-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hello.
I am a researcher at the University of Namur (Belgium), and some of our research focuses on Tor. Recently, we started to investigate how Tor relay operators install and keep their relays up to date.
Every operator is different, so it'll be hard to come up with a single archetypal relay operator. Some large operators push out a custom and immutable system from templates that cannot be remotely controlled, just replaced, others use Ansible for automated deployment, others manually set everything up and do periodic manual upgrades, and still others just throw Debian + unattended-upgrades at the problem and call it a day. You're also going to select an unrepresentative sample if you require voice recordings from relay operators. I'm sure there are many, myself included, who would only participate if it could be done anonymously over text on Tor. Regards, forest -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQQtr8ZXhq/o01Qf/pow+TRLM+X4xgUCaXAO+AAKCRAw+TRLM+X4 xm+yAP9crHW6C7pAT74+/g7IT/0e93HdwnqGADgRh+w7GrpI3gEAj/+jkOfiM7QI RDho/oflBGCMbRQq9jtOjhME0BAcvAw= =A+Iz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----