[tor-relays] New relay on dynamic IP address

Mario Costa mario.costa at icloud.com
Mon Jan 27 10:13:45 UTC 2020


Thanks Jonathan,  mpan and John.

I still don’t understand what happens when the authorities see that my IP is dynamic. Will they prevent the relay from becoming a guard?

I didn’t know about the DoS problem, that’s something I didn’t experience yet with my other, older relay. Maybe not being and exit helps.

Cheers,

-m


> Il giorno 27 gen 2020, alle ore 02:57, Jonathan Marquardt <mail at parckwart.de> ha scritto:
> 
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 03:19:52PM +0100, Mario Costa wrote:
>> Also, I’m wondering what will happen when the dynamic IP changes. Sooner or 
>> later I’ll have a power outage or restart the modem. Last time my IP changed 
>> it happened overnight for no evident reason. Will this relay lose its flags? 
>> Is a really with a dynamic IP address useful at all?
> 
> If your IP address doesn't change every day but only every now and then then 
> yes, it's definitely a useful relay.
> 
> Should the IP address change too often, your relay might loose its "guard" or 
> even "stable" flag but I recommend you just see what will happen.
> 
> I have a relay (6B185DEEB249E4BA6182ECA077530C45E98A6C5F) that's also just 
> running at home with a dynamic IP address and it still has its "Stable" flag.
> -- 
> OpenPGP Key: 47BC7DE83D462E8BED18AA861224DBD299A4F5F3
>             https://www.parckwart.de/pgp_key
> _______________________________________________
> tor-relays mailing list
> tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays


> Il giorno 27 gen 2020, alle ore 07:24, mpan <tor-1qnuaylp at mpan.pl> ha scritto:
> 
>> Is a really with a dynamic IP address useful at all?
>  I’m running a node like that for over 5 years. Currently it is a guard
> too. The IP address is relatively stable and the major interruptions are
> due to kernel/tor upgrades or modem losing connection without the
> address change. Even after those it recovers pretty fast. Unless you are
> expecting to see downtime a few times a week, go ahead. The node is also
> useful even if it is not having the guard flag yet.
> 
>  However, if you’re planning to run a node from your home, consider a
> few things. Forget about running an exit node: you will experience a
> heavy overblocking and hostility. And any node will bring some level of
> harassment, because ignorance is widespread. A second thing is that from
> time to time someone is trying to DoS nodes. In those 5 years I’ve seen
> a few of those, so I assume the average is like once per year of
> operation. Just accept the inevitable reality of running a node at home:
> there will be a day or a week in which you will observe thousands
> connections coming to your PC, all cores suddenly running at 100%
> without no apparent reason &c. Treat it as a way to gain experience.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> tor-relays mailing list
> tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays



> Il giorno 27 gen 2020, alle ore 07:46, John Csuti <postmaster at coolcomputers.info> ha scritto:
> 
> The stable flag refers to your fingerprint being up for long lived circuits. Being on a dynamic up won’t change that. So in principle the stable flag means that the server is up and reach able for most of the time no matter what the address or IP may be.
> 
> Thanks,
> John Csuti
> 
>> On Jan 26, 2020, at 11:37 PM, Jonathan Marquardt <mail at parckwart.de> wrote:
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> tor-relays mailing list
> tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays


More information about the tor-relays mailing list