Re: Puzzling behavior of Tor server.

[sigi <dugongs@xxxxxx>]

Hi,

> I recently set-up a Tor server with an exit node on port 80 (WinXP
> SP2).

I configured a middleman-proxy...

> When using either firefox or opera, I frequently see the following
> entries in my log file:
>
> Sep 04 03:12:21:890 [Notice] connection_ap_expire_beginning(): We 
> tried
> for 15 seconds to connect to '[scrubbed]' using exit 'bach'. Retrying
> on a new circuit.
> Sep 04 04:08:19:078 [Notice] resolve_my_address(): Your IP seems to
> have changed. Updating.
> Sep 04 04:08:39:187 [Notice] router_orport_found_reachable():
> Self-testing indicates your ORPort is reachable from the outside.
> Excellent. Publishing server descriptor.
> Sep 04 07:51:55:031 [Notice] connection_ap_expire_beginning(): We 
> tried
> for 15 seconds to connect to '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> 'yyycccvvvddd132'.
> Retrying on a new circuit.
> Sep 04 07:52:02:031 [Notice] connection_ap_expire_beginning(): We 
> tried
> for 15 seconds to connect to '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> 'yyycccvvvddd132'.
> Retrying on a new circuit.


[...]

...and my logs do look the same. What's wrong with it? It's building new
circuits - seems alright, doesn't it?

> This makes logging out of Yahoo mail and other services difficult. 
> Does anyone have a suggestion?

??? 
What do you want to log? I think as a tor-node you/we should log
possibly the traffic, nothing else - providing most possible anonymity.
Am I not right?

Regards,
sigi.


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