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

[Dmytro Vorobiov]

Hello fuumind,

What tox client are you using? Nodes are updated on the website, but
client might have outdated ones.

You can try to update it to latest version.

    Dmytro

On 04/01/17 19:50, fuumind wrote:
> Hi again!
> 
> I visited the library today for the first time after the holidays and
> tried to hook up to tox. I still do not get any connection. Checking
> the list of bootsrap nodes I can see two listening on port 443. They
> are both listed as online but in yellow, not green. What does this
> mean? Is there something I need to do in order for my client to connect
> using port 443 instead of any 'default' one? Are there any logs I
> should be taking a closer look at?
> 
> /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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