[tor-relays] Question about relay speed + quick question about IPV6

Sheesh sheesh at ip-static.eu
Mon Oct 3 03:45:01 UTC 2016


Alright, thank you!

I'm just wondering why I have only a few connections (14 inbound, 1
outbound) right now. But I guess that's because the relay lost its
stable and fast flag due to server move and several restarts and now
needs some time to reestablish?


On 03.10.2016 04:03, teor wrote:
>> On 2 Oct 2016, at 18:59, Sheesh <sheesh at ip-static.eu> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you! Two last questions, though (hope it's okay): Do I need to put ExitPolicy reject6 *:* in my torrc or is this covered by ExitPolicy reject *:*?
> ExitPolicy reject *:* applies to both IPv4 and IPv6.
> And your relay won't exit on IPv4 unless you set ExitRelay to 1, and won't exit on IPv6 unless you set IPv6Exit and ExitRelay to 1.
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>> Also why do I always have 4 or 8 circuits open? At least that's what tor-arm shows me.
> Because tor preemptively builds circuits for you to use when you need them.
> When your relay publishes a descriptor, it will make more circuits as needed to relay client traffic.
>
> Tim
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>> On 03.10.2016 03:34, teor wrote:
>>>> On 2 Oct 2016, at 17:17, Sheesh <sheesh at ip-static.eu>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for everybody's input. I decided to move the relay keys to the
>>>> new server but I'm not entirely sure if I start another slow (500KB/s)
>>>> one or just seed some Linux distros or do something else helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Also I do have a question about IPv6:
>>>> If I read right I just have to add
>>>> ORPort [IPv6]:Port
>>>> DirPort [IPv6]:Port
>>>>
>>> You only need the ORPort, the IPv6 DirPort isn't needed any more.
>>> (It was used by a few of the 0.2.8 alpha series, but removed before the
>>> stable release.)
>>>
>>>
>>>> is this correct?
>>>> Can I specify the same ports I use for IPv4 (443 and 80)?
>>>>
>>> Yes, this should work on most OSs, if it doesn't, please file a bug.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Also since I have a couple of IPv6 available but a non-exit relay is it
>>>> still necessary to set OutboundBindAddress?
>>>>
>>> OutboundBindAddress can be used twice, once with an IPv4 address and once
>>> with an IPv6 address. Outbound traffic on a non-exit relay is all IPv4,
>>> and it will use the routing table if you don't use OutboundBindAddress.
>>>
>>> Unless you have multiple IPv4 addresses, it won't make any difference.
>>>
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