[Tor-BSD] Running a relay? Update to 0.2.4.17-rc

[Pete Wright]

On 09/11/2013 10:06 AM, Brian Callahan wrote:
> On 9/8/2013 5:19 PM, Brian Callahan wrote:
>> Hi tor-bsd --
>>
>> Just a note: if you're running a tor relay and haven't yet updated to
>> 0.2.4.17-rc, please do so right away. It mitigates many of the issues
>> the spike in users has caused.
>>
>> For comparison: 0.2.4.16-rc brought nycbug1 to its knees with an
>> overload of circuit creation requests; 0.2.4.17-rc makes all that go
>> away.
>>
>
> As an addendum: if you're running on FreeBSD or OpenBSD, both now have
> updated ports.
>
> http://www.freshports.org/security/tor-devel/
> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=137891507718893&w=2
>
> I don't see an updated pkg for NetBSD and I can't seem to find any
> information on DragonFly BSD.


pkgsrc does not seem to contain the version you mention, but i suspect 
it may have patched some of the issues to mitigate the problem.  here is 
my system in atlas:

https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/47DAA992682B76C7580C1FC87CC1176125666050

it looks like after i applied the updated version from pkgsrc my traffic 
came back to reasonable levels.  i have not had time to verify that this 
is truly the case though since i throttled back my advertised bandwidth 
at the same time.

-pete


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