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relayor v21.0.0 is released
by nusenu 20 Feb '21

20 Feb '21

Hi, relayor v21.0.0 is released. relayor is an ansible [1] role that helps you with running tor relays with minimal effort (automate everything). https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor [1] https://www.ansible.com/ This version contains a bugfix: * the GPG key for deb.torproject.org expired and we shipped the expired version, we now fetch the public key directly from torproject.org instead of shipping it with the ansible role. The relayor signing key itself has also been updated: https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=A7B5DB91CE04C9E0BE66446B8CBE52BD4D705DE9 https://github.com/nusenu/ansible-relayor/releases/tag/v21.0.0 kind regards, nusenu -- https://nusenu.github.io

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TOR Exit Relay Bandwidth Drop
by pimpnet 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

I run a fast tor exit relay. It goes to 100MB/s easy after a few days but every 2 weeks something happens (no hardware/network issue on this node locally) and the tor bandwidth drops down to 1-2MB/s. Then I have to stop the tor service and start it again after a couple mins. Most of the times, I am not aware this has happened and the exit relay then takes 10 days to start pumping full bandwidth again The server runs Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Seeking advice from some big brains here, thanks.

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orport
by Anonforpeace 18 Feb '21

18 Feb '21

Hello: Am trying to configure my bridge according to instructions on Tor site. Using Ubuntu. No matter what port I pick for the ORPort I keep getting this error: Unable to find IPv4 address for ORPort 80. You might want to specify IPv4Only to it or set an explicit address or set Address. Have never seen this before. Please help. Thanks

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Optimizing Tor Relay
by friendlyexitnode 17 Feb '21

17 Feb '21

Hello everyone, I'm running a very small family of exit nodes (who are friendly) and was curious if anyone had any advice on ways to optimize their relay configuration? I'm running them all on Ubuntu 20.04. I've reviewed the [Arch Wiki,](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tor#+100Mbps_Exit_Relay_configu… but didn't notice much of an improvement. Anyone have an advice to improve Tor performance for relays? - The Friendly Exit Node Family

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Is my relay broken? No stable, hsdir or guard flags
by raltullou＠posteo.org 17 Feb '21

17 Feb '21

Hi, I'm looking for help because I can't figure out what's going on. https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/11DF0017A43AF1F08825CD5D9732… - At the beginning of January the relay seems to have lost the guard flag - A week ago I checked and noticed that the relay had also lost the stable flag despite having an uptime of >2 months at that point - A week ago I rebooted the server but the situations hasn't changed - flags are still gone - metrics.torproject graphs show that the server has been transmitting data the entire time - so it doesn't seem like I missed some downtime - Serverlogs show no problems - Relay has been running continuously for almost 4 years and only gets rebooted for kernel/tor upgrades -> so uptime and MTBF should not be a problem Is there a problem on my side? Is there anything I can do or check? It is a fallback relay - is it still useful as such? TY

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Huge increase in bridge connections
by Eddie 14 Feb '21

14 Feb '21

Just trying to understand if this is normal or if something else is going on. I have 2 bridges on a VPS. One is designated as "moat", the other "email". Until earlier today, for over a year, both averaged under 10 unique clients, per 6-hour reporting period. Today, the "moat" bridge, in a single period went from single digits to almost 300 unique clients. Is this normal/possible or what other explanation could there be.

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Bridge Location matter?
by Astroskis Lists 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

Hello, Does the physical location matter for a Bridge? For example if I'm able to put it in a unusual geographical place would that benefit the network? I'm asking because I believe when you request a bridge it does not take location into account so would it matter? Thank you

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ulyssa
by Anonforpeace 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

Hello: Does anyone know what repo I need to install for Linux Mint Ulyssa 20.1? Trying to update my bridge and can't find this repo. Thanks

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Re: [tor-relays] 'reserved' bridge distribution mechanism average time until use
by Robert Bloch 11 Feb '21

11 Feb '21

How long does it take for a bridge with 'reserved' bridge distribution to see its first user? On average.

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cannot update respository
by Anonforpeace 10 Feb '21

10 Feb '21

Hello: I hope you can help. My bridge is offline because: Please upgrade! This version of Tor (0.4.2.7) is not recommended, according to the directory authorities. Recommended versions are: 0.3.5.10,0.3.5.11,0.3.5.12,0.3.5.13,0.4.3.3-alpha,0.4.3.4-rc,0.4.3.5,0.4.3.6,0.4.3.7,0.4.3.8,0.4.4.1-alpha,0.4.4.2-alpha,0.4.4.3-alpha,0.4.4.4-rc,0.4.4.5,0.4.4.6,0.4.4.7,0.4.5.1-alpha,0.4.5.2-alpha,0.4.5.3-rc,0.4.5.4-rc,0.4.5.5-rc,0.4.5.6 When I try to update it I get this: darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:~$ lsb_release -c Codename: ulyssa darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:~$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list bash: cd: /etc/apt/sources.list: Not a directory darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:~$ cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ ls official-package-repositories.list tor-project.list darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ lsb_release -c Codename: ulyssa darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ wget -qO- https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E8… | gpg --import gpg: key EE8CBC9E886DDD89: 83 signatures not checked due to missing keys gpg: error writing keyring '/home/darkhoodie/.gnupg/pubring.kbx': Permission denied gpg: error reading '[stdin]': Permission denied gpg: import from '[stdin]' failed: Permission denied gpg: Total number processed: 0 darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo wget -qO- https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E8… | gpg --import gpg: key EE8CBC9E886DDD89: 83 signatures not checked due to missing keys gpg: error writing keyring '/home/darkhoodie/.gnupg/pubring.kbx': Permission denied gpg: error reading '[stdin]': Permission denied gpg: import from '[stdin]' failed: Permission denied gpg: Total number processed: 0 darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | apt-key add - gpg: directory '/root/.gnupg' created gpg: keybox '/root/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created gpg: WARNING: nothing exported E: This command can only be used by root. darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo apt update Ign:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa InRelease Hit:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com ulyssa Release Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease Hit:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease Hit:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease Ign:9 https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org ulyssa InRelease Err:10 https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org ulyssa Release 404 Not Found [IP: 95.216.163.36 443] Reading package lists... Done N: Ignoring file 'sources.list.d' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension E: The repository 'https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org ulyssa Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. darkhoodie@darkhoodie-HP-Compaq-Pro-6300-SFF:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ Not sure where I'm going wrong. Please help. Thank you

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