[tor-relays] Tor and ufw

[je suis]

It looks like the only strange thing, whatever it was, happened
yesterday, alone. Now, after a bit more time than I expected (more
than an hour), the traffic seems back to normal. I'm sorry for the
noise.


> One of my friends got a ransomware and, even if I am on Linux and I
> take care when browsing, with such a proof beside me I thought I'd
> secure myself a bit, so I got ufw. I am running a middle relay, and so
> far it went just fine with ~2.5MB bandwidth, even if only in the
> daytime, morning to evening (laptop...; I do plan in getting a
> RaspberyPi in the future).
>
> I followed this page for setting up ufw with tor:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TorDedicatedUser , even if I have
> Archlinux. I didn't use all in there, only the part right below
> "Traffic redirection", with ufw in the command line. Now, if I see the
> relay with 25kB, it's a miracle.
>
> So, obviously, I did something wrong. Is there a page with proper
> explanations for dummies like me? If it helps, my net comes from a
> router that handles cable TV and phone, as well.
>
> Vlad
>