Hi,
You are running a Tor relay, which is great: http://rougmnvswfsmd4dq.onion/rs.html#search/46318685E48EA315588032426892D31...
First: that Tor version is obsolete, and because of old bugs, we will soon cut relays running those versions out of the network. Please consider upgrading!
Second: let us know if there is any way to help you bump up the bandwidth that you are allocating to the Tor relay. :)
You can find Tor packages for many distros / operating systems here: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide#Platformspecific... and/or here: https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/
Let us know if we can do anything to make the process easier.
And lastly, I am cc'ing the new network health mailing list (which has public archives), to help us stay synced: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkHealthTeam
Thanks! --Roger
Hi Roger,
Thanks for the kick in the butt. I have upgraded the system (including Tor). If I ever upgrade from ADSL to fiber increasing the bandwidth will be an option.
The largest issue I have had is being placed on blacklist which prevented getting to some websites altogether (eg. Duke Energy, MonoPrice) and others that would claim I was using a proxy (eg. Hulu) or would fail with no error message when trying to complete a purchase (eg. Tesla). I finally tracked this down to BrightCloud, if anyone is having a similar problem. They should make the bother of differentiating between someone using a proxy and someone running a non-exiting Tor relay, but they didn't seem to be motivated to. AT&T disconnected my service when I was configured as an exit node, due to an abusive Tor user, but at least that was rational.
Clyde Zuber www.zuberfowler.com
On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 9:26 PM Roger Dingledine arma@torproject.org wrote:
Hi,
You are running a Tor relay, which is great:
http://rougmnvswfsmd4dq.onion/rs.html#search/46318685E48EA315588032426892D31...
First: that Tor version is obsolete, and because of old bugs, we will soon cut relays running those versions out of the network. Please consider upgrading!
Second: let us know if there is any way to help you bump up the bandwidth that you are allocating to the Tor relay. :)
You can find Tor packages for many distros / operating systems here:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide#Platformspecific... and/or https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorRelayGuide#PlatformspecificInstructionsand/or here: https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/
Let us know if we can do anything to make the process easier.
And lastly, I am cc'ing the new network health mailing list (which has public archives), to help us stay synced: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/NetworkHealthTeam
Thanks! --Roger
On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 11:29:28AM -0400, Z/F Posting wrote:
Thanks for the kick in the butt. I have upgraded the system (including Tor). If I ever upgrade from ADSL to fiber increasing the bandwidth will be an option.
Great. But, I don't see it running a new version?
That is, the relay appears to still be running, and it appears to still be running the obsolete version.
The largest issue I have had is being placed on blacklist which prevented getting to some websites altogether (eg. Duke Energy, MonoPrice) and others that would claim I was using a proxy (eg. Hulu) or would fail with no error message when trying to complete a purchase (eg. Tesla). I finally tracked this down to BrightCloud, if anyone is having a similar problem. They should make the bother of differentiating between someone using a proxy and someone running a non-exiting Tor relay, but they didn't seem to be motivated to. AT&T disconnected my service when I was configured as an exit node, due to an abusive Tor user, but at least that was rational.
Yeah, running a Tor relay from the same IP address that you use for your own traffic can be an adventure sometimes.
I'm glad you aren't running an exit from home anymore -- we actually recommend against that, because it might take a long time, but eventually, some new law enforcement person on their first day at the job will misunderstand the internet and come steal all your toasters. See also EFF's answer to "Should I run an exit relay from my home?" at https://2019.www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq
Thanks! --Roger
*Great. But, I don't see it running a new version?That is, the relay appears to still be running, and it appears to still*
*be running the obsolete version. *
Okay Roger. It's up to "Buster" (Debian 10) level now. I hope that a good version for the project.
--Clyde Zuber
On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 1:54 AM Roger Dingledine arma@torproject.org wrote:
On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 11:29:28AM -0400, Z/F Posting wrote:
Thanks for the kick in the butt. I have upgraded the system (including Tor). If I ever upgrade from ADSL to fiber increasing the bandwidth will
be
an option.
Great. But, I don't see it running a new version?
That is, the relay appears to still be running, and it appears to still be running the obsolete version.
The largest issue I have had is being placed on blacklist which prevented getting to some websites altogether (eg. Duke Energy, MonoPrice) and
others
that would claim I was using a proxy (eg. Hulu) or would fail with no
error
message when trying to complete a purchase (eg. Tesla). I finally
tracked
this down to BrightCloud, if anyone is having a similar problem. They should make the bother of differentiating between someone using a proxy
and
someone running a non-exiting Tor relay, but they didn't seem to be motivated to. AT&T disconnected my service when I was configured as an
exit
node, due to an abusive Tor user, but at least that was rational.
Yeah, running a Tor relay from the same IP address that you use for your own traffic can be an adventure sometimes.
I'm glad you aren't running an exit from home anymore -- we actually recommend against that, because it might take a long time, but eventually, some new law enforcement person on their first day at the job will misunderstand the internet and come steal all your toasters. See also EFF's answer to "Should I run an exit relay from my home?" at https://2019.www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq
Thanks! --Roger
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