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Re: [tor-relays] Feedback



Many ISPs change IP addresses on a regular basis. This seems to be the center of your problem as the other issues can be worked out with a little effort. To our advantage, IPSs are regularly requested by users to assign a permanent IP address for game operators. Try calling your ISP and asking for an assigned IP and not a NAT or re-assignable address. Work the other issues out in a single evening.

Good luck.


On 2/25/2016 8:15 PM, torserver@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello,

i have been running a new relay for a short time period now and would
like to bring to your attention the issues faced, that finally led me to
refrain from keeping this up any longer:

   * Documentation was ok (on torproject.org) and the installation (using
     deb on ubuntu) was easy.
   * It took quite some time to understand the implications (opening
     ports in the router, hazarding security to my computers, as i was -
     to this date - relying on the routers firewall working) - This job
     of mine basically got delayed until later, when i would have
     learned, what is needed in that respect.
   * Next, i noticed a frequent (daily) behavior of the Tor server
     dropping traffic to around zero. Inspecting this, let me to
     understand, my provider was disconnecting me and reassigning a new
     IP on a daily basis, which took some time to propagate. Even worse:
     It did not propagate on its own, i needed to restart the tor service
     to reinitialise...
   * Asking in the online channel, i was guided to change my "Nickname"
     torrc config to match the dyndns entry corresponding to my server.
   * But this never made it to the directories, thus forcing me to
     manually restart Tor on a daily basis in order to force the changing
     IP address into them.
   * Finally, i was told, this behavior would be disruptive to the
     network, i therefore brought the service down for good, wasting the
     bandwith, i was willing to spend, for the near future. :-)
   * Ok, otherwise, i would have to pay additional fees to rent a server
     off-site with a permanent IP, but that would be giving more, than
     what was easily affordable, as my machine is running 24/7 and the
     connections open anyway. Thus Tor doesnt seem to be able to absorb
     the kind of bandwith, i was willing to share long time.

This is leaving a sad taste on me, who is pretty much interested in
privacy, anonymosity, which led me to avoid the mailing lists with a
durable email-address. But just using a read-only one wouldnt allow me
to post to the list. That is why i created this one temporarily, just to
let you know about my experiences...

NewTorKidOnTheBlock
(this was the name of my Tor relay)


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