[tor-relays] Call for Tor Fallback Directories

[Pascal Terjan]

On 4 December 2016 at 10:44, teor <teor2345 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Tor Relay Operator,
>
> Your relay(s) can help tor clients find the tor network by becoming a
> fallback directory mirror.[0]
>
> These mirrors are hard-coded into tor's source code, like the directory
> authorities. We have 80 fallbacks, but we want 200 for the next release.
>
> Fallbacks need to have:
> - - the same IP address(es) and ports for the next 2 years,
> - - the same relay identity key for the next 2 years,
> - - good uptime (at least 95%), and
> - - good bandwidth and network connectivity
>   (we estimate an extra 25GB per month).
>
> Please email me to add your relays that fit these criteria to the list.

Hi,
I believe I already have 3 relays in the list but have added some more since

This one probably qualifies
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/9C900A7F6F5DD034CFFD192DAEC9CCAA813DB022

Others may too young to trust the hosting with future uptime
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/A0E3D30A660DB70CA0B6D081BA54D094DED6F28D
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/674DCBB0D9C1C4C4DBFB4A9AE024AF59FE4E7F46

> If you are BCC'd on this email, it looks like you have at least one
> relay that could become a fallback.
> You can also email me if you know your relay will be changing address
> or key, and I'll make sure we don't choose it.
>
> We are keeping the fallback lists from the last release[1][2].
>
> So if you have emailed me before about becoming a fallback, there is no
> need to email again. But please let me know if your relay details have
> changed.  (I did not BCC relay operators who are already on the fallback
> lists, unless their relay details changed.)
>
> In a week or two, I will run a script to select the hard-coded list for
> the release.
>
> If you're interested, here's some background to this request:
>
> The latest list[3] and log[4] of candidates was generated using the
> instructions in [5] from scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py on my
> GitHub branch[6]. (This branch has some bug fixes compared to what's in
> master.) We're tracking this work in [7].
>
> [0]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors
> [1]: https://github.com/teor2345/tor/blob/fallbacks-029-v2/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist
> [2]: https://github.com/teor2345/tor/blob/fallbacks-029-v2/scripts/maint/fallback.blacklist
> [3]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/18828/potential_extra_fallbacks_2016-12-04
> [4]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/18828/potential_extra_fallbacks_2016-12-04.log
> [5]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/UpdatingFallbackDirectoryMirrors
> [6]: https://github.com/teor2345/tor/blob/fallbacks-029-v2/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py
> [7]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18828
>
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> Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)
>
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