Re: [tor-talk] keeping torcloud alive

[stn <stn@xxxxxx>]

great tip here re: multiple torcloud accounts.  it worked for me as well.
same credit card number.

glad amazon is good about that.  in the end they make more money and
increase their subscriber stats.  torcloud is "balsa wood" weight on
their systems.  this is the first "cloud" implementation that made me
take notice of "cloud".

i started another node but this time*grabbed **snapshots for possible
future guiding  docs*
some work explaining ssh and keys is needed for the uninitiated i think.

i found amazon's instructions re putty lacking. 

a revised torcloud doc with more hand-holding will probably help.   i
admit i haven't tried the java app for ssh.  i assumed best to avoid
java for ssh for some reason.

willing to help out of course.  trying to make notes as i learn so i can
do that.

steve




On 12/09/2014 11:47 PM, I wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Thank you on behalf of the ideal.
>
> I think you are an asset being a helper and a maintainer will more likely appear now.
> It appears to me that there are far too many TOR people popping up on the same aspect leaving fragmented impressions.
> If one person is the one to ask for directions it must be better than that.
>
> One big question to do with using Amazon is "What can we do when the free year runs out that isn't costly?".
> When I set up multiple accounts using all the credit cards I could manipulate they didn't notice that I was paying with one card. I wonder what other things they might not notice.
>
> I don't think a tor proxy is even a tiny burden to Amazon's system so is it possible that they might offer us an ongoing deal which costs, say, $20Aus a year which would be tolerable for many of us?
>
> Are there any other clouds which offer honeymoon deals like Amazon's?
>
> Good on you.
> Robert
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stn@xxxxxx
>> Sent: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:56:00 -0400
>> To: tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tor-talk] keeping torcloud alive
>>
>> hi,
>> new talk subscriber. i'm
>> volunteering to help keep torcloud alive by offering help even though i
>> can't be primary maintainer.
>>
>> i recently got a torcloud  node up and running. $3 month first year is
>> quite good. stable and once going no hassles.  i like the idea. less
>> prone to outages than my home isp etc.
>>
>> i did so because i have yet to build a good box for my home connection
>> to service a torbridge for residential broadband
>>
>> (suggestions as to what to use welcome.  pcbsd, debian or ubuntu flavour
>> etc.  i'm using older h/w likely dual core 2.3ghz.  i think i have 4 gig
>> ram but willing to invest in more.)
>>
>> i can see the value keeping torcloud alive even if users stick with it
>> for only a year of low cost donation.
>>
>> no one knows me so i cannot handle sensitive procedures but i'm willing
>> to help take other work off someone's hands that doesn't involve the
>> required trust level.  eg update documentation and field help once i
>> know process a bit better.
>>
>> in a support message lunar mentioned torcloud needs a maintainer.
>> perhaps having a helper might make it easier for someone to apply their
>> name to it?
>>
>> since tor requires consistent uptime i can see torcloud being an asset.
>> as much as i'll try to get a solid nix box going at home i suspect
>> torcloud node might be more reliable vs people like me building boxes
>> and running nix fulltime at home to service tor. (?)
>>
>> steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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