[tor-relays] Become a Fallback Directory Mirror

[teor]

Hi,

> On 22 Jan 2018, at 05:01, Fabian A. Santiago <fsantiago at garbage-juice.com> wrote:
> 
> January 8, 2018 3:29 PM, "Spiros Andreou" <mail at spiros.io> wrote:
> 
>> Normalcitizen: E51620B90DCB310138ED89EDEDD0A5C361AAE24E
>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> 
>>> Subject: [tor-relays] Become a Fallback Directory Mirror
>>> 
>>> Local Time: 21 December 2017 12:50 AM
>>> 
>>> UTC Time: 20 December 2017 23:50
>>> 
>>> From: teor2345 at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>>> 
>>> Dear Relay Operators,
>>> 
>>> Do you want your relay to be a Tor fallback directory mirror?
>>> 
>>> Will it have the same address and port for the next 2 years?
>>> 
>>> Just reply to this email with your relay's fingerprint.
>>> 
>>> If your relay is on the current list, you don't need to do anything.
>>> 
>>> If you're asking:
>>> 
>>> Q: What's a fallback directory mirror?
>>> 
>>> Fallback directory mirrors help Tor clients connect to the network.
>>> 
>>> For more details, see [1].
>>> 
>>> Q: Is my relay on the current list?
>>> 
>>> Search [2] and [3] for your relay fingerprint or IP address and port.
>>> 
>>> [2] is the current list of fallbacks in Tor.
>>> 
>>> [3] is used to create the next list of fallbacks.
>>> 
>>> Q: What do I need to do if my relay is on the list?
>>> 
>>> Keep the same IP address, keys, and ports.
>>> 
>>> Email tor-relays if the relay's details change.
>>> 
>>> Q: Can my relay be on the list next time?
>>> 
>>> We need fast relays that will be on the same IP address and port for 2
>>> 
>>> years. Reply to this email to get on the list, or to update the details
>>> of your relay.
>>> 
>>> Once or twice a year, we run a script to choose about 150-200 relays
>>> from the potential list [3] for the list in Tor [2].
>>> 
>>> Q: Why didn't my relay get on the list last time?
>>> 
>>> We check a relay's uptime, flags, and speed [4]. Sometimes, a relay might
>>> be down when we check. That's ok, we will check it again next time.
>>> 
>>> It's good to have some new relays on the list every release. That helps
>>> tor clients, because blocking a changing list is harder.
>>> 
>>> Q: What about the current relay DDoS?
>>> 
>>> We don't think the DDoS will have much impact on the fallback list.
>>> 
>>> If your relay is affected, please:
>>> 
>>> * make sure it has enough available file descriptors, and
>>> * set MaxMemInQueues to the amount of RAM you have available per tor
>>> instance (or maybe a few hundred MB less).
>>> 
>>> We're also working on some code changes. See [5] for more details.
>>> 
>>> [1]: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/FallbackDirectoryMirrors
>>> [2]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/src/or/fallback_dirs.inc
>>> [3]: https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git/tree/scripts/maint/fallback.whitelist
>>> [4]:
>>> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/attachment/ticket/21564/fallbacks_2017-05-16-0815-09cd78886
>>> log
>>> [5]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2017-December/013881.html
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Tim / teor
>>> 
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've moved my relay to an unmetered provider, and intend to keep it up long term. Here you are, if you can still use it:
> 
> D122094E396DF8BA560843E7B983B0EA649B7DF9

Thanks for running a relay!

Yes, we can use your relay.
We will rebuild the list in 6-12 months.

We are keeping track of opt-ins. Yours is here:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24805#comment:8

T
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