[tor-relays] freebsd relay doesnt receive any traffic (after 1 month)

[dlugasny at protonmail.com]

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On Thursday, October 25, 2018 7:24 PM, <dlugasny at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Dmitrii thanks for Your hints.
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> On Thursday, October 25, 2018 7:02 PM, Dmitrii Tcvetkov demfloro at demfloro.ru wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:48:09 +0000
> > dlugasny at protonmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > In did, I have to read more carefully attached documentation.
> > > After small changes torrc looks like this:
> > > Does any one of You see any wrong parameters ?
> > > ##########################
> > > SocksPort 0
> > > Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log
> > > ControlPort 9051
> > > HashedControlPassword (for nyx)
> > > ORPort 9001
> > > RelayBandwidthRate 400 KBytes # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
> > > RelayBandwidthBurst 600 KBytes # But allow bursts up to 200KB (1600Kb)
> > > ContactInfo Dlugas-ny <dlugasny AT protonmail dot com>
> > > DirPort 9030 # what port to advertise for directory connections
> > > ExitRelay 0
> > > ExitPolicy reject : # no exits allowed
> > > PublishServerDescriptor 0
> > > CellStatistics 1
> > > ExtraInfoStatistics 1
> > > ConnDirectionStatistics 1
> > > EntryStatistics 1
> > > LogMessageDomains 1
> > > AvoidDiskWrites 1
> > > WarnPlaintextPorts
> > > HeartbeatPeriod 1hours
> > > DisableDebuggerAttachment 0
> >
> > These are enough to run a relay:
> > SocksPort 0
> > ORPort 9001
> > RelayBandwidthRate 400 KBytes
> > RelayBandwidthBurst 600 KBytes
> > Log notice file /var/log/tor/notices.log
> > ContactInfo Dlugas-ny <dlugasny AT protonmail dot com>
> > DirPort 9030
> > MyFamily "fingerprints go here"
> > ExitRelay 0
> > ExitPolicy reject :
> > MyFamily should contain comma separated list of fingerprints of all your
> > guard, middle, exit relays if you have any. Each fingerprint should be
> > prefixed with '$' symbol. It shouldn't contain fingerprints of your
> > bridges.
> > If you want to use Nyx then you can enable:
> > ControlPort 9051
> > HashedControlPassword
>
> Nyx I`m using, because I can observe traffic. "socket -4l" doesnt provide informations about connections.
>
> > Option
> > DisableDebuggerAttachment 0
> > is for debugging and should be set to 1 during normal operation. Yes,
> > it allows to snoop on Tor circuits in Nyx, but is that really needed?
>
> Its active because I would like to see if its really working.
>
> > BTW you can use bits in bandwidth settings,
> > e.g. "RelayBandwidthRate 4 Mbits"
> > Other options are optional and should be evaluated each separately. For
> > example I don't know why you don't want to publish server descriptor,
> > what is the point of unpublished middle relay?
>
> I just commented out "PublishServerDescriptor"
>
> > Why avoid disk writes? Modern hardware won't be worn out just by Tor
> > relay disc activity. Why WarnPlaintextPorts? It's a relay, not a
> > client, as SocksPort is 0.
>
> I just commented out AvoidDiskWriters and WarnPlaintextPorts.
>
> > In general it's better to start with software defaults and alter the
> > settings only if you need them altered.
>
> I know. I have simply blindly copied example torrc from one of the "best practise FreeBsd tor tutorials".
>
> Thanks for Your hints.
>
> I hope that in the next days my first BSD relay will start relaying :).