[tor-relays] Obfs4 Bridge/Relay Issue

Mon Dec 9 19:05:44 UTC 2019

I have been trying to run a relay/obfs4 bridge from my Macbook (macOS Catalina 10.15.1) for some time now. I want to do it to help out the Tor network - getting a Tor t-shirt would be a nice bonus. I've already donated to help out until I can get my bridge/relay up & running. I've been starting out with trying to run an obfs4 bridge with the intent to move to a full relay (non-exit) at a later date. I've tried setting up my ORPorts to 80, 443, 9050, auto, and many others. I use Bitdefender as my antivirus software (which doesn't really show open/closed/used ports; nor does the built-in firewall in System Preferences in macOS. Below is my torrc file and log files (from Console). If you see any mistakes or any reasons why I cannot get the obsf4 bridge or relay to run please let me know. I have been trying to get this to work for a few months now. I upgraded to Tor 0.4.1.6 to see if that makes a difference and so far nothing has changed. Any assistance that you could give would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

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*_Torrc_:*

#Bridge config
RunAsDaemon 1
ORPort 80
ORPort 443
ORPort 9050
ORPort auto
BridgeRelay 1
ServerTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/obfs4proxy
# For a fixed obfs4 port (i.e. 9002), uncomment the following line.
#ServerTransportListenAddr obfs4 0.0.0.0:9002
# Local communication port between Tor and obfs4. Always set this to
"auto". "Ext" means
# "extended", not "external". Don't try to set a specific port number,
nor listen on 127.0.0.1
ExtORPort auto
ExitRelay 0
ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed

## Send all messages of level 'notice' or higher to
/opt/local/var/log/tor/notices.log
Log notice file /usr/local/var/log/tor/notices.log

# Contact information that allows us to get in touch with you in case of
# critical updates or problems with your bridge.  This is optional, so you
# don't have to provide an email address if you don't want to.
ContactInfo 0x4DD6289CAD37F299 <texasbuckeye AT riseup DOT net>
# Pick a nickname that you like for your bridge.
Nickname texasbuckeye

## Define these to limit how much relayed traffic you will allow. Your
## own traffic is still unthrottled. Note that RelayBandwidthRate must
## be at least 75 kilobytes per second.
## Note that units for these config options are bytes (per second), not
## bits (per second), and that prefixes are binary prefixes, i.e. 2^10,
## 2^20, etc.
RelayBandwidthRate 1000 KBytes  # Throttle traffic to 100KB/s (800Kbps)
RelayBandwidthBurst 2000 KBytes # But allow bursts up to 200KB (1600Kb)

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*_Console_:*

Nov 23 17:34:12.000 [notice] Tor 0.4.1.6 opening log file.
Nov 23 17:34:12.475 [notice] Tor 0.4.1.6 running on Darwin with Libevent
2.1.11-stable, OpenSSL 1.0.2s, Zlib 1.2.11, Liblzma N/A, and Libzstd N/A.
Nov 23 17:34:12.476 [notice] Tor can't help you if you use it wrong!
Learn how to be safe at https://www.torproject.org/download/download#warning
Nov 23 17:34:12.477 [notice] Read configuration file
"/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc".
Nov 23 17:34:12.481 [notice] Based on detected system memory,
MaxMemInQueues is set to 6553 MB. You can override this by setting
MaxMemInQueues by hand.
Nov 23 17:34:12.483 [notice] Opening Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Nov 23 17:34:12.484 [notice] Opened Socks listener on 127.0.0.1:9050
Nov 23 17:34:12.484 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:0
Nov 23 17:34:12.484 [notice] OR listener listening on port 57054.
Nov 23 17:34:12.484 [notice] Opened OR listener on 0.0.0.0:57054
Nov 23 17:34:12.485 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9050
Nov 23 17:34:12.485 [notice] Opened OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9050
Nov 23 17:34:12.485 [notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:443
Nov 23 17:34:12.485 [notice] Opened OR listener on 0.0.0.0:443
Nov 23 17:34:12.485 [notice] Opening Extended OR listener on 127.0.0.1:0
Nov 23 17:34:12.486 [notice] Extended OR listener listening on port 57055.
Nov 23 17:34:12.486 [notice] Opened Extended OR listener on 127.0.0.1:57055
Nov 23 17:34:14.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file
/usr/local/Cellar/tor/0.4.0.5_1/share/tor/geoip.
Nov 23 17:34:14.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file
/usr/local/Cellar/tor/0.4.0.5_1/share/tor/geoip6.
Nov 23 17:34:14.000 [notice] Configured to measure statistics. Look for
the *-stats files that will first be written to the data directory in 24
hours from now.
Nov 23 17:34:14.000 [notice] Your Tor server's identity key fingerprint
is /<REDACTED>/
Nov 23 17:34:14.000 [notice] Your Tor bridge's hashed identity key
fingerprint is /<REDACTED>/
Nov 23 17:34:14.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 0% (starting): Starting
Nov 23 17:34:20.000 [notice] Starting with guard context "default"
Nov 23 17:34:20.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 5% (conn): Connecting to a relay
Nov 23 17:34:21.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 10% (conn_done): Connected to
a relay
Nov 23 17:34:21.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 14% (handshake): Handshaking
with a relay
Nov 23 17:34:21.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 15% (handshake_done):
Handshake with a relay done
Nov 23 17:34:21.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 75% (enough_dirinfo): Loaded
enough directory info to build circuits
Nov 23 17:34:21.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 90% (ap_handshake_done):
Handshake finished with a relay to build circuits
Nov 23 17:34:21.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 95% (circuit_create):
Establishing a Tor circuit
Nov 23 17:34:22.000 [notice] Guessed our IP address as xx.xxx.x.xxx
(source: 51.77.251.192).
Nov 23 17:34:22.000 [notice] Bootstrapped 100% (done): Done
Nov 23 17:34:22.000 [notice] Now checking whether ORPort
xx.xxx.x.xxx:57054 is reachable... (this may take up to 20 minutes --
look for log messages indicating success)
Nov 23 17:35:31.000 [notice] Your network connection speed appears to
have changed. Resetting timeout to 60s after 18 timeouts and 192 buildtimes.
Nov 23 17:36:23.000 [notice] Tried for 120 seconds to get a connection
to [scrubbed]:0. Giving up. (waiting for socks info)
Nov 23 17:36:23.000 [notice] Tried for 120 seconds to get a connection
to [scrubbed]:0. Giving up. (waiting for socks info)
Nov 23 17:36:23.000 [notice] Tried for 120 seconds to get a connection
to [scrubbed]:0. Giving up. (waiting for socks info)
Nov 23 17:36:23.000 [notice] Tried for 120 seconds to get a connection
to [scrubbed]:0. Giving up. (waiting for socks info)
Nov 23 17:36:23.000 [notice] Tried for 120 seconds to get a connection
to [scrubbed]:0. Giving up. (waiting for socks info)
Nov 23 17:54:22.000 [warn] Your server (xx.xxx.x.xxx:57054) has not
managed to confirm that its ORPort is reachable. Relays do not publish
descriptors until their ORPort and DirPort are reachable. Please check
your firewalls, ports, address, /etc/hosts file, etc.
Nov 23 18:14:22.000 [warn] Your server (xx.xxx.x.xxx:57054) has not
managed to confirm that its ORPort is reachable. Relays do not publish
descriptors until their ORPort and DirPort are reachable. Please check
your firewalls, ports, address, /etc/hosts file, etc

**** Note: all of the xxx.xxx.x.xx are from me blanking out my IP
address. It shows up correctly in the torrc file.****

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texasbuckeye at riseup.net
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