[tor-relays] Become a Fallback Directory Mirror

[Rhea Tor]

Hi,

If it is not too late, I would like to volunteer the relay
32828476F4F84E15C42B4C360A5CD8DE4C3C2BE7.

Rhea

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 1:45 PM teor <teor2345 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> On 22 Jan 2018, at 05:01, Fabian A. Santiago <fsantiago at garbage-juice.com>
> wrote:
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> January 8, 2018 3:29 PM, "Spiros Andreou" <mail at spiros.io> wrote:
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> Normalcitizen: E51620B90DCB310138ED89EDEDD0A5C361AAE24E
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> -------- Original Message --------
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> Subject: [tor-relays] Become a Fallback Directory Mirror
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> Local Time: 21 December 2017 12:50 AM
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>
> UTC Time: 20 December 2017 23:50
>
>
> From: teor2345 at gmail.com
>
>
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>
>
> 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?
>
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> 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:
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>
> * 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
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> [4]:
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> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21564/fallbacks_2017-05-16-0815-09cd78886
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> log
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> [5]:
> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2017-December/013881.html
>
>
> --
>
> Tim / teor
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> _______________________________
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> _______________________________
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> Hello,
>
> I've moved my relay to an unmetered provider, and intend to keep it up
> long term. Here you are, if you can still use it:
>
> D122094E396DF8BA560843E7B983B0EA649B7DF9
>
>
> Thanks for running a relay!
>
> Yes, we can use your relay.
> We will rebuild the list in 6-12 months.
>
> We are keeping track of opt-ins. Yours is here:
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24805#comment:8
>
> T
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