PLS how does relay work and how can I set up my system to work with relay
----- Reply message ----- From: tor-relays-request@lists.torproject.org To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: tor-relays Digest, Vol 38, Issue 6 Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 1:00 pm
Send tor-relays mailing list submissions to tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to tor-relays-request@lists.torproject.org
You can reach the person managing the list at tor-relays-owner@lists.torproject.org
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of tor-relays digest..."
Today's Topics:
1. Re: Single IP multiple OR Ports (Moritz Bartl) 2. Re: Exit Relay on VPS by WEDOS (dope457)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 09:10:10 +0100 From: Moritz Bartl moritz@torservers.net To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Single IP multiple OR Ports Message-ID: 53158A62.1010306@torservers.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Hi,
On 03/04/2014 08:19 AM, toxi roxi wrote:
With an upgrade to ubuntu 13.10 x64 there seem to be no more support for aesni module - so it doesnt seem to be usable any more. With older ubuntu releases it works.
https://www.torservers.net/wiki/setup/server#aes-ni_crypto_acceleration
Does this help already?
I've recognized that some configurations are running easily with an higher throughput - but could not figure out whats the reason for it. My VPS'es are almost running in an KVM environment - but the 2 fastest ones running on OpenVZ hypervisor.
I tried KVM and OpenVZ some years ago for high bandwidth relays, and couldn't get it to make decent throughput at all. I now run all our fast relays "on bare metal".
But anyway im interested on reactivating that function as it seems to really speedup relay's speed.
Unless you max out /all/ your CPU cores, you can and should simply spin up more Tor processes in parallel, one per CPU core, and limit their bandwidth so they never hit 100% CPU usage.
On 03/05/2014 10:47 AM, herojideani@live.com wrote:
PLS how does relay work and how can I set up my system to work with relay
To relay (forward) traffic for other users, you will have to configure your system to receive incoming traffic on one port of your choice. This usually means setting up port forwarding on your router.
Then, locally, if you run Windows, you can use the Vidalia Relay bundles from the download page: https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
Be careful: If you allow Tor users to "exit" from your relay, this means that your computer will not only forward Tor traffic, but also allow people to use your relay to access Internet resources. For the resource accessed, it looks like the request is coming from you. Some Tor users abuse the system of anonymity, and you will have to explain why it wasn't you. So, in short, people who allow exiting must know what they're doing.
The manuals linked on the left of https://www.torproject.org/docs/manual.html.en have some more detail.
On 3/5/14, herojideani@live.com herojideani@live.com wrote:
PLS how does relay work and how can I set up my system to work with relay
You need to read the docs.
Go to torproject.org and start there.
If you don't yet use GNU/Linux you might try Fedora or Debian but probably _don't_ change OS _and_ start running a relay at the same time. Although it's not 'hard', there is a learning curve.
Good luck, Zenaan
tor-relays@lists.torproject.org
-
herojideani＠live.com -
Moritz Bartl -
Zenaan Harkness