(FWD) Re: IP resolving

[Dennis Roberts]

I actually do this:) I should have mentioned it.  My external address  
is spacerodent.dyndns.org and I have a client running which updates  
it when it changes.

On Apr 21, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Ringo Kamens wrote:

> If you're NATed with a dynamic IP, get a subdomain redirect  
> (dyndys.org?) and just edit the subdomain redirect when your IP  
> changed. Then put the subdomain address in your tor config. Some  
> dynamic dns services even have programs that run on your computer  
> that will automatically update the DNS listing every x hours.
> Ringo
>
>
> On 4/21/06, Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu> wrote: [Forwarding  
> since Dennis isn't subscribed to the list as this
> address -RD]
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> From: Dennis Roberts <denrober at spacerodent.org>
> Subject: Re: IP resolving
> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:55:03 -0700
> To: or-talk at freehaven.net
>
> Looks like you might be going through a NAT.
>
> Add the following to your tor server config file:
>
> Address [your external ip address]
>
> Normally tor tries to figure this out on its own, in your case it
> couldn't.
>
> On Apr 21, 2006, at 3:43 PM, Brian C wrote:
>
> > I just started getting these warnings in my tor server logs.
> > Running 0.1.1.18-rc and wondering how to resolve. (I did a little
> > scrubbing of domain names and IP addresses below).
> >
> > Apr 21 14:12:23.936 [notice] resolve_my_address(): Could not resolve
> > guessed local hostname 'subdomain.domain.tld'. Trying something  
> else.
> > Apr 21 14:12:23.937 [notice] resolve_my_address(): Learned IP  
> address
> > '192.168.0.36' for local interface. Using that.
> > Apr 21 14:12:23.937 [warn] resolve_my_address(): Address '<guessed
> > from
> > interfaces>' resolves to private IP '192.168.#.##'. Tor servers
> > that use
> > the default DirServers must have public IP addresses.
> > Apr 21 14:12:23.937 [warn] check_descriptor_ipaddress_changed():
> > options->Address didn't resolve into an IP.
> >
> > Brian
>
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