Hi guys. I've a relay running on Tor. It's an exit node now. And I noticed it has an entry guard flag which is great. But probability of it being an entry relay is 0%. How can I utilise this server to be an entry relay? How does one configure this and how does it work?
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 04:51:19PM -0400, Gabe D. wrote:
Hi guys. I've a relay running on Tor. It's an exit node now. And I noticed it has an entry guard flag which is great. But probability of it being an entry relay is 0%. How can I utilise this server to be an entry relay? How does one configure this and how does it work?
Exit relays are not used as guards because their bandwidth is more valuable if it is used as exit capacity, as there are many more non-exit than exit relays on the network.
See: https://blog.torproject.org/lifecycle-new-relay "Phase three", third paragraph
Being a fast exit is more important to the network, so that'll be your probability so long as you're a good exit. Stay that way if you can. But if you want to be a guard, change your exit policy.
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 16:51 Gabe D. gabed@protonmail.com wrote:
Hi guys. I've a relay running on Tor. It's an exit node now. And I noticed it has an entry guard flag which is great. But probability of it being an entry relay is 0%. How can I utilise this server to be an entry relay? How does one configure this and how does it work?
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What sort of exit policy must I apply to be able to be a guard? I have some smaller servers spare that I'd like to utilise. But. They cannot be exits.
-------- Original Message -------- On Apr 21, 2018, 10:45 PM, Matthew Glennon wrote:
Being a fast exit is more important to the network, so that'll be your probability so long as you're a good exit. Stay that way if you can. But if you want to be a guard, change your exit policy.
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 16:51 Gabe D. gabed@protonmail.com wrote:
Hi guys. I've a relay running on Tor. It's an exit node now. And I noticed it has an entry guard flag which is great. But probability of it being an entry relay is 0%. How can I utilise this server to be an entry relay? How does one configure this and how does it work?
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On 22 Apr 2018, at 07:47, Gabe D. gabed@protonmail.com wrote:
What sort of exit policy must I apply to be able to be a guard? I have some smaller servers spare that I'd like to utilise. But. They cannot be exits.
In your torrc, set: ExitRelay 0
Than your relay will be a non-exit (middle) relay. If it is fast and stable enough, it will become a guard.
T
-------- Original Message -------- On Apr 21, 2018, 10:45 PM, Matthew Glennon < matthew@glennon.online> wrote:
Being a fast exit is more important to the network, so that'll be your probability so long as you're a good exit. Stay that way if you can. But if you want to be a guard, change your exit policy.
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 16:51 Gabe D. gabed@protonmail.com wrote: Hi guys. I've a relay running on Tor. It's an exit node now. And I noticed it has an entry guard flag which is great. But probability of it being an entry relay is 0%. How can I utilise this server to be an entry relay? How does one configure this and how does it work?
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Thanks :)
-------- Original Message -------- On Apr 21, 2018, 11:09 PM, teor wrote:
On 22 Apr 2018, at 07:47, Gabe D. gabed@protonmail.com wrote:
What sort of exit policy must I apply to be able to be a guard? I have some smaller servers spare that I'd like to utilise. But. They cannot be exits.
In your torrc, set: ExitRelay 0
Than your relay will be a non-exit (middle) relay. If it is fast and stable enough, it will become a guard.
T
-------- Original Message -------- On Apr 21, 2018, 10:45 PM, Matthew Glennon < matthew@glennon.online> wrote:
Being a fast exit is more important to the network, so that'll be your probability so long as you're a good exit. Stay that way if you can. But if you want to be a guard, change your exit policy.
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 16:51 Gabe D. gabed@protonmail.com wrote:
Hi guys. I've a relay running on Tor. It's an exit node now. And I noticed it has an entry guard flag which is great. But probability of it being an entry relay is 0%. How can I utilise this server to be an entry relay? How does one configure this and how does it work?
tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 04:51:19PM -0400, Gabe D. wrote:
Hi guys. I've a relay running on Tor. It's an exit node now. And I noticed it has an entry guard flag which is great. But probability of it being an entry relay is 0%. How can I utilise this server to be an entry relay? How does one configure this and how does it work?
Thanks for running an exit relay!
Exit relays are especially important these days because as you noticed the proportion of relays (by capacity) that allow exits is low enough that the network weights arrange for exit relays to be used in the exit position and not other positions, so we can maximize the benefit we get from them.
That is, if your relay has both the Guard flag and the Exit flag, clients will avoid using it for their entry point because they expect that *other* clients will be using it much more urgently as their exit point.
And I think that's great and desirable -- we need both guards and exits, but we need exits more urgently with the current network.
Thanks, --Roger
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