[Tox Support] Why no bootstrap nodes serving on port 443/80?

[fuumind]

Hi Dmytro!

That's great to hear, I appreciate it! I'd rather speak to the missus
and friends using tox than on phone or skype... :)

/fuumind

tor 2016-12-22 klockan 16:02 +0100 skrev Dmytro Vorobiov:
> Hello fuumind,
> 
> I've started a bootstrap node on 443 port, it should be added to
> nodes
> list soon.
> 
>     Dmytro
> 
> On 22/12/16 13:06, fuumind wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Dmytro!
> > 
> > Thanks for the links to the wiki! ~700GiB is a bit out of my league
> > so
> > I guess I'll have to pass on this atm.
> > 
> > /fuumind
> > 
> > tor 2016-12-22 klockan 12:32 +0100 skrev Dmytro Vorobiov:
> > > 
> > > Hello fuumind,
> > > 
> > > According to wiki it takes ~700GiB of total traffic (1/2
> > > incoming,
> > > 1/2
> > > outgoing) per month. See wiki for more info:
> > > 
> > > https://wiki.tox.chat/users/nodes
> > > https://wiki.tox.chat/users/runningnodes
> > > 
> > >     Dmytro
> > > 
> > > On 22/12/16 11:59, fuumind wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks Simon!
> > > > 
> > > > How much bandwidth does running a bootstrap node consume per
> > > > month?
> > > > Does it take a lot of work to maintain one? If the parameters
> > > > are
> > > > managable I might try setting up a node as well.
> > > > 
> > > > /fuumind
> > > > 
> > > > tor 2016-12-22 klockan 11:34 +0100 skrev Simon Levermann:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hello fuumind,
> > > > > 
> > > > > one possible reason is that a lot of bootstrap nodes are
> > > > > hosted
> > > > > on
> > > > > machines that are not exclusively tox bootstrap nodes. And a
> > > > > very
> > > > > common
> > > > > thing to have on a VPS/root server is a web server, and that
> > > > > usually
> > > > > takes up ports 80/443.
> > > > > 
> > > > > That being said, maybe I'll get around to setting up a 443
> > > > > node
> > > > > on my
> > > > > server (it has a second IP anyhow). But definitely not before
> > > > > the
> > > > > end
> > > > > of
> > > > > the year, it is vacation time for me after today.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cheers
> > > > > 
> > > > > Simon
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 22.12.2016 10:56, fuumind wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Hi all!
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Is there a special reason why no bootstrap nodes are on
> > > > > > port
> > > > > > 443/80?
> > > > > > Like is it more difficult / dangerous? Reason I'm asking is
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > currently
> > > > > > am unable to use tox at my library because their firewall
> > > > > > only
> > > > > > allows
> > > > > > 80/443 outgoing and there are no available nodes serving on
> > > > > > those
> > > > > > ports.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > > fuumind
> > > > > > 
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