is keeping an eye on things or otherwise monitoring relays, I have just decommissioned the relay "wsmith6079" (with fingerprint 01AE002B4E60AE5A8FF40FDB67260F85AB0878AE) within the last several minutes. This relay has been in service for a little over two years but, unfortunately, it's time has come. Thanks.

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My relay lost concensus
by victoring＠riseup.net 27 Mar '18

27 Mar '18

Hi, After a power cut a couple of weeks ago, my tor relay is not longer part of the consensus: B33BFA9AA0005730C1C0E8F7E6F53CF3C5716BD6 Current tor process has been running since 2018-03-14. How much time is it needed to come back? Cheers, S

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arm crashes
by smichel0 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Hello, from time to time, arm looks like below: https://smichel.ocloud.de/index.php/s/q2knnq3AD67rPjK But with a simple keystroke (arrow) it runs again. After a few days it seems to crash completely: https://smichel.ocloud.de/index.php/s/GjwdCLebR4iDkuv I dont't know then, if the relay is still working. Last time this happend, I simply startet arm again and it worked. But thiis way I will never reach the guard-flag :) Yours SMichel Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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relayor v0.3.3 is released
by nusenu 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Hi, relayor v0.3.3 is released. relayor helps you with running relays with minimal effort (automate everything). https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor Changes since v0.3.2: ------------------------------ - major workaround for an upstream bug in tor that prevented us from running more than 2 instances per server. This affected only users with a non-default tor_maxPublicIPs setting. (#153) Thanks to Tim Niemeyer (@RedDog99) (f3netze.de) for bringing this to our attention. - relayor now ships a kitchen file for integration testing (#149) Thanks to Ondrej Vaško (@Lirt) for the patch. Main benefits for a tor relay operator ====================================== * automation - no more manual setup tasks * security: offline Ed25519 master keys every tor instance is run with a distinct user * automatically makes use of IPv6 IPs (if available) * automatic tor instance generation (two by default - configurable) * enables tor's Sandbox feature by default on Debian-based systems * easily choose between alpha/non-alpha releases * easily restore a relay setup * easily choose between exit relay/non-exit relay mode * automatic deployment of a tor exit notice html page via tor's DirPort * automatic MyFamily management Supported Operating Systems ---------------------------- Debian 8, 9 and Debian Testing OpenBSD 6.2 FreeBSD 10.4, 11.1 HardenedBSD 11 Ubuntu 16.04 CentOS 7 Fedora 27 regards, nusenu -- https://mastodon.social/@nusenu twitter: @nusenu_

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