[tor-relays] Running exit-node in Germany

[Gordon Morehouse]

Matthias Redies:
> I don't know if you have any sensitive data on your raspberry, but it
> might make sense to create a SD-Card image, since tor will probably be
> the only application and the hardware will be absolutely identical. This
> would eliminate the loving care part and less people would give up.
> 
> But I don't want to create more work than you already have. If you don't
> have the time to create an image, maybe I will try do it myself.

That's actually not a bad idea, though there'd be a bit of editing and
setup required.

But yeah, might be that somebody else gets to it before me - but it's on
my mind now.  Thanks.

-Gordon

> 
> Am 01.08.13 17:29, schrieb Gordon Morehouse:
>> Matthias Redies:
>>> Ok that is good to know. Right know I will probably run it on 1-1.5 Mbps
>>> and later on 3-4 Mbps. What is the maximum your raspberry is capable to
>>> do? Please let me know if you publish your tutorial.
>> I had it pushing about 1.5Mbps and crashing only about once a week
>> before I started having TCP connect floods and had to take it offline
>> until I could pay attention for a while.  I'm still tuning it.  It
>> crashed much, much more often before some basic tuning, though.
>>
>> And my plan is to publish my results to the entire list, because at $35,
>> Raspberry Pis can make *great* relays for slower home broadband, but
>> they need a little tender loving care first.  :)
>>
>> I hope to have something up in a week or two, I need to watch it for a
>> while and continue to tweak, and maybe develop a solution for the TCP
>> storms that can bring down a lot of consumer routers, before publishing
>> for all.
>>
>> Best,
>> -Gordon