[tor-relays] Onion Services operators please enable tor PoW defense

[gus]

I forgot to mention that Onion Services PoW is not yet fully implemented in Arti.

cheers,
Gus

On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 09:50:20AM -0300, gus wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As some of you might have noticed, we have a high load situation on the
> network for a couple of weeks now affecting in particular onion services
> (but not only them).[1] 
> 
> We recommend Onion Services operators to enable our Proof of Work (PoW)
> defense[2][3] and finetune their torrc[4].
> 
> If you're running onion services with onionbalance, though, PoW is
> currently not supported[5], but we're interested in hearing from you if
> this is a feature that we should prioritize.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gus
> 
> ps: this advice does not apply to relay operators, only to onion services operators.
> 
> [1] https://status.torproject.org/issues/2024-05-14-network-performance-issues/
> [2] https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-proof-of-work-defense-for-onion-services/
> [3] https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/ecosystem/technology/pow/
> [4] https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/advanced/dos/
> [5] https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/ecosystem/technology/pow/#is-the-pow-defense-compatible-with-onionbalance
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