[tor-relays] Relay ssh control/monitor ? Config is secure ?

Josef 'veloc1ty' Stautner hello at veloc1ty.de
Wed Jan 27 09:14:49 UTC 2016


Hi,

the control port should bind to 127.0.0.1 or ::1. If so it's ok.

~Josef

Am 27.01.2016 um 10:05 schrieb Pierre L.:
> Hi all,
>
> Some noob questions about controlling/monitoring my Tor relay on a Linux
> box... hosted in an ISP datacenter, so WAN IP and ports are showed to
> the www.
> I got SSH access.
> I've found tor-arm console UI, useful to show real-time bandwidth used,
> and other stuff.
>
> 1. If possible, I need to know if my current config is secure and
> useful, torrc contains
> ControlPort 9051
> HashedControlPassword xxxxxxxxxxx
> CookieAuthentication 0
>
> 2.  On some websites, I see screenshots with something like this on
> control config : /var/run/tor/control
> May be it's more secure on an online server ? No need to have another
> listening port like 9051
> Sry I haven't found any information about this config... and how to make
> it possible...
>
> Thx for your help !
>
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