A fast guide to run a Win32 tor relay
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en
Since Vidalia (a graphical interface for Tor) is no longer included in Tor Browser, there are currently no easy relay packages for Windows and OS X users. One option might be to run Debian in a VM, or use a different means of getting a Tor binary on your system (Expert Bundle, Homebrew, Macports). Please help make this process easier!
Running a Win32 tor relay @@@@@@@@@@@@@
Succesfully tested on Windows XP SP3 32bit OS.
- Download the Microsoft Windows Tor Expert Bundle from: https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en
The Tor Expert Bundle contains just Tor and nothing else. You'll need to configure Tor and all of your applications manually. This installer must be run as Administrator. Extract the zip archive to "C:\relay" (or wherever you want but consider to avoid the spaces in selected path). Now your tor is installed and ready.
- Open TCP ports in your firewall for the ORPort (443 or 9001 or other) and the DirPort 9030 (80 or 9030 or other) and set the according forwarding rules in your router
tor.exe will try to automatically forward these ports using NAT-PMP (common on Apple routers) and UPnP (common on routers from other manufacturers).
- Increase the number of connections in Windows
Write the next code with a text editor and save the file as *.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters]
"MaxHashTableSize"=dword:00000800
"MaxUserPort"=dword:0000fffe
"TcpTimedWaitDelay"=dword:0000001e
"TcpNumConnections"=dword:00fffffe
Hit *.reg and add new settings in Registry.
This are the default settings in Registry: MaxHashTableSize = 512 (Default = 512, Range = 64-65536) MaxUserPort = 5000 (Default = 5000, Max = 65534) TcpTimedWaitDelay = 240 (Default = 240 secs, Range = 30-300) The "TcpNumConnections" default value is 0x00fffffe (Default = 16,777,214) but other third party software may reduced this value
For other tpc performance settings use some tweaking software like "TCP optimizer" http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Network-Tweak/TCP-Optimizer.shtml and remove the TCP limitation if necessary with "Half-open_limit_fix__v4.2.exe" http://www.half-open.com/__
Must reboot for these changes to take effect!
- Create the torrc file
First, you need to create a torrc file with a text editor and put the file in "C:\relay\Data\Tor". Here is the torrc sample for your non-exit relay (don't forget to set your public IP):
## this torrc is specific for a non-exit relay
## if you want to run an exit relay read the https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual.html.en for the specific torrc settings
Address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # your public (external) IP if you are behind a router/modem
Nickname JustAnotherRelay # this is the relay name - you can change the nickname as you wish
ContactInfo <example@example.com> # your contact e-mail address here
ORPort 9001 # you will connect with other relays through this port (usually 443, 9001 or other port)
DirPort 9030 # this port is used for receive/send/update the tor directories (usually 80, 9030 or other port)
SocksPort 9050 # the standard socks port for a relay - TBB use port 9150 by default to not interfere with the relay
ControlPort 9051 # the standard control port for a relay - TBB use port 9151 by default to not interfere with the relay
CookieAuthentication 1 # allow connections on the control port when the connecting process knows the contents of a file named "control_auth_cookie", which Tor will create in its data directory.
# This authentication method should only be used on systems with good filesystem security. (Default: 0)
DataDirectory C:\relay\Data\Tor # path to tor data directory - change this path accordingly if you installed tor files elsewhere
GeoIPFile C:\relay\Data\Tor\geoip # path to geoip - change this path accordingly if you installed tor files elsewhere
GeoIPv6File C:\relay\Data\Tor\geoip6 # path to geoip6 - change this path accordingly if you installed tor files elsewhere
Log notice file C:/relay/Data/Tor/log # here is the log created by tor with the relay messages [error], [warn] and [notice]
RelayBandwidthRate 5 MB # you can change your relay upload/download bandwidth according with your resouces/preferences
RelayBandwidthBurst 10 MB # you can change your relay upload/download burst bandwidth according with your resouces/preferences
#NumCPUs 2 # this is optional - use it only if you have 2 CPUs or more
AvoidDiskWrites 1 # this is good to increase your SSD lifespan and to increase the relay performances
ProtocolWarnings 1 # tor will log additional [warn] about other relays incorrect behaviour
PortForwarding 1 # Attempt to automatically forward the DirPort and ORPort on a NAT router connecting this Tor server to the Internet.
#If set, Tor will try both NAT-PMP (common on Apple routers) and UPnP (common on routers from other manufacturers). (Default: 0)
ExitRelay 0 # you don't want to run an exit relay
ExitPolicy reject *:* # reject all attempts to be used as an exit relay
- Run the Tor relay as an NT service
You can run Tor as a service on all versions of Windows except Windows 95/98/ME.To install Tor as a service, you can simply run in a cmd window:
sc create "Tor Win32 Service" binPath= "\"C:\relay\Tor\tor.exe\" --nt-service -f \"C:/relay/Data/Tor/torrc\""
Now your relay is running! tor.exe run in the background until you will delete it from Task Manager or you will stop the Tor Win32 Service.
- Optional: you can make a controller for your tor server using Python 2.7 and the STEM libraries
Install Python 2.7 from the Python site. Execute "pip install stem" from a cmd window. Go to the STEM official page https://stem.torproject.org/index.html and learn how to make and use some .py apps for controlling your running tor server.
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