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Tor blocked in Turkey as government cracks down on VPN use (Turkey Blocks 2016-12-18)
by Ralph Seichter 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

https://turkeyblocks.org/2016/12/18/tor-blocked-in-turkey-vpn-ban/

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Flags?
by balbea16 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi There, I assume, that this has been discussed here already pretty often. However, it seems to be, that the "stable flag" is only assigned to relays with a static, or at least long lasting, IP address. It also seems to be, that the stable flag is mandatory to get the guard flag. If so, that would mean: Dynamic address = no chance to obtain the guard flag. Is that the truth? Tnx Mike

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asymmetry in connections
by Rana 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

On one of my relays I have 389 inbound, 38 outbound connections and 15 circuits What's the connection between these 3 numbers and why such asymmetry in inbound and outbound?

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Cloning a relay - duplicate fingerprint
by Patrick DERWAEL 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi list, I'm running a relay on a CentOS VM As I have lots of resources available, I wanted to duplicate that VM to bring more bandwidth to the Tor network --> cloned VM, changed IP and mac adresses, OS hostname, Tor nickname and restarted the Tor service Surprise: the fingerprint of the clone is identical to the one of the source VM I have stopped my clone to avoid any issue, but I guess I must have missed something... Any clue would be highly appreciated !!

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is it possible to relay using ipv6?
by Flavio Leitner 19 Dec '16

19 Dec '16

Hi, I am trying to configure a relay for the first time but I am behind a cgnat for IPv4. I have a public and open IPv6 though. However, ORPort doesn't accept [ipv6]:443 and it doesn't automatically bind to :::443 either. This is running LEDE tor 0.2.8.9-1. I couldn't find if worth to run over IPv6 or not. Thanks, -- Flavio

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"Up-and-coming" Ticket - 33C3
by pa011 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

Have Juniors interested in our work, likely to follow our steps or build new ones...need tickets for Hamburg 33C3 "Up-and-coming" would be great, but would consider "Standard" as well... Hopefully :-) Thanks and regards Paul

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zencurity.dk relays: MyFamily update required
by nusenu 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

Hi, thanks for adding an additional relay to the tor network, please do not forget to update your MyFamily setting - especially because your new relay is outside of the /16 netblock of your other relays. And maybe update your tor version (0.2.7.6 is fairly old). https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ornetstats/stats/master/o/potentially_dan… +---------------------+--------------+---------------+ | first_seen | nickname | MyFamilyCount | +---------------------+--------------+---------------+ | 2016-07-25 22:00:00 | kramse3 | 3.0000 | | 2016-01-07 22:00:00 | kramse | 3.0000 | | 2016-01-07 23:00:00 | kramse2 | 3.0000 | | 2016-12-16 14:00:00 | kramseturris | NULL | +---------------------+--------------+---------------+ regards, nusenu

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Netflix overblocking non-exit Tor relays
by Gero Kuehn 16 Dec '16

16 Dec '16

tl;dr: Even paying customers sharing IPs with non-exit Tor relays are now blocked from accessing Netflix Hello everyone ! After two very fruitless attempts to get the issue silently resolved through proper Netflix support channels, the time has come to make this public. As some of you have probably already read in the news, Netflix recently announced a crackdown on what they call "VPN Pirates" and what I call "paying customers using the same benefits of globalization that global companies like Netflix (ab)use for their taxes". They have now obviously changed their strategy regarding the Tor network. I am operating (among others) a middle-relay on a German residential fixed-ip VDSL-50 line (dc6jgk1/486740353B905AA4731F82C0B4CC25821A62C6E3) behind a NAT. Until 2 days ago, none of the devices sharing the same external IP address had any problem connecting to Netflix and there never was a Tor exit relay on that IP as far as I can tell. It is also obviously not possible for users of the Tor network to connect to Netflix through middle relays. As a consequence they should not be classifying such IP addresses as VPNs/Proxies and they should not be blocking them. This has been escalated and explained twice to "technical supervisors" in their callcenters. They did however not leave the impression that they a) care or b) intend to fix this at some point by parsing the Tor network information properly instead of using whatever cheap&wrong hack they use now. The official response from Netflix is that you now need to make a choice between operating that Tor relay (of any type) and the ability to watch Netflix. They also strictly refuse to refund any remaining credit in the customer account. My personal choice with regards to that blackmailing is as clear my next steps (conditional cancellation, 14 day deadline for refund and a legal challenge of their German AGB with regards to this issue). I am allergic to being blackmailed like that and being called a pirate by a service I legitimately paid for. For those of you who just would like to contribute to the Tor network without having trouble like that, please do not let this nonsense stop you. A more diversified Tor network is a more healthy network and I would really like to see more normal users operating tor relays operating in as many different locations as possible - including DSL lines "that are there anyways". If you do not want to be put into a position where you have to choose between your contribution to the network and some legal and paid-for entertainment, you might want to operate only a bridge until the issue has been resolved. If you already have the same problem, make it as expensive for Netflix as possible and spread the word about why this block (and geoblocking in general) is wrong. Thanks ! Kind regards, Gero / dc6jgk

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Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay from home - end of experiment?
by balbea16 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Hi Peter unfortunately your message is empty, it only shows the signature. This occurs with all signed messages. I have no idea how to solve the problem.Mike -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Peter Ludikovsky <peter(a)ludikovsky.name> Datum: 15.12.16 07:22 (GMT+01:00) An: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Betreff: Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay from home - end of experiment? _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay from home - end of experiment?
by balbea16 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Hi J. I know. But I need a fan on top of the sinks. Just the heat sinks are not efficient enough. -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Rana <ranaventures(a)gmail.com> Datum: 15.12.16 11:19 (GMT+01:00) An: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Betreff: Re: [tor-relays] Tor relay from home - end of experiment? I meant aluminum heat sink, not a fanHeat sinks do not make noise, they are flat pieces of metal with rib structure for improved heat radiation. You glue them on the chips that tend to become hot as they crunch your Tor relay traffic. But hey, whatever turns you on J

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