[tor-relays] freebsd relay doesnt receive any traffic (after 1 month)

[Dmitrii Tcvetkov]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:48:09 +0000
dlugasny at protonmail.com wrote:

> In did, I have to read more carefully attached documentation.
> After small changes torrc looks like this:
> 
> Does any one of You see any wrong parameters ?
> 
> ##########################
> SocksPort 0
> Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log
> ControlPort 9051
> HashedControlPassword (for nyx)
> ORPort 9001
> RelayBandwidthRate 400 KBytes  # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
> RelayBandwidthBurst 600 KBytes # But allow bursts up to 200KB (1600Kb)
> ContactInfo Dlugas-ny <dlugasny AT protonmail dot com>
> DirPort 9030 # what port to advertise for directory connections
> ExitRelay 0
> ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed
> PublishServerDescriptor 0
> CellStatistics 1
> ExtraInfoStatistics 1
> ConnDirectionStatistics 1
> EntryStatistics 1
> LogMessageDomains 1
> AvoidDiskWrites 1
> WarnPlaintextPorts
> HeartbeatPeriod 1hours
> DisableDebuggerAttachment 0
> 

These are enough to run a relay:

SocksPort 0
ORPort 9001
RelayBandwidthRate 400 KBytes
RelayBandwidthBurst 600 KBytes
Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log
ContactInfo Dlugas-ny <dlugasny AT protonmail dot com>
DirPort 9030
MyFamily "fingerprints go here" 
ExitRelay 0
ExitPolicy reject *:*

MyFamily should contain comma separated list of fingerprints of all your
guard, middle, exit relays if you have any. Each fingerprint should be
prefixed with '$' symbol. It shouldn't contain fingerprints of your
bridges.

If you want to use Nyx then you can enable:
ControlPort 9051
HashedControlPassword

Option
DisableDebuggerAttachment 0
is for debugging and should be set to 1 during normal operation. Yes,
it allows to snoop on Tor circuits in Nyx, but is that really needed?

BTW you can use bits in bandwidth settings, 
e.g. "RelayBandwidthRate 4 Mbits"

Other options are optional and should be evaluated each separately. For
example I don't know why you don't want to publish server descriptor,
what is the point of unpublished middle relay? 
Why avoid disk writes? Modern hardware won't be worn out just by Tor
relay disc activity. Why WarnPlaintextPorts? It's a relay, not a
client, as SocksPort is 0. 

In general it's better to start with software defaults and alter the
settings only if you need them altered.

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