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Relay from home
by Jannis Wiese 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Hi operators, maybe this is a dumb question, but as I couldn’t find any real advise anywhere on the net: Does it make sense to start operating a non-exit relay from home for a longer term? I’m thinking about at least getting a T-Shirt (the more uptime, the better). However, my concerns are the daily disconnect and the dynamic IP. What do you think? Any first-hand tips are of course appreciated. Cheers, Jannis

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Consensus weight fraction dropping
by Tim Sammut 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Hi. My relatively new, non-exit relay has seen its consensus weight fraction drop and a corresponding substantial drop in traffic. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/83F56335F5E3615B8855EEC7AA5D6A0BAD010… It briefly had and then lost the guard flag, so I don't believe the drop as described in [1]. Is it being affected by the bwauth issues talked about in [2] and [3]? If so, is there a remedy? Thank you! [1] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay [2] http://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/4913/my-exit-node-suddenly-lost-all-… [3] https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2015-January/006055.html hope you are well t -- Tim Sammut ~ @t1msammut ~ tim(a)teamsammut.com

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08 Apr '15

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Re: [tor-relays] strange consensus messages in log
by starlight.2015q2＠binnacle.cx 06 Apr '15

06 Apr '15

Generally openssl security fixes do not change API/ABIs. In this case I built the newer release without export ciphers, thought that seems an unlikely cause. Perhaps it was memory corruption. Relay is running on non-ECC CPU, though the system has never exhibited any problems related to memory corruption in the past. Network equipment unlikely--Intel server-grade NIC. Has been running fine since the restart so I'll have to let it go unless it comes back at a future date.

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strange consensus messages in log
by starlight.2015q2＠binnacle.cx 06 Apr '15

06 Apr '15

Does anyone have any idea what this is about? Is it serious?

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Re: [tor-relays] Unreachable ORPort - Potential ISP block?
by teor 06 Apr '15

06 Apr '15

> Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2015 17:27:38 -0400 > From: starlight.2015q2(a)binnacle.cx ... > > Can you connect locally with nc/netcat/ncat? > You should run 'netstat -nt' to check whether > you get ESTABLISHED since netcat won't > say anything if it's timing-out or > connected. > > As you are behind a NAT you need the > > Address > > configuration parameter in `torrc` to > tell outside systems the public IP. The Address configuration parameter is only necessary if tor can't auto-detect its own external IP. When tor downloads the directory, it uses the external IP that the authority / mirror supplies as its external IP. Does your tor instance download the directory, and correctly guess the external IP? teor teor2345 at gmail dot com pgp 0xABFED1AC https://gist.github.com/teor2345/d033b8ce0a99adbc89c5 teor at blah dot im OTR C3C57B23 349825DE 929A1DEF C3531C25 A32287ED

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Unreachable ORPort - Potential ISP block?
by CJ Barlow 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

I'm attempting to run a Relay but I haven't been able to get it the ORPort to be confirm as reachable. I've tried lots of things but I'm hoping there is something I haven't thought of yet that can make this work! I've got a 50Mbps symmetrical connection (without data caps) that I would love to have the Tor network utilize. Hardware info: - Asus RT-N66U running DD-WRT - Raspberry Pi 2 running Raspbian - SanDisk MicroSDHC UHS-I 16GB Here are all the steps I've taken: - Formatted the MicroSDHC with Win32DiskImager. - Followed the Instructables Raspberry Pi Tor Relay configuration guide. - Port forwarded via NAT/QoS then Port Forwarding. Protocol is set to TCP, double-checked IP is what is assigned to Raspberry Pi 2 and enable box is checked. - ORPort set to 9001. Also changed ORPort to 443, did "sudo service tor reload" and changed the port in the forwarding section of my router. - Tried router DMZ for Raspberry Pi LAN IP. I would really like to get this to work, if possible. I can't run an Exit node on my connection but since my connection sits unused for most of the day it should be put to good relay use.

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Re: [tor-relays] Unreachable ORPort - Potential ISP block?
by CJ Barlow 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

Just to update, I got it to work! :-) I added a Dynamic DNS to the router and once it was established I reloaded Tor. It immediately found the ORPort and then did the bandwidth self-test. ("Self-testing indicates your ORPort is reachable from the outside. Excellent. Publishing server descriptor.") I haven't seen anything else in the log, yet.

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Re: [tor-relays] Unreachable ORPort - Potential ISP block?
by starlight.2015q2＠binnacle.cx 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

At 13:56 4/5/2015 -0600, you wrote: TSLAGrin D0BA 2462 E224 2DE9 7F6F 7837 8F58 E63B AD51 88F8 Right answer, wrong question. Your relay is not yet published so it cannot be viewed in https://atlas.torproject.org Can you connect locally with nc/netcat/ncat? You should run 'netstat -nt' to check whether you get ESTABLISHED since netcat won't say anything if it's timing-out or connected. As you are behind a NAT you need the Address configuration parameter in `torrc` to tell outside systems the public IP.

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