Thanks Jonathan, mpan and John.
I still don’t understand what happens when the authorities see that my IP is dynamic. Will they prevent the relay from becoming a guard?
I didn’t know about the DoS problem, that’s something I didn’t experience yet with my other, older relay. Maybe not being and exit helps.
Cheers,
-m
Il giorno 27 gen 2020, alle ore 02:57, Jonathan Marquardt mail@parckwart.de ha scritto:
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 03:19:52PM +0100, Mario Costa wrote:
Also, I’m wondering what will happen when the dynamic IP changes. Sooner or later I’ll have a power outage or restart the modem. Last time my IP changed it happened overnight for no evident reason. Will this relay lose its flags? Is a really with a dynamic IP address useful at all?
If your IP address doesn't change every day but only every now and then then yes, it's definitely a useful relay.
Should the IP address change too often, your relay might loose its "guard" or even "stable" flag but I recommend you just see what will happen.
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Il giorno 27 gen 2020, alle ore 07:24, mpan tor-1qnuaylp@mpan.pl ha scritto:
Is a really with a dynamic IP address useful at all?
I’m running a node like that for over 5 years. Currently it is a guard too. The IP address is relatively stable and the major interruptions are due to kernel/tor upgrades or modem losing connection without the address change. Even after those it recovers pretty fast. Unless you are expecting to see downtime a few times a week, go ahead. The node is also useful even if it is not having the guard flag yet.
However, if you’re planning to run a node from your home, consider a few things. Forget about running an exit node: you will experience a heavy overblocking and hostility. And any node will bring some level of harassment, because ignorance is widespread. A second thing is that from time to time someone is trying to DoS nodes. In those 5 years I’ve seen a few of those, so I assume the average is like once per year of operation. Just accept the inevitable reality of running a node at home: there will be a day or a week in which you will observe thousands connections coming to your PC, all cores suddenly running at 100% without no apparent reason &c. Treat it as a way to gain experience.
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Il giorno 27 gen 2020, alle ore 07:46, John Csuti postmaster@coolcomputers.info ha scritto:
The stable flag refers to your fingerprint being up for long lived circuits. Being on a dynamic up won’t change that. So in principle the stable flag means that the server is up and reach able for most of the time no matter what the address or IP may be.
Thanks, John Csuti
On Jan 26, 2020, at 11:37 PM, Jonathan Marquardt mail@parckwart.de wrote:
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