Oddbean new post about login | logout brand new Tor relay ! https://media.x0f.org/d1a4aaa11daf17bf45ca409d9fe814a332ae5b9597ee2ae61433ff84d6cfeb72.png it's running on a vps with unmetered 100mbit network connection, paid through lightning nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq5xeflpdskqvdq4swxj59793uvdzqzc9pzatjk3nhmcg2h0js8trqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kytcqyz02e8e54vnqaus4rtq4x4smr0f05c39d32zdfyvzteefvg4f8ua74xvdl6
This is the fucking way
This is the fucking way 🫡 nostr:nevent1qqsqqqxztx03tr36j8ucdcmyxnr29744qa5p0j7z3fkc7r3vk5sc7gqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtczyq9288j6a7v6qq98hkctfxg43jftcj4zp7m9jvd995z4kh4kmlmns4eqanp
This is the fucking way 🫡 nostr:nevent1qqsqqqxztx03tr36j8ucdcmyxnr29744qa5p0j7z3fkc7r3vk5sc7gqpremhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet59upzqz4rnedwlxdqqznmmv95ny2cey4uf23qldjexxjj6p2mt6mdlaecqvzqqqqqqy689lvg
Where does one even start as a newb with privacy tech. etc.?
Perfect use case for anon VPSs! https://image.nostr.build/7ad5401c7a66180cb7965378f40ec37f6889e9f67d099a857a77e834ed3d3561.gif
What vps spec do you run the relay on
2 CPU, 2GB memory, 50GB disk; nothing fancy but enough to be above recommended specs for a Tor relay 😀 most important is to have plenty of bandwidth, and high or no traffic cap
Am maxing out my bandwidth at home with my snowflake proxy so probably gotta get a VPS somewhere setup for this.
makes sense besides the bandwidth, having a Tor bridge / snowflake proxy running from the same IP as a relay might be less useful because relay IPs are publicly listed, and snowflake proxies are supposed to be stealthy "hide in the crowd" things, so that they don't get blocked
And the OS? Debian or Ubuntu i guess doesn’t matter in the end or is there a super duper lightweight linux available for ?
i always choose stock debian (12), it's lightweight enough (in the minimum server install) while being easy to install packages for and do ad hoc sysadmin if you have a lot of similar nodes to deploy i guess it's worth going the declarative minimalistic GUIX or Nix image route
Who pays you 70 €/month of the VPS? The US goverment? 🤫
no....when i find out how to make the US government pay for my hobbies i'll let u know ! but i'm not a US citizen nor do i live in the US so im not giving it much of a chance
happy to read that, and it reassures me to know that you don't run an exit relay this time Take a look at this guide in case it could be of use to you: https://minibolt.minibolt.info/bonus-guides/system/tor-services
why is it always the US government anyway, not "you're a Belgian spy!!!" the intelligence world is so much wider than the US 😀 yeah no not planning to run an exit, too risky legally and i think it's bad to rely on exits, hidden services are generally a better solution thanks 😀
thank you
that's some dramatic warning messages 😕 😀 compression bombs incoming (apparently it's nothing serious https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/tor/-/issues/40739) https://media.x0f.org/03ff7655e46cae852cbc28bc8e1255bc7e20771beefb2b1cca86774ba0162587.png
