Dear Group, I have some spare bandwidth and want to run an exit relay buy when I do the normal internet is so slow and I have to fill out so many captcha that it makes it unusable! Any ideas why? I think google etc block by default tor exit nodes. I was thinking about spinning up a vm and running tor on that. When I run as a bridge I don't see much traffic. Any ideas? Cheers!
RelayBandwidthRate 10 MB # limit for the bandwidth we'll use to relay RelayBandwidthBurst 10 MB # maximum rate when relaying bursts of traffic is your friend. Copy & paste it in your torrc file.Perhaps you should modify the MB/sec rate too :) niftybunny “For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'” --David Cameron, 2015
On 30. Aug 2017, at 02:03, W Howard <stonefish.security@mail.ru> wrote:
Dear Group, I have some spare bandwidth and want to run an exit relay buy when I do the normal internet is so slow and I have to fill out so many captcha that it makes it unusable!
Any ideas why? I think google etc block by default tor exit nodes.
I was thinking about spinning up a vm and running tor on that.
When I run as a bridge I don't see much traffic. Any ideas?
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 09:33:26AM +0930, W Howard wrote:
I have some spare bandwidth and want to run an exit relay
Is this at your home? Careful running exit relays at your home -- there is always some new cop who just started his job, doesn't understand the Internet, has never heard of Tor, and wants to prove how great he is at being a cop. See also the "Should I run an exit relay from my home?" question on https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq You might want to run a non-exit relay in that situation instead.
buy when I do the normal internet is so slow
The simple option is to turn on rate limiting so it uses a little bit less than your full Internet connection. The more complex option is: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/contrib/operator-tools/linux-tor-... was once a script that some people used to set the priority lower on their Tor traffic compared to the other traffic. You need to either run it on the router, or run it on the computer that generates both the Tor traffic and the other traffic.
and I have to fill out so many captcha that it makes it unusable!
Any ideas why? I think google etc block by default tor exit nodes.
Yes, correct. :( That's why many people who run exit relays use a separate IP address for them. See also https://blog.torproject.org/blog/call-arms-helping-internet-services-accept-...
I was thinking about spinning up a vm and running tor on that.
Plausible!
When I run as a bridge I don't see much traffic. Any ideas?
Many bridges don't see much traffic, especially compared to fast relays. See also https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge Thanks! --Roger
Dear Roger, Thanks for the information. I wanted to run a relay from home to support the project but I may instead contribute financially. One of the up sides of a tor exit relay is the false traffic generated. Our meta data is now collected and I like the idea of filling it with junk traffic. Maybe the protocol could be modified to allow ad-hoc de-listed exit nodes for burst capacity or as a way to reduces blockages. Anyhow I am sure there are minds better than mine working at it. For now I will consult the documentation and contribute financially. Cheers! On 30 August 2017 10:11:37 AM ACST, Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 09:33:26AM +0930, W Howard wrote:
I have some spare bandwidth and want to run an exit relay
Is this at your home? Careful running exit relays at your home -- there is always some new cop who just started his job, doesn't understand the Internet, has never heard of Tor, and wants to prove how great he is at being a cop.
See also the "Should I run an exit relay from my home?" question on https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq
You might want to run a non-exit relay in that situation instead.
buy when I do the normal internet is so slow
The simple option is to turn on rate limiting so it uses a little bit less than your full Internet connection.
The more complex option is: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/contrib/operator-tools/linux-tor-... was once a script that some people used to set the priority lower on their Tor traffic compared to the other traffic. You need to either run it on the router, or run it on the computer that generates both the Tor traffic and the other traffic.
and I have to fill out so many captcha that it makes it unusable!
Any ideas why? I think google etc block by default tor exit nodes.
Yes, correct. :( That's why many people who run exit relays use a separate IP address for them.
See also https://blog.torproject.org/blog/call-arms-helping-internet-services-accept-...
I was thinking about spinning up a vm and running tor on that.
Plausible!
When I run as a bridge I don't see much traffic. Any ideas?
Many bridges don't see much traffic, especially compared to fast relays. See also https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#RelayOrBridge
Thanks! --Roger
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 12:53:39PM +0930, W Howard wrote:
Thanks for the information. I wanted to run a relay from home to support the project but I may instead contribute financially.
You could do both! :) That is, run a non-exit relay from home, and also donate. https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#ExitPolicies Non-exit relays are still quite useful, and with luck their bandwidth will become even more needed in the next year or two once we figure out what sort of cover traffic policies we want to deploy.
One of the up sides of a tor exit relay is the false traffic generated. Our meta data is now collected and I like the idea of filling it with junk traffic.
I think this idea doesn't work as well as some people (including, originally, me) hope it would. For further reading, see also bullet point 2 on https://blog.torproject.org/blog/trip-report-tor-trainings-dutch-and-belgian... Along these lines, I've also always liked the "As one commentator put it" section on https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/trackmenot_1.html --Roger
On Wed, 30 Aug 2017 01:12:31 -0400 Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 12:53:39PM +0930, W Howard wrote:
Thanks for the information. I wanted to run a relay from home to support the project but I may instead contribute financially.
You could do both! :) That is, run a non-exit relay from home, and also donate.
Also, if you want to run an exit relay and are willing to spend money, you can buy hosting somewhere else, and just run an exit relay there (so it's not at home). Some hosts are okay with this, but most are not, so you need to check. People sometimes report their experiences running exit relays on various hosts here: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs You can get more specific recommendations by asking around. I have an exit on FlokiNET, and they seem okay. -- Andrew Deason adeason@dson.org
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