[tor-relays] Difficulties in running a private Tor network

[Karsten Loesing]

On 5/16/11 2:10 PM, Joel Hobson wrote:
> On 15/05/2011 1:45 PM, Karsten Loesing wrote:
>>> DirServer dir1 v3ident=2D50FCA97045D078CD22E9092C9CF3E300084B87
>>> orport=5151 x.x.x.x:5150 FD65 3AE1 4133 31A9 20DF 8220 1F6F 8DF7 268F
>>> F238
>>> DirServer dir2 v3ident=EAC28AB68522174442AA214DC60C625675B2D1E9
>>> orport=5152 y.y.y.y:5150 95B9 79E9 4A37 161C EFCC EE13 E7C5 D7EA EB76
>>> B695
>>> DirServer dir3 v3ident=24BD756B7660827D0507319A87DD16F31250A29C
>>> orport=5153 z.z.z.z:5150 23D5 E382 86E6 1118 48E9 C848 2ECE B702 23EA
>>> A0E8
>> The :5150 part for all three DirServer lines looks wrong.  Every
>> directory needs its own Dir port.  Maybe assign Dir ports 6151 to 6153
>> to your directories, both in the DirPort and in the DirServer lines.
>>
> Why do they need different Dir ports if they're running on separate
> machines?

Ah, they don't.  I was confused by your different OR ports here.

In general, I find it easier to run a small private Tor network on a
single machine.

Best,
Karsten