Dedalo me@dedalo.in wrote Mon, 12 Jan 2015 16:31:59 -0500:
| Some months ago I started running another tor relay (middle relay) and | something happened, My relay wasn't getting indexed by any authority, | neither wasn on atlas. A friend recommended me to make some tests, the | problem was the ISP had blacklisted 6 Authorities, but to figure out | this I had to make some tests... I made a very simple script which tests | if your isp has blacklisted any authority or if you have a problem with | your DNS...
What ISP is this? What does a traceroute have to say? Which of the directory authorities did it block? Is it still doing it?
| https://github.com/Dedal0/TorAuthoritiesScript | | Just run the script in the vps before you setup a relay to avoid | indexing problems... The script makes a simple test but is efficient in | most of authority cases.
Not all networks allow ICMP. Trying to set up a TCP connection to the directory authority dirport would test something that is a bit closer to what is needed for submitting a server descriptor.
Thanks for the script and for running a relay.