[tor-relays] Please check if your relay has fallen out of the consensus

[tor-relays+tor-relays at queer.cat]

On 28/10/24 20:30, denny.obreham at a-n-o-n-y-m-e.net wrote:
>     As an update, once I showed the link from OONI to my ISP, they offered
>     to move my server to another location at no charge. So the Tor server
>     was moved from India to the UK. (Actually, I built a new one from
>     scratch.)
> 
>     So I will mention here this ISP - Contabo.com - for their great
>     customer service and understanding of what Tor represents. They have
>     automatically and temporarily blocked my IP address - and informed me
>     that they did - 2 or 3 times in the past because they felt it was under
>     a DDoS attack, and I'm OK with that. At one point, communicating with
>     their support team, one person even wrote this to me:

I'm pleased to hear that you were able to resolve the issue!

> 
>     We are glad to support your efforts in maintaining these relays, as
>     they play a crucial role in fighting censorship and promoting internet
>     freedom. Thank you for your ongoing trust and partnership.
> 
>     I initially chose them because they have few exit relays (only 12 as of
>     today, 4 of them being mine, but there are about 100 other non-exit
>     relays). With that kind of service, I'm wondering why they are not more
>     popular for exit relays.
> 
>     Denny
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>     On 2024-10-22 15:41, tor-relays at queer.cat wrote:
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>     > On 22/10/24 12:08, denny.obreham at a-n-o-n-y-m-e.net wrote:
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>     >> I still haven't found a solution to my problem I stated earlier in
>     my email with the subject "Exit relay not in consensus" https://
>     lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2024-October/021899.html
>     <https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2024-October/021899.
>     html>
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>     >>
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>     >> The most helpful answers were from Sebastian <https://
>     lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2024-October/021909.html> and
>     George <https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-relays/2024-
>     October/021918.html>. I contacted the ASN but never received a
>     response. My ISP was useless as they jus t repeated "We don't block
>     traffic."
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>     > Iâve gone through the original thread you shared and found an OONI
>     result that supports the notion that your ASN (141995) is blocking Tor
>     directory authorities. You can view the result here:
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>     >
>     https://explorer.ooni.org/m/20241001034902.297107_US_tor_d6973b06186ed4
>     3a
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>     >> As of today, the server is still active and running. You can't find
>     it in the metrics but it is still in the consensus <https://consensus-
>     health.torproject.org/consensus-health.html?
>     #7BDDE0E7607A5F49578768F44CD721793FA2D7AE>.
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>     >> I did not have much time lately and have no clue what I can do from
>     this point forward.
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>     >> Denny
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>     >> On 2024-10-22 04:48, Roger Dingledine wrote:
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>     >>
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>     >> Hi folks! We're hunting down a mystery where two of our big
>     university relays are having troubles reaching the Tor directory
>     authorities:
>     https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/network-health/analysis/-/issues/86
>     Can you check to see if your relay is in a similar situation? In
>     particular, the situation to look for is "Tor process is still running
>     fine from your perspective, but, relay-search (https://
>     atlas.torproject.org/) says you are no longer running." If your relay
>     is in this situation, the next step is to check your Tor logs, try to
>     rule out other issues like firewall rules on your side, and then (if
>     you're able) to start exploring traceroutes to the directory authority
>     IP addresses vs other addresses. If you need more direct help, we can
>     help you debug or answer other questions on #tor-relays on IRC. Thanks,
>     -- Roger _______________________________________________ tor-relays
>     mailing list tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>     https://lists.torproject.org/cgi- bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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