Hi to all! I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run *only* as a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file?
Add the following to your .torrc file:
ExitPolicy reject *:*
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Jim Electro House < torelectrohouse@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi to all! I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run *only* as a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file?
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Marcel Krzystek:
Add the following to your .torrc file:
ExitPolicy reject *:*
It's non-exit, not a "middle-only" relay. Jim probably doesn't want to become a Guard. I'm not aware of such option.
btw, we've recently discussed in #19625 [1] possibility of setting "peering policy". If this would be implemented one can restrict connections only to relays in consensus (but not bridges?).
[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19625 -- Ivan Markin
I am curious about possible reasons, why one wouldn't want to become guard. Are there any risks or disadvantages that come with the guard flag?
Am 16.09.2016 um 16:32 schrieb Ivan Markin:
Marcel Krzystek:
Add the following to your .torrc file:
ExitPolicy reject *:*
It's non-exit, not a "middle-only" relay. Jim probably doesn't want to become a Guard. I'm not aware of such option.
btw, we've recently discussed in #19625 [1] possibility of setting "peering policy". If this would be implemented one can restrict connections only to relays in consensus (but not bridges?).
[1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19625
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jensm1:
I am curious about possible reasons, why one wouldn't want to become guard. Are there any risks or disadvantages that come with the guard flag?
Probably because having clients connecting directly to this relay is not OK. E.g. some hostile ISP/upstream so one may decide not to endanger users by running a Guard relay there. Just a guess.
-- Ivan Markin
On 9/16/2016 5:11 PM, jensm1 wrote:
I am curious about possible reasons, why one wouldn't want to become guard. Are there any risks or disadvantages that come with the guard flag?
For me it wouldn't make any difference. I just noticed that my relay never got the guard flag and I am assuming that the reason is the bandwidth limitation.
~Andrea
ExitRelay 0 and/or ExitPolicy reject *:*
to prevent being an exit.
I don't know that you can prevent yourself from getting the Guard flag and being a guard.
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian.html.en
Matt
On 9/16/16 10:22, Jim Electro House wrote:
Hi to all! I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run *only* as a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file?
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I saw one relay not being a guard one, only middle.. :/
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Matt Traudt sirmatt@ksu.edu wrote:
ExitRelay 0 and/or ExitPolicy reject *:*
to prevent being an exit.
I don't know that you can prevent yourself from getting the Guard flag and being a guard.
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian.html.en
Matt
On 9/16/16 10:22, Jim Electro House wrote:
Hi to all! I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run *only*
as
a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file?
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It takes time to get the guard flag. See the relay life cycle for more details: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/lifecycle-of-a-new-relay
On Sep 16, 2016 9:29 AM, "Jim Electro House" torelectrohouse@gmail.com wrote:
I saw one relay not being a guard one, only middle.. :/
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Matt Traudt sirmatt@ksu.edu wrote:
ExitRelay 0 and/or ExitPolicy reject *:*
to prevent being an exit.
I don't know that you can prevent yourself from getting the Guard flag and being a guard.
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian.html.en
Matt
On 9/16/16 10:22, Jim Electro House wrote:
Hi to all! I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run *only*
as
a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file?
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On 9/16/2016 4:22 PM, Jim Electro House wrote:
Hi to all! I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run _only_ as a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file?
My relay never got the guard flag. Usually fast relays only get that flag. I donate a part of my internet connection to tor but not much. This seems to be the solution why mine never became a guard.
If you are limiting the bandwidth it should never get the guard flag.
~Andrea
So it is only a matter of speed?
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Andrea aw@kalpha.de wrote:
On 9/16/2016 4:22 PM, Jim Electro House wrote:
Hi to all! I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run _only_ as a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file?
My relay never got the guard flag. Usually fast relays only get that flag. I donate a part of my internet connection to tor but not much. This seems to be the solution why mine never became a guard.
If you are limiting the bandwidth it should never get the guard flag.
~Andrea
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On 20.09.2016 13:15, Jim Electro House wrote:
So it is only a matter of speed?
If you have 1 Gbit/s bandwidth on offer but configure Tor accounting to only let 100 MB of data pass per day, I doubt your relay will receive a guard flag, no matter the "speed". The same goes for relays that are only available every fortnight, as stability is likely an issue.
-Ralph
Jep. Give it a try - only the fastest relays get a guard flag.
~Andrea
On 9/20/2016 1:15 PM, Jim Electro House wrote:
So it is only a matter of speed?
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Andrea <aw@kalpha.de mailto:aw@kalpha.de> wrote:
On 9/16/2016 4:22 PM, Jim Electro House wrote: > Hi to all! > I'm running a non-exit relay and I'd like to configure it to run _only_ > as a middle relay. Do you know which conf should I add on my torrc file? My relay never got the guard flag. Usually fast relays only get that flag. I donate a part of my internet connection to tor but not much. This seems to be the solution why mine never became a guard. If you are limiting the bandwidth it should never get the guard flag. ~Andrea
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