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

Alan tor-relay at clutterbuck.uk
Sun Dec 4 21:10:20 UTC 2016


I've been trying to find the answer to $ prefix or not. I've just this
second added it to both. Maybe without it assumes it's a nickname.

> Good question some of mine are not but then I thought the fingerprint had
> to be prefixed with a $ sign? I dont see any errors in the log when I use
> $<fingerprint> or without a $ sign?
>
> Looking at Atlas the myfamily fingerprints seem to have a $ in front of
> them? But in man pages it just says 'fingerprint' with no syntax
>
> Anyway Atlas can take awhile to update - hours rather than days
>
>
>> On 4 Dec 2016, at 20:47, Alan <tor-relay at clutterbuck.uk> wrote:
>>
>> 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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