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Nyx 2.0 Release
by Damian Johnson 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

Hi all, after years of being in the works I'm pleased to announce Nyx! A long overdue modernization of arm. http://blog.atagar.com/nyx-release-2-0/ https://nyx.torproject.org/ Even more important for our controller space at large, Nyx is coming hand-in-hand with Stem 1.6. A full year of improvements that include descriptor creation support, ed25519 certificates, performance tuning, and much, much more... https://stem.torproject.org/change_log.html#version-1-6 Cheers! -Damian

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Running both Transmission server and Tor relay
by Ch1keen 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Transmission is the open source torrent application which supports web-based interface. So when users upload torrent files from other computers to that server, it automatically downloads files written in torrent files. I used that at my home server, but I'd like to use my server as Tor relay also. But as many knows, running BitTorrent over Tor is really bad idea. It seriously harms security of Tor network. So I thought about the solution about how to use them simultaneously. 1. One machine, Two services. If that situation not harms the security, I will use them on one machine. 2. Two machines, Two services. Running that services one machine to one service to avoid the crashes between two. 3. Gave up running one service. If really no way to run both, I will gave up running Transmission service. Which could be best solution I will make? Sent from ProtonMail mobile

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handling of MyFamily for an outdated relay
by Toralf Förster 04 Nov '17

04 Nov '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Looking at his : I do wonder how to deal with deleting all /var/lib/tor/data2/* files of a Tor relay and running a new one with the same config (but now different key/fingerprint). I added the new fingerprint to the config, which now has 3 entries (the middle is 1 outdated): MyFamily 1AF72E8906E6C49481A791A6F8F84F8DFEBBB2BA,6EABEBF38CE7E3DF672C4DB01383606FE3EB2215,D11D11877769B9E617537B4B46BFB92B443DE33D Is this the right way ? I'm asking b/c I do see now "Alleged Family Members" here: https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/D11D11877769B9E617537B4B46BFB92B443DE… - -- Toralf PGP C4EACDDE 0076E94E -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iI0EAREIADUWIQQaN2+ZSp0CbxPiTc/E6s3eAHbpTgUCWf3YchccdG9yYWxmLmZv ZXJzdGVyQGdteC5kZQAKCRDE6s3eAHbpTuLJAQCAmqnYRI5y4NpShgQp7kcdSTC2 MfrsfHkH3aObifTJ1wD9ERBkJN6zAIY7usN6sPy4VfHzAjkGaMTDLoBlYRA2f1w= =EQTO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Monitoring multiple relays
by Xza 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hello, I have a couple relays / exits running. Now my question is : how do you manage them is there any dashboard or CLI tools to manage them ( statistics, ect.. ) I know the cli tool specially for Tor "arm" Thanks alot. - -- PGP : 29A4CE52 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQI4BAEBCgAiGxxEbyA8eWFuZGVyZXNvbkByaXNldXAubmV0PgUCV0SJlwAKCRBI of/XNyszSvv/D/9VtjI+bmiqK53v//StUbmpYjgQjYheYvwktFld+2XDURh52dmU sbk3lab2RS1eQJxjV0BVXMF9O2JUAlp4NA2UMpj8ZJlCk0h1S6p2o4/sAlsrHr8Z nb67HiaRIyEvi9cQiXFtDtK/onAkEuKskolyvh3ysJRRUubHSX1z8WuNJIc4xyGH ZpSLPGUOO6qI7mM8ztS0muEy1khmkHgtlyHi2l4K/NsW3I90cV3w6Db2AEnV6v1c tsfehqLExsHUdEo0U3hHU7yY1p2fzD5Z+C0tgVKTnP5Zus/Vr9OH/zFwxneo0E7a 5FHdnCZnNIG9W32uQgjDdmBEv/YFEd0um/vMWFGUehFANSt+DIps7E+AjwiJwm2i ov97JJurQkrSMX7ZchTEsy720Ju272olp2eDiHaXXTK2TkxcEq+d1gZfj7CXycPW 6mCrj6L6URJAZ34GJQfFFjv8QbFmKkAvGhxl/O8KXRbXxedbLH7PY73jmFjJcmxO +KnSeyqMe1KbzazYyFydP+VmgI2k1IlO89l8Jq1Gq9f2KOPY9UKFZjGDKLS0xGZW EnqU/KUINcrGejYFT8nYNxA+OFTd/ZGIX5qP4Vo5NsZ/pDLZjdxIcvHx1jjZbER+ 5Ku2bihm2KTNAGoYDqB3LGCm+QdEFG/p573xQCcXPk92GyhMJDi9EMPDgA== =mTa0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Exit offline
by D.S. Ljungmark 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

Sadly, we had some issues and had to take the modio exit offline for a while. We were seeing interesting traffic spikes on ipv6, and the pfsense firewall couldn't handle the traffic properly, so the relay will have to be offline until we got a replacement firewall in place. Try not to miss us too much. Regards, D.S.

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stability of "Sandbox" feature
by fatal 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hey, the Tor manpage still states, that "the [sandbox] option is currently an experimental feature". How 'experimental' is it with e. g. Debian Stretch and using the torproject repo? Give it a try, or wait some more time? tnx f.

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relayor v0.3.0 is released
by nusenu 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hi, relayor v0.3.0 has been released. https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor Whether you run a single or many relays, relayor helps you with running relays with minimal effort (automate everything). Introduction to get you started: https://medium.com/@nusenu/deploying-tor-relays-with-ansible-6612593fa34d 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 6.1 FreeBSD 10.3, 11.1 HardenedBSD 11 Ubuntu 16.04 CentOS 7 Fedora 26 Notable changes since v0.2.1: ------------------------------ - enable tor's Sandbox feature by _default_ on Debian based systems - add support for automatic use of OutboundBindAddressExit via simple on/off boolean (opt-in) - add support for HardenedBSD - add support for tor alpha releases on FreeBSD/HardenedBSD - add support for more torrc options - performance improvement due to the use of dynamic includes (ansible) NOTE: The minimal required ansible version has been increased to 2.4.1 due to show-stopper bugs in older versions. regards, nusenu -- https://mastodon.social/@nusenu twitter: @nusenu_

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Maximum of 2 Tor Instances per IP-Address (?)
by Petrarca 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

I read a few times at different places that there is a maximum of two Tor instances that can be run over one public IP address. My questions: 1) Is this statement true? 2) Is there an easy workaround maybe? 3) Just out of curiosity: what is the background for this limitation (if it is true)? Background: I was thinking about running several things on the onion network, e.g. one or more relays (maybe on different platforms?), hidden services (like wordpress, nextcloud), private tor client/access, etc. That would be all running over one internet connection with one WAN IP address with sufficient bandwidths. I probably could set most of it up on one platform/device but I think it might be better to implement them on separated devices rather (even different physical devices). Any comments are welcome - I'm always happy to learn :-) but

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Thank you to directory operators
by Tor Node Admin ＠ SechsNullDrei.org 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Good morning, Relay operators often receive gratitude on this list for running relays, but let's not forget the directory operators - those individuals/organizations who are more central to The Tor Network and run their directory servers at a higher personal risk level than the relay operators. Sincerely, Isaac, <mailto:Tor@SechsNullDrei.org> Tor(a)SechsNullDrei.org

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UbuntuCore
by Paul Templeton 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

These nodes are popping up everywhere - is this some sort of malware being deployed on systems around the globe? Paul

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