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Re: [tor-relays] Call for Tor Fallback Directories



> On 7 Dec. 2016, at 11:04, l3thal.injecti0n@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Hey Tim,
> 
> I believe my relay may already be on the fallback list. If not, please
> feel free to include it. It has been up, fast and stable for well over
> 2 years and will up for the indefinite future at this time.

Thanks, I added your relay to the whitelist.

TorWeatherHelper - 0F100F60C7A63BED90216052324D29B08CFCF797

I'll run the script later in December that generates a list of relays for the release.

Tim

> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 5:44 AM, teor <teor2345@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Dear Tor Relay Operator,
>> 
>> Your relay(s) can help tor clients find the tor network by becoming a
>> fallback directory mirror.[0]
>> 
>> These mirrors are hard-coded into tor's source code, like the directory
>> authorities. We have 80 fallbacks, but we want 200 for the next release.
>> 
>> Fallbacks need to have:
>> - - the same IP address(es) and ports for the next 2 years,
>> - - the same relay identity key for the next 2 years,
>> - - good uptime (at least 95%), and
>> - - good bandwidth and network connectivity
>>  (we estimate an extra 25GB per month).
>> 
>> Please email me to add your relays that fit these criteria to the list.
>> If you are BCC'd on this email, it looks like you have at least one
>> relay that could become a fallback.
>> You can also email me if you know your relay will be changing address
>> or key, and I'll make sure we don't choose it.
>> 
>> We are keeping the fallback lists from the last release[1][2].
>> 
>> So if you have emailed me before about becoming a fallback, there is no
>> need to email again. But please let me know if your relay details have
>> changed.  (I did not BCC relay operators who are already on the fallback
>> lists, unless their relay details changed.)
>> 
>> In a week or two, I will run a script to select the hard-coded list for
>> the release.
>> 
>> If you're interested, here's some background to this request:
>> 
>> The latest list[3] and log[4] of candidates was generated using the
>> instructions in [5] from scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py on my
>> GitHub branch[6]. (This branch has some bug fixes compared to what's in
>> master.) We're tracking this work in [7].
>> 
>> [0]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors
>> [1]: https://github.com/teor2345/tor/blob/fallbacks-029-v2/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist
>> [2]: https://github.com/teor2345/tor/blob/fallbacks-029-v2/scripts/maint/fallback.blacklist
>> [3]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/18828/potential_extra_fallbacks_2016-12-04
>> [4]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/18828/potential_extra_fallbacks_2016-12-04.log
>> [5]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/UpdatingFallbackDirectoryMirrors
>> [6]: https://github.com/teor2345/tor/blob/fallbacks-029-v2/scripts/maint/updateFallbackDirs.py
>> [7]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18828
>> 
>> T
>> 
>> - --
>> Tim Wilson-Brown (teor)
>> 
>> teor2345 at gmail dot com
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