We were contacted by another relay operator (Zakwan Kalb zk@onionmail.org). He told us that Torproject intentionally added two new flags to our relays (BadExit, MiddleOnly) and our relays cannot be used as exit or guard. We checked our relays on https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html as he asked and found that these flags really exist and our relays only used as middle. Has anyone faced the same problem?
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Yes, zk@onionmail.org has written to all of us several times. His questions
about the flags have been answered multiple times here in the list:
Because he keeps sending the same questions in PMs, emails from
@onionmail.org are being rejected on my mail server.
Just ignore his emails. AFAIK he's been asking the same questions
and spreading FUD for about a year now.
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On Tuesday, 25 March 2025 19:02 tempemailoNiceRelays via tor-relays wrote:
We were contacted by another relay operator (Zakwan Kalb zk@onionmail.org).
He told us that Torproject intentionally added two new flags to our relays
(BadExit, MiddleOnly) and our relays cannot be used as exit or guard. We
checked our relays on Relay Search as he asked
and found that these flags really exist and our relays only used as middle.
Has anyone faced the same problem?
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We can ignore him but we are still curious why our relays have these flags?
We have read this: [tor-relays] Re: Adding falgs to new relays - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org
And here is nothing that can explain why our relays have these flags
Still need help
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On Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 at 6:32 PM, boldsuck via tor-relays <tor-relays@lists.torproject.org> wrote:
On Tuesday, 25 March 2025 19:02 tempemailoNiceRelays via tor-relays wrote:
> We were contacted by another relay operator (Zakwan Kalb zk@onionmail.org).
> He told us that Torproject intentionally added two new flags to our relays
> (BadExit, MiddleOnly) and our relays cannot be used as exit or guard. We
> checked our relays on Relay Search as he asked
> and found that these flags really exist and our relays only used as middle.
> Has anyone faced the same problem?Yes, zk@onionmail.org has written to all of us several times. His questions
about the flags have been answered multiple times here in the list:
[tor-relays] Re: Adding falgs to new relays - tor-relays - lists.torproject.orgBecause he keeps sending the same questions in PMs, emails from
@onionmail.org are being rejected on my mail server.Just ignore his emails. AFAIK he's been asking the same questions
and spreading FUD for about a year now.--
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If your relays are misconfigured you received an email from bad-relays.
Check mails & tor logs.
To help you, please post relay fingerprints. (¹I've done it now)
Share tor configs and logs on pastebin.
First I would check DNS resolution:
If you set up many relays at the same time, it is always a good idea to
announce it in this list beforehand. Especially if you do this @ provider that
have been known for malicious relays in the past. Because you can set up exits
there easily and relatively anonymously.
¹
BTW:
At Frantech, all VMs are dual stack. It would be nice if you could configure IPv6.
Frantech is overcrowded and should be avoided if possible. Building 16 new exits
there is generally a bad idea.
One alternative:
Sorry for the advertising, recently a Tor friendly hoster contacted several
Tor operators.
"We noticed that you are hosting TOR nodes, and if you are considering
expanding the network with additional exit nodes, MAXKO Hosting provides a
secure and stable infrastructure that fully supports exit traffic.
Our hosting locations in Croatia, Hungary, and South Africa offer flexibility in
choosing the best region to enhance network diversity. You can find a list of
TOR nodes currently hosted with us here:
* Croatia & Hungary: Relay Search
* South Africa: Relay Search
If you’re interested in deploying additional TOR exit nodes in these
locations, feel free to reach out for more details.
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e: contact@maxko-hosting.eu
w: maxko-hosting.eu"
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On Thursday, 27 March 2025 08:23 tempemailoNiceRelays wrote:
We can ignore him but we are still curious why our relays have these flags?
We have read this:
https://lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/tor-relays@lists.torp
roject.org/message/OJ3MR3ODRV6TPRAEEXRQ4LSPPJ643ETE/And here is nothing that can explain why our relays have these flags
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