[network-health] Upgrade your 'treeltor' Tor relay?

[Z/F Posting]

>
>
> *Great. But, I don't see it running a new version?That is, the relay
> appears to still be running, and it appears to still*

*be running the obsolete version.  *


Okay Roger. It's up to "Buster" (Debian 10) level now. I hope that a good
version for the project.

--Clyde Zuber

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 1:54 AM Roger Dingledine <arma at torproject.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 11:29:28AM -0400, Z/F Posting wrote:
> > Thanks for the kick in the butt. I have upgraded the system (including
> > Tor). If I ever upgrade from ADSL to fiber increasing the bandwidth will
> be
> > an option.
>
> Great. But, I don't see it running a new version?
>
> That is, the relay appears to still be running, and it appears to still
> be running the obsolete version.
>
> > The largest issue I have had is being placed on blacklist which prevented
> > getting to some websites altogether (eg. Duke Energy, MonoPrice) and
> others
> > that would claim I was using a proxy (eg. Hulu) or would fail with no
> error
> > message when trying to complete a purchase (eg. Tesla).  I finally
> tracked
> > this down to BrightCloud, if anyone is having a similar problem. They
> > should make the bother of differentiating between someone using a proxy
> and
> > someone running a non-exiting Tor relay, but they didn't seem to be
> > motivated to. AT&T disconnected my service when I was configured as an
> exit
> > node, due to an abusive Tor user, but at least that was rational.
>
> Yeah, running a Tor relay from the same IP address that you use
> for your own traffic can be an adventure sometimes.
>
> I'm glad you aren't running an exit from home anymore -- we actually
> recommend against that, because it might take a long time, but eventually,
> some new law enforcement person on their first day at the job will
> misunderstand the internet and come steal all your toasters. See also
> EFF's answer to "Should I run an exit relay from my home?" at
> https://2019.www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq
>
> Thanks!
> --Roger
>
>
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