[tor-relays] Windows Relay Setup

[Neel Chauhan]

Tor 0.2.4.23 is EOLed and is blacklisted from the network. Vidalia is 
also EOL and unmaintained.

Also see: https://blog.torproject.org/removing-end-life-relays-network

If you want a Windows relay, you'll have to configure manually whether 
you like it or not. It's hard (Tor is Unix-native), and performance 
sucks when compared to Linux/BSD/macOS, but on the positive Windows is 
still better for relay diversity than Linux.

If there is Linux malware hurting the Tor network, we shouldn't just 
hope for BSD variants to keep us alive. Closed source or not, we should 
also consider Windows as an alternative relay OS (if you have a license 
or are willing to buy one). And I'm saying this as someone who runs 
FreeBSD relays and a FreeBSD desktop myself.

You can also use a VM, and it may be easier, but if I were you, just use 
the expert bundle and try to configure Tor as a NT service. You won't 
have to worry about a hypervisor and will help relay diversity along the 
way.

-Neel

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On 2019-10-17 15:20, William Pate wrote:
> I finally got around to playing with this some more.
> 
> Thank you for your message, Bruce. I searched for Vidalia and found an
> old bundle that appears to work perfectly on my Windows 10 machine.
> 
> Steps I took:
> 
> 1. Download Vidalia Bundle 0.2.4.23 from 
> http://vidalia-bundle.en.lo4d.com/
> 2. Extract
> 3. Install
> 4. Start
> 5. The Vidalia Control Panel will pop-up
> 6. In settings, I changed the Tor executable from the one included
> with the Vidalia Bundle to the current version of Tor elsewhere on my
> system.
> 
> Like I said, it *appears* to be working. Can't find it in relay search
> yet, but I only set it up moments ago.
> 
> Nickname is inadequate
> Contact is willpate at disroot.org
> 
> 
> William Pate
> willpate at pm.me
> 512-947-3311
> inadequate.net
> 
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Sunday, July 14, 2019 1:44 AM, Barton Bruce <barton.bruce at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> William,
>> 
>> On 7/11/2019 6:58 PM, William Pate wrote:
>> 
>> > I'm interested in hosting a Windows-based relay, if anyone can point me to a good tutorial. I've tried the most common ones.
>> >
>> > tor-relays mailing list
>> > tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>> > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
>> 
>> There used to be a VIDALIA (sp?) kit that could simply be downloaded 
>> and
>> run on a windows machine. I then worked for an ISP/CLEC and had lots 
>> of
>> bandwidth so ran Vidaalia on a 64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate machine on my
>> desk at work.
>> 
>> I never did hear why something had changed at the tor project so that
>> stopped working, but do remember a rude snippy condescending reply 
>> from
>> someone on the mailing list so I lost interest.
>> 
>> I did get the head Tor guy from the Central Square Cambridge office of
>> TOR to come speak at a local networking group's monthly meeting we 
>> held
>> at a MicroSlush faclity in Burlington, MA and it was well received by 
>> a
>> packed audience. I think he now has left TOR and works for some ISP.
>> 
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