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Tor non-exit relays and Hulu in 2021
by Neel Chauhan 18 Aug '21

18 Aug '21

Hi tor-relays@, Long time no see. Lately I'm more involved with the FreeBSD community, but I still run Tor relays though! I'm moving into a new house in Seattle, WA which has CenturyLink Fiber. However, I'm moving in with people who watch Hulu. I remember Hulu blocked Tor middle relay IPs back in 2016-7, but haven't seen recent information on this. Does Hulu still block Tor middle relay IPs in 2021? I'm also considering adding a static IP block but not sure if CenturyLink is willing to give static IPs to me. I signed up for a "business" account but since it's a "residential" address CL's systems may not 'allow' this [1], so that's why I'm asking. Comcast is not an option for me despite technically being "available" for obvious well-documented reasons. After all, CenturyLink is giving me 1 Gbps Fiber, not 1.5 Mbps DSL. -Neel Chauhan === FOOTNOTES === [1] - https://www.reddit.com/r/centurylink/comments/p6cs1t/cbrasstatic_ip_block_w…

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prometheus onion service exporter
by Fran 15 Aug '21

15 Aug '21

Hey, I recently stumbled over a prometheus exporter for onion services: https://github.com/systemli/prometheus-onion-service-exporter Maybe this is of interest for some of you... fran

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Move or Recreate
by Eddie 15 Aug '21

15 Aug '21

I'm thinking of switching a couple of the VPS servers I have, where I'm running both relays and bridges. (On separate VPSs, obviously). I know how to maintain the keys for both relays and bridges for the replacements, but was wondering exactly what does that buy me, as both will now be running at different IPv4/6 addresses. As opposed to just blowing away the current ones and starting fresh copies. Cheers.

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FallbackDirectoryMirrors relay IP change
by Cristian Consonni 04 Aug '21

04 Aug '21

Hi, After 7+ years of running a relay on DigitalOcean, I have decided to move it somewhere else, as there are cheaper options. I kept the same keys and fingerprint and it seems that it has been picked up correctly on Atlas/Tor metrics, as it is showing with the new IP. I believe that this relay was listed as a fallback directory mirror - how can I check this? According to the doc[1] I should open a ticket to signal the change or write here. The link[2] for opening the ticket seems broken, so here I am. Also, I am wondering if I should have done this *before* moving the relay, if that's the case I think it could be worth putting a note in the FAQ about upgrading/moving a node[3]. Best, Cristian [1]: https://gitlab.torproject.org/legacy/trac/-/wikis/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirr… [2]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/newticket?keywords=fallback-change… [3]: https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#UpgradeOrMove

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Is my node dropping packets?
by Marco Predicatori 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

Hi, my Tor node is inside a local network protected by a firewall. Only port 9001 is NATted towards the Tor server. Moreover, I have iptables active on the Tor server itself. The outer firewall blocks any incoming packet except for packets on port 9001 and returning packets from established connections. My iptables blocks several packets which were allowed through by the outer firewall, where I assume they are recognized as returning packets from established connections. Then my local iptables drops them. I can't understand why. You can find here an extract from my Tor node "iptables -L -n" and a typical day's log of dropped packets on the Tor node: https://easyupload.io/m/48if5l Many packets coming from other Tor nodes where dropped. The Tor log doesn't mention any problem. What may be wrong? -- Bye, Marco https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/A4E74410D83705EEFF24BC265DE2…

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Question about Tor updates
by potlatch 31 Jul '21

31 Jul '21

Hello Tor people, I have several Tor relays in a developing country so I suspect their VPS and network expertise may be developing as well. When I update my ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa) I get the following message: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org focal InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386' Everything else updates fine. The cpus are AMD Ryzen 5 6-core. I see cpus as 32-bit and 64-bit. The installation has been working for over 1-year. Did I install the wrong Tor? (It's 0.4.5.9) Is there a soft/hardware conflict? --potlatch Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.

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My Family
by Kathi 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

Hi - I'm running three relays. Is it necessary to list all three relays in my family on each relay? Thank you! :-)

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Relay Bandwidth/Burst Change
by Kathi 29 Jul '21

29 Jul '21

I set torrc bandwidth/Burst to 5 MBs/6MBs respectively Then I get @7pm Local: Received reload signal (hup). Reloading config and resetting internal state. Read configuration file "/usr/share/tor/tor-service-defaults-torrc". Read configuration file "/etc/tor/torrc". After the above happens I'm back to Kb second. If I understand correctly, torrc is the 'go to' default and those settings [*should be*] used. So why is the bandwidth/Burst being changed? Which is REALLY annoying. There must be another setting somewhere in Tor that I am missing? Thank you for your help!

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Updates to Tor Bridge?
by doTheRightThing655＠protonmail.com 28 Jul '21

28 Jul '21

Hello everyone, I recently started running a Tor Bridge on my Windows 10 PC. How do I update it? Does updating the Tor Browser app update my Bridge? Or is there a method to doing this? Thanks! Sent from ProtonMail

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Relay appears to be broken
by Sarah Alston 28 Jul '21

28 Jul '21

Hi, I just setup a relay on some spare hardware I had around, but it doesn't appear to be functioning properly. It bootstraps fine, and the WAN ports are open. Additionally, the relay doesn't appear to be listed in the relay directory, either.However, the only connections appear to be to directory authorities, and for the life of me I can't work out what the issue is. This is the log from tor systemd service: https://pastebin.com/KsyNnBBq If anyone could help, it would be greatly appreciated.

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