Re: [tor-relays] Speed of my relay not correct on global list

[Josh <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know the answer to your question and I am sorry that you are having this issue. That said even if you are not doing anything besides running a relay it is a security risk to be running a tor node on Windows XP.

There are exploits that do not require any interaction from the user. The sentiment that the rest of the list is trying to impress on you is that by running a Tor nod on XP you are potential putting the entire Tor network at risk to a malicious actor.

This is by far a more pressing concern than speeds being reported correctly. As others have said since you say cost is a factor in purchasing a Windows 7 license then install Linux or BSD. I cannot express how easy it is if you follow the guide to set up a Debian node.

On 07/21/2014 05:19 PM, B00ze/Empire wrote:

On 2014-07-20 23:53, Joel Cretan <jcretan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 4:30 PM, B00ze/Empire <B00ze64@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Who cares that MS doesn't support it. So you are claiming that because it runs on Xp the speed testing is failing? I find that hard to believe.

Everyone using Tor cares. I believe the other posters are seizing on this detail because it is much more important for you to upgrade your vulnerable machine than to worry about what speed is reported. Perhaps it is better for now that your speed is under-reported, to keep too many clients from connecting to a potentially dangerous relay.

I cant upgrade the machine, I'd have to buy hardware and since the machine is 12 years old, I have no intention of replacing the failing parts. I am slowly building a replacement server, but until then, Xp it is. I do not browse, read email, open PDFs, run Flash, install programs - I dont do anything on that server besides running the Tor relay (and polipo) and serving files on the local network. The machine is behind a hardware and a software firewall. The chances of infection is basically zero, so there is no great rush to setup the replacement server.

But since everyone just cannot get passed the fact that it runs Xp, I guess we will have to wait some months before I can get some real answers as to the problem I wish resolved.

Thank you.
Best Regards,

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