[tor-relays] Dynamic IP

[Tim]

I'm running a relay on a similarly "dynamic" IP.
If the line goes down, I'm reallocated a new one. But otherwise the IP is stable.
If I don't notice the change, I notice the traffic drop, then I update the torrc, and everything works again.

Wouldn't it be great if there was an option for tor to do this automatically?
But this would involve trusting google or similar to correctly report the external IP (and not get MITMed).

I tried running a bridge, but it made almost no use of the available bandwidth.
But if the IP were more dynamic, a bridge would be an excellent choice, as long as I could keep the config synced with the external IP.

This would be the core use case for a tor "use dynamic external IP" option. (And the current "guess my IP" option doesn't work for me, as it's the internet-visible external IP I need, not the relay's internal network IP.)

> On 17 Aug 2014, at 6:45,  IceFish ThreeTwo <threehundredthirtytwofishes at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:09:08 -0700
> From: IceFish ThreeTwo <threehundredthirtytwofishes at gmail.com>
> To: "tor-relays at lists.torproject.org"
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> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Dynamic IP
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> Alright thanks. Yeah it's a "dynamic" IP. I bet they just say that in case
> they have to change it for some reason.
> 
>> On Saturday, August 16, 2014, justaguy <justaguy at riseup.net> wrote:
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>> That's not a big deal, if it's once every 8 months.
>> But every day, that would be a problem.
>> If you keep running your relay for 8 months, and then an ip change, i
>> think it will be back at normal speeds in like 5 minutes
>> On 08/16/2014 10:04 PM, IceFish ThreeTwo wrote:
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>> Unfortunately my ISP only provides static IPs for their business accounts,
>> which, even if in my price range, I can't get at my home because of zoning.
>> My IP hasn't changed once since I got the service and I think I've kinda
>> locked it in with my router. But if it does switch say once every 8 months,
>> how big of a deal is that?
>> 
>> On Saturday, August 16, 2014, justaguy <justaguy at riseup.net
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','justaguy at riseup.net');>> wrote:
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>>> Yes, other relays don't like your relay changing ip's all the time.
>>> You should try to get a static ip somehow, ask your isp :)
>>> On 08/16/2014 10:00 PM, IceFish ThreeTwo wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have a dynamic IP from my ISP. Is that going to cause issues with my
>>> relay?
>>> 
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