[tor-relays] Become a Fallback Directory Mirror

[Rejo Zenger]

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++ 21/12/17 10:50 +1100 - teor:
>Dear Relay Operators,
>
>Do you want your relay to be a Tor fallback directory mirror?
>Will it have the same address and port for the next 2 years?
>Just reply to this email with your relay's fingerprint.
>
>If your relay is on the current list, you don't need to do anything.
>
>If you're asking:
>
>Q: What's a fallback directory mirror?
>
>Fallback directory mirrors help Tor clients connect to the network.
>For more details, see [1].
>
>Q: Is my relay on the current list?
>
>Search [2] and [3] for your relay fingerprint or IP address and port.
>[2] is the current list of fallbacks in Tor.
>[3] is used to create the next list of fallbacks.
>
>Q: What do I need to do if my relay is on the list?
>
>Keep the same IP address, keys, and ports.
>Email tor-relays if the relay's details change.
>
>Q: Can my relay be on the list next time?
>
>We need fast relays that will be on the same IP address and port for 2
>years. Reply to this email to get on the list, or to update the details
>of your relay.
>
>Once or twice a year, we run a script to choose about 150-200 relays
>from the potential list [3] for the list in Tor [2].
>
>Q: Why didn't my relay get on the list last time?
>
>We check a relay's uptime, flags, and speed [4]. Sometimes, a relay might
>be down when we check. That's ok, we will check it again next time.
>
>It's good to have some new relays on the list every release. That helps
>tor clients, because blocking a changing list is harder.
>
>Q: What about the current relay DDoS?
>
>We don't think the DDoS will have much impact on the fallback list.
>
>If your relay is affected, please:
>* make sure it has enough available file descriptors, and
>* set MaxMemInQueues to the amount of RAM you have available per tor
>  instance (or maybe a few hundred MB less).
>
>We're also working on some code changes. See [5] for more details.
>
>[1]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors
>[2]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc
>[3]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist
>[4]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21564/fallbacks_2017-05-16-0815-09cd78886.log
>[5]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2017-December/013881.html
>
>--
>Tim / teor
>
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