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New article: Join the deep web as a tor relay
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+title: "Join the Deep Web as a Tor relay" |
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+date: 2013-12-02 12:26 |
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+categories: [paranoid, server] |
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+cover: /images/cover/avatar.png |
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+keywords: tor, security, anonymous, onion, configuration |
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+description: Configure and run Tor relay. |
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+As a long term fan and occasional user of the [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) network |
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+I've decided to run a Tor middle relay. It's some kind of a way of payback to Tor community. |
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+Another way how to help Tor network is running exit node or a bridge. |
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+The requirements are: a server running on a relatively secure operating system |
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+(*BSD or GNU/Linux would be my choice. No offense.) and bandwidth at least 20KiB/s up & down. |
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+An installation is quite easy, just install ```tor``` package from repositories. Or compile Tor |
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+from [sources](https://www.torproject.org/download/download-unix.html.en). |
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+Now edit your ```torrc``` file (located here ```/etc/tor/torrc``` or ```/etc/torrc```). |
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+By default Tor is configured as a Exit relay, which can be risky (depending on your country's law). |
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+If you don't want to deal with abuse issues (when someone is doing some illegal shit via |
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+your relay) then change your ```ExitPolicy``` line; comment out this line: |
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+ ExitPolicy reject *:* |
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+Now you'll be acting as a "middleman". If you want to run an Exit relay be sure to read |
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+tutorials and many tips about Exit relays. |
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+Next, change speed limit for relay traffic. Change lines ```RelayBandwidthRate``` and |
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+```RelayBandwidthBurst``` as you need. |
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+You can choose a name for your relay on a ```Nickname``` line. |
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+Finally, open a port (the default 9001 is OK) in your firewall (```ORPort``` line). |
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+Now you can start Tor daemon. |
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+Check out your Tor logs. After a while you'll can see a line |
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+ Now checking whether ORPort <your-ip>:<your-port> is reachable... |
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+and after that (if you configured Tor correctly) will appear: |
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+ Self-testing indicates your ORPort is reachable from the outside. Excellent. Publishing server descriptor. |
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+You can find a list of Tor relays [here](http://194.109.206.212/tor/status-vote/current/consensus) |
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+or [here](http://torstatus.blutmagie.de/index.php?SR=FBadExit&SO=Asc). |
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