Would you make a recommendation of running unbound on the local exit nodes to resolve local DNS server congestion to get around this issue? Thanks, Conrad > On Oct 19, 2018, at 5:30 PM, nusenu <nusenu-lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Signed PGP part > Dear Exit relay operators, > > (you are getting this email because you are a subscriber of the tor-relays mailing > list or because you are among the top 10 affected parties - addressed via BCC to protect the address) > > first of all thanks for running exit relays! > > One of the crucial service that you provide in addition to forwarding > TCP streams is DNS resolution for tor clients. > Exits relays which fail to resolve hostnames > are barely useful for tor clients. > > We noticed that lately the failure rates did increase again and would like > to urge you to visit Arthur's "Tor Exit DNS Timeouts" > page that shows you the DNS error rate for exit relays: > > https://arthuredelstein.net/exits/ > (the page is usually updated once a day) > > Please consider checking your DNS if your exit relay consistently shows a non zero > timeout rate - and make sure you run an up to date tor version. > > If you are an exit operator but have no (or no working) ContactInfo, please consider > updating that field in your torrc so we can reach you if something is wrong > with your relay. > > kind regards > nusenu > > -- > https://twitter.com/nusenu_ > > > > >
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