[tor-relays] tor-relays Digest, Vol 67, Issue 11

Flipchan flipchan at riseup.net
Thu Aug 4 12:51:35 UTC 2016


Auto update with cron, audit it like a normal server

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>   1. Re: experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from
>      deb.torproject.org (tor relay)
>   2. Any  security tips on running a TOR relay? (Andrew)
>   3. Re: Exit relay funding (Petrusko)
>   4. Re: experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package from
>      deb.torproject.org (Peter Palfrader)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 08:01:32 +0200 (CEST)
>From: tor relay <torrelay3 at mailbox.org>
>To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>Subject: Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package
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>https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19825
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 16:00:30 +1000
>From: "Andrew" <tor at ab49k.net>
>To: <tor-relays at lists.torproject.org>
>Subject: [tor-relays] Any  security tips on running a TOR relay?
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>Hi,
>
>I've got a spare server for two (freebsd) and I'd like to start running
>TOR
>relays on them.
>
>Is there any security concerns I need to deal with, or is the ports
>compile
>+ updates good enough to keep my systems decently secure.
>
>I actively monitor the machines, but as you know, the game is
>prevention,
>not reaction to security incedents :)
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> 
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>Thanks,
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>AB49K
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>Message: 3
>Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 09:10:08 +0200
>From: Petrusko <petrusko at riseup.net>
>To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Exit relay funding
>Message-ID: <62c913f4-3df8-8622-42a0-1881c48496f1 at riseup.net>
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>And I think a lot of users doesn't know what is there "behind". As
>always in computer's world...
>
>Now I'm able to explain quickly (what I've understood) this network to
>some friends/family, who were using Tor a long time ago before I've
>started to have fun with contributing a little to the network.
>
>How many people around us know how 'it's working", how many are
>thinking
>about that, are interested to know ?
>They are connecting the smartphone to Mc Do's wifi, and are happy to
>read Facebook... receive emails... etc. But how it's possible to make
>it
>work ? They don't care about that, /"it's working and it's cool !"/
>They don't know what is a NAS at their work, what is an IP, what is
>domain with AD, why those IT guys are sooo boring with those passwords
>(they don't love our pet's name as password... rah!!).
>Now my friends/family have quickly understood how "normal people" can
>contribute to Tor, but I'm sure some months after /"it's working and
>it's cool !"/. Nothing more.
>And I think a lot of "little" operators like me are doing this by
>loving
>computer's world (linux, network, dev,...), having fun to investigate
>why it's not working nice, or try to make it better, and of course
>understand the need to have an "underground" network for all the
>reasons
>we know.
>It's cool to contribute, and if it can help censored people, and if
>it's
>better for privacy to the others, it's beautiful !
>
>The day I'll not be able to have some time/money to make nodes working,
>I'll sadly "poweroff" them, and thank all people (devs, operators,
>mailing lists...) for their work, to have this package working easily
>with this support !
>apt-get install tor - nano torrc (bridge/relay/exit to contribute)-
>service tor restart - it's working. Nice? If it's not working, the
>community is here. Nice!
>Thanks.
>
>-- 
>Petrusko
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>Message: 4
>Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 08:23:18 +0000
>From: Peter Palfrader <weasel at torproject.org>
>To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>Subject: Re: [tor-relays] experiences with debian tor 0.2.8.6 package
>	from deb.torproject.org
>Message-ID: <20160804082318.GI15499 at sarek.noreply.org>
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>On Thu, 04 Aug 2016, tor relay wrote:
>
>> 
>> > On August 3, 2016 at 11:51 PM Green Dream <greendream848 at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> > 
>> >     Sorry, I didn't understand that your daemon didn't restart
>after the upgrade. I ran through the upgrade on 2 relays, and apt
>started the service post-upgrade on both.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> 
>> Since it is reproducible in my case as well I assume you do _not_
>have the following constellation:
>> 
>> tor.service is disabled and stopped (I don't use the default
>instance)
>
>You should not disable tor.service.
>
>tor.service is what controls all tor instances.  The default service is
>tor at default.service.  If you don't want it to start, one option is to
>move away /etc/tor/torrc.
>
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