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

Sheesh sheesh at ip-static.eu
Mon Oct 3 07:51:58 UTC 2016


Nevermind. It got its flags back and is now working a expected. :)

Thanks for everybody's help!


On 03.10.2016 05:45, Sheesh wrote:
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> 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?
>
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> 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.
>>
>>> 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
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> T
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