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Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito)
by saitosean＠ymail.com 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

I’m currently working with Dr. Virgil Griffith on Roster, a tor project that aims to reward relay operators with good relays. Right now we are brainstorming how to measure/quantify a good relay. Besides the obvious requirements of a good relay (e.g. speed, geo-diversity, constant uptime), what qualities make a relay valuable to the Tor network and its users? Thanks, Sean

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Re: [tor-relays] Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito)
by Magnus Hedemark 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

These ideas are quite good. I think it would be interesting for a partner organization like the EFF maybe to gamify Tor relay best practices by issuing Mozilla type merit badges [ http://openbadges.org/ ] to relay operators. Setting it up is not free, volunteer time is not free, but it's a way to recognize volunteers in meaningful ways that does not require sending out tee shirts around the world. Importantly, badges should also be revoked if a relay operator is found to be behaving in less than meritorious ways. This is easily done. [ https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges-backpack/wiki/Revoking-Issued-Badges ] Magnus : E0B7C731568AC72AE848EDE91F857A3FED19ED0B @Magnus919 Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito) Time (GMT): Jun 25 2015 15:12:17 From: moritz(a)torservers.net To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Hi Sean, On 06/24/2015 03:07 AM, saitosean(a)ymail.com wrote: > Besides the obvious requirements of a good relay (e.g. speed, > geo-diversity, constant uptime), what qualities make a relay valuable to > the Tor network and its users? George posted some ideas a while ago: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-July/007181.html I also remember another list of "diversity criteria" that someone posted, but I can't remember who or in which thread. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

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Let's talk incentives: addressing the social questions
by Ori Shimony 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hi All, I am an undergraduate researcher at the University of Virginia looking into the Tor Incentives Problem. I recently started running an exit-relay and plan on finding effective ways of encouraging others to do so as well! As a student of Computer Science and Anthropology, I am prioritizing both the technical and social angles of Tor's ecosystem in my approach to this problem. Thus far, many of the unanswered social questions regarding motivation and Tor have barred progress in efforts to scale the relay community. It is my objective to move this issue forward by conducting systematic research on the human-systems underlying Tor while developing proposals grounded in these socio-technical realities. One idea I’ve had is to discuss these issues and potential approaches one-on-one with some of the individuals currently operating relays. I think it would be really helpful to hear your ideas, questions, and personal insights on relay-volunteering and its future. If you are interested please email me at os7hf(a)virginia.edu with dates/times that would be convenient for a Skype or phone call. For general questions, comments, concerns, etc. feel free to respond on the mailing list as well. Thanks, Ori

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Ports 465 and 587 vanished from reduced exit policy?
by Mike Perry 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

It appears that some years ago someone quietly removed port 465 and 587 from the reduced exit policy at https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy without an explanation. I've added them back in, since these ports should only be used for user-authenticated SMTP, and not spam. Has anyone experienced any abuse from these ports that involved non-authenticated mail/spam? Otherwise, it seems that exit operators who were using the reduced exit policy should consider updating their polices to include these ports. -- Mike Perry

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Re: [tor-relays] Qualities of a good relay (Sean Saito)
by saitosean＠ymail.com 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Wow, thank you all for the suggestions! Hope to implement these soon. Would definitely appreciate more ideas too. Sean

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by Bruce Ganton 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

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Re: [tor-relays] Fwd: [Site5 #TZZN-12908]: DMCA Complaint: mybox.ganton.ca
by tqr2813d376cjozqap1l＠tutanota.com 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

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A bridge too far
by jchase 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Hello, Can anybody help me figure out why my bridge has stopped showing the flags fast, running and stable? Especially stable, I would love to get that flag back. I run two bridges, on two different Rasp Pi's, the one with a globe fingerprint of B08284109C72C81ACF5866A17A4CC64CE3E16499 . The other with a globe fingerprint of 1BCD3EBEFE17EEB86EEDE21D5E2DB8468E2864CF . The first bridge runs with obfs 3 & 4 on a Pi 2. It seems I lost the stable flag around the time I got obfs 4 up and running. The second bridge runs only with obfs 3 on an older Pi. I've read that the stable flag is quite handy. Any ideas about how I can get it back? Greetings, J Chase

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exit to youtu.be via germany gema
by tor-server-creator＠use.startmail.com 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

german exit for https://youtu.be/ is breaking functionality due to disunity between google and gema. since years now. anyhow german exits shouldnt block youtube ip's, now should they?

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Problems with second/third relay
by TORnet Zone 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Really need some help here, just cannot find the answer. I've been running 2 middle relays for a year now, from a home/business IP, one DSL and the other cable. Only problems were brief and IP induced all has served the system well. I recently attempted to add a 3rd relay on the same cable feed as one of my others, but there is no way the ORport will connect. I have DMZ'd the static address, forwarded the ports, changed the ports - the ORport just will not open. And yes I realize diversity is tightened, but I'm trying to help all I can on my budget. First - CAN there be two relays on the same dynamic address (different port numbers) ? How? Do I need some form of DNS service to help? Relay 1 is Linux 3.2.0-86 and Tor 0.2.6.9. Relay 2 is Linux 3.16.0-30 and Tor 0.2.6.9. The DMZ'd relay worked until I had to forward 9001 to the 2nd, then it quit. Uptime was normally 40 - 50 days until a kernel update, or something major. Both are old laptops on battery backups that never have power down. Router is an Archer C7, latest firmware. -Gumby

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