TOR Setup#

Installation / configuration#

First install the tor software on the scharnhorst host (FC5).
I first tried my CentOS 4.5 host, but I could not get the software installed, could not find proper rpms, could not find rpms to install yum either.

Port forwarding 9001#

The ORPort has been configured on 9001, this port configured in my routermodem, so that this port is forwarde to scharnhorst (10.0.0.102)

Edit /etc/tor/torrc#

The following options were uncommented or changed from default:

ORPort 9001
ContactInfo harry.metske@gmail.com
Nickname TorComputerhok
Address scharnhorst.computerhok.nl
RunAsDaemon 1
Log info file /var/log/tor/debug.log
SocksPort 9050

IP address changed ?!#

Now I have had IP address 88.211.133.30 for about 3 years now, and it has changed since last night, I now have 195.241.35.97 .
This has nothing to do with me setting up a tor node, but probably due to the merge of my provider speedlinq with Telfort, the FAQ page tells me that addresse will be changed (with prior otice, but that didn't happen) anyway I changed my CNAME record of www.computerhok.nl, and also torrc:Address to 195.241.35.97.

Verifying your node#

When you tor decides that it's reachable, it will upload a "server descriptor" to the directories. This will let clients know what address, ports, keys, etc your relay is using.
Check it here

Statistics#

I found torstatus.cyberphunk.org , it shows quite a lot of information, it also tells you if you are using tor yourself.
It gives an exensive lists of tor nodes with a lot attributes like

• hostname
• ORPort
• DIRPort
• uptime
• tor version and os
• bandwith info

There you can also zoom in to your own tor node

Install Vidalia#

Install of the Vidalia GUI

Open up System->Preferences->Software Sources and enter these repositories into 3rd Party Repositories:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/adnarim/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/adnarim/ubuntu gutsy main

Then: sudo apt-get install vidalia

The vialia software cannot show me the stats of a tor node running on another server, so I uninstalled it again.

How does it run#

I first had to dramatically increase the UBC's for the VPS, expecially the tcprcvbuf tcpsndbuff .
I also lowered the ConnLimit to 250.

Now also Google starts to nag me with Captcha's, telling me that I have spyware or bot coming from my IP adres, I had that the first day, the second day not anymore. (Was this because of TOR or because of the IP adres change ?)