Author: arma Date: 2011-09-27 01:46:49 +0000 (Tue, 27 Sep 2011) New Revision: 25115

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml Log: add faq entry about donations for relays

Modified: website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml =================================================================== --- website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2011-09-27 00:00:13 UTC (rev 25114) +++ website/trunk/docs/en/faq.wml 2011-09-27 01:46:49 UTC (rev 25115) @@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ <li><a href="#MultipleRelays">I want to run more than one relay.</a></li> <li><a href="#RelayMemory">Why is my Tor relay using so much memory?</a></li> <li><a href="#WhyNotNamed">Why is my Tor relay not named?</a></li> + <li><a href="#RelayDonations">Can I donate rather than run my own + relay?</a></li> </ul>

<p>Running a Tor hidden service:</p> @@ -1371,6 +1373,44 @@

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+ <a id="RelayDonations"></a> + <h3><a class="anchor" href="#RelayDonations">Can I donate rather + than run my own relay?</a></h3> + + <p> + Sure! We recommend two non-profit charities that are happy to turn + your donations into better speed and anonymity for the Tor network: + </p> + <ul> + <li><a href="https://www.torservers.net/">torservers.net</a> + is a German charitable non-profit that runs a wide variety of + exit relays. Note that they also like donations of bandwidth from + ISPs.</li> + <li><a + href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Tor%22%3ENoisebridge</a> + is a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that collects donations and turns + them into more exit relay capacity.</li> + </ul> + + <p> + These organizations are not the same as <a href="<page + donate/donate>">The Tor Project, Inc</a>, but we consider that a + feature. They're both run by nice people. + </p> + + <p> + Note that there can be a tradeoff here between anonymity and + performance. The Tor network's anonymity comes in part from diversity, + so if you are in a position to run your own relay, you will be + improving Tor's anonymity more. At the same time though, economies + of scale for bandwidth mean that combining many small donations into + several larger relays is much more efficient at improving network + performance. Improving anonymity and improving performance are both + worthwhile goals, so however you can help is great! + </p> + + <hr> + <a id="KeyManagement"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#KeyManagement">Tell me about all the keys Tor uses.</a></h3>