How do I tell if tor is working ....

[Robert Teel]

On 11/19/2014 10:43 AM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
> forget about this, I now see stuff in tor logfile, however, that 
> output raises a new question:
>
>
> [root at kabini1, /etc, 10:39:04am] 388 % ( tail -15 /var/log/tor ; date )
> Nov 19 01:20:24.000 [notice] TLS write overhead: 15%
> Nov 19 07:20:24.000 [notice] Heartbeat: Tor's uptime is 15 days 0:00 
> hours, with 0 circuits open. I've sent 2.85 MB and received 66.00 MB.
> Nov 19 07:20:24.000 [notice] Average packaged cell fullness: 75.050%
> Nov 19 07:20:24.000 [notice] TLS write overhead: 15%
> Nov 19 10:16:23.000 [notice] Application request when we haven't used 
> client functionality lately. Optimistically trying directory fetches 
> again.
> Nov 19 10:16:37.000 [notice] We now have enough directory information 
> to build circuits.
> Nov 19 10:16:38.000 [notice] Tor has successfully opened a circuit. 
> Looks like client functionality is working.
> Nov 19 10:34:58.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
> '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> $9480EBF2412469D219237D422B4F2A1185CB4112~Unnamed at 198.50.151.228. 
> Retrying on a new circuit.
> Nov 19 10:34:59.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
> '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> $9480EBF2412469D219237D422B4F2A1185CB4112~Unnamed at 198.50.151.228. 
> Retrying on a new circuit.
> Nov 19 10:35:13.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
> '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> $4C4C145D632DA31C20D4CE10829756F34C0D3EE8~ArachnideFR4 at 95.130.9.89. 
> Retrying on a new circuit.
> Nov 19 10:35:14.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
> '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> $4C4C145D632DA31C20D4CE10829756F34C0D3EE8~ArachnideFR4 at 95.130.9.89. 
> Retrying on a new circuit.
> Nov 19 10:35:28.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
> '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> $16C8B29E441E53778E2A4DBC1C85136D75845B85~mod101srv01 at 
> 81.231.226.38. Retrying on a new circuit.
> Nov 19 10:35:29.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
> '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> $16C8B29E441E53778E2A4DBC1C85136D75845B85~mod101srv01 at 
> 81.231.226.38. Retrying on a new circuit.
> Nov 19 10:35:43.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
> '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> $B035D07FB91EF419D00B0E2CEFEDD9A163EC4E1B~fuckGCHQslashNSA at 
> 95.211.60.34. Retrying on a new circuit.
> Nov 19 10:35:44.000 [notice] We tried for 15 seconds to connect to 
> '[scrubbed]' using exit 
> $B035D07FB91EF419D00B0E2CEFEDD9A163EC4E1B~fuckGCHQslashNSA at 
> 95.211.60.34. Retrying on a new circuit.
> Wed Nov 19 10:39:08 CST 2014
> [root at kabini1, /etc, 10:39:08am] 389 %
>
>
> Those last 2, w/ the last 8 letters in the server name, worries me 
> slightly :-/ ....
>
>

That's normal for that exit node :) The have set fuckGCHQslashNSA as the 
nodes nickname. Mine used to say ThanksForTheFish42 there :)