[tor-relays] Unwarranted discrimination of relays with dynamic IP

Alan tor-relay at clutterbuck.uk
Sun Dec 4 20:47:17 UTC 2016


Thanks for that, I've made changes to both torrc files.
I've added MyFamily with each others finger print like so:
MyFamily E856ABA2020AA9C483CC2D9B4C878D8D948B0887

Then sighup'd both relays through arm.

Do you know how long it takes Atlas to show the changes?

Alan

> Hi Alan,
>
> Family indicates they're all operated by the same person. as you run both
> TheCosmos and MilkyWay, they are in the same family.
>
> Please declare so in the .torrc.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> On 4 Dec 2016 8:07 PM, "Alan" <tor-relay at clutterbuck.uk> wrote:
>
> In the UK it depends what ISP your on. Virgin Media gives out static ip's
> as far as i know. BT (what i'm using) is dynamic, the ip changes every
> time the router reboots. It reboots when it detects a fault which is
> normally between 2-4 weeks on average.
>
> These are my relays:
>
> TheCosmos (running on home ip (raspberry pi))
> https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/38B330302F1FB79ED11A468FC9DEA8
> 960B842B57
>
> MilkyWay (running on Digital Ocean)
> https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/E856ABA2020AA9C483CC2D9B4C878D
> 8D948B0887
>
> Does anyone know what the 'Family Members' does and should my relays have
> this set?
>
>> In Germany, it's quite usual that you have a dynamic IP and unusual that
>> you have static IP. Not just a few relays are located in Germany.Â
>> It's
>> not just a question of frustration of owners of dynamic IP relay, but
>> also
>> a matter of bandwith waste. If Tor cannot handle dynamic IPs properly a
>> lot of bandwith is not used. And bandwith is something that the Tor
>> network can not get enough of.
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