[tor-relays] Running A Tor Relay On Windows 10 (Was Continuing ToRun A Relay On Mac OS High Sierra Via Homebrew After A New Mac OS Version IsReleased)

[Keifer Bly]

Yes. I have downloaded the tor expert bundle from torproject.org, and notice it does not come with a torrc file. I am wondering what a good way to generate one would be. As in, I wonder what a good way to configure the tor expert bundle to generate a torrc file to generate a torrc file that could input the relay settings

Fingerprint DB1AF6477BB276B6EA5E72132684096EEE779D30
(Which was the fingerprint of the relay that was shut down due to the OS switch. 

Torrc settins of the relay to be inputted into tor expert bundle

Nickname torland
SocksPort 0
ORPort 9002
ExitRelay 0
ControlSocket 0
ContactInfo keifer dot bly at gmail dot com
ExitPolicy reject *:*

Thoughts on how to do this would be appreciated, thanks very much.
From: marvel
Sent: Friday, October 5, 2018 1:27 AM
To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
Subject: Re: [tor-relays] Running A Tor Relay On Windows 10 (Was Continuing ToRun A Relay On Mac OS High Sierra Via Homebrew After A New Mac OS Version IsReleased)

Well done for persevering. Any non-Apple OS software on Apple hardware
is inherently prone to difficulties.

> However, what I
> then did a fresh install of was Windows 10, and it is successfully up
> and running.

I guess if nothing else, we could consider a little more OS diversity to
be a good thing.

> If someone could please send me
> the instructions for running a relay on Windows 10

The crux is; you can download a tor binary from the torproject.org
website and run it through cmd.exe. ("Command Prompt")

https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html

Windows doesn't ship with any OpenPGP implementation by default (AFAIK),
so verifying the signature will be a bit of a pain. You could use a
Windows OpenPGP implementation. E.g. Gpg4win, wingpg. But the issue is;
how do you then verify the trust of that binary. You get the idea.

Or, you can run the Windows Subsystem for Linux. (WSL) which will give
you something close to a gnu/linux runtime on Windows.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10


On 05/10/18 07:03, Keifer Bly wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> So adding to the previous discussion, I was not able to run Debian Linux
> on my machine, or the new Mac OS. What I ended up doing was formatting
> the hard drive (erasing the OS and all), then did a fresh install of
> Debian Linux, which after installing failed to load. However, what I
> then did a fresh install of was Windows 10, and it is successfully up
> and running.
> 
>  
> 
> I have my relay fingerprint backed up. If someone could please send me
> the instructions for running a relay on Windows 10, that would be
> appreciated. I know I could run a Debian Linux virtual machine, but
> would rather not have to deal with VMs.
> 
>  
> 
> Your instructions (or ideas) are appreciated. Thank you.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
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