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Tor exits on National Research and Education Networks (NRENs)
by Anders Trier Olesen 17 Oct '21

17 Oct '21

Hi All! At dotsrc.org we are trying to run Tor exits on the Danish NREN, just like 'Digital Society' does in Switzerland <https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/as:AS559>, and 'Heart for Internetfreedom' does in the Netherlands <https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/flag:exit%20as:1101>. We have been running two Tor exit nodes for a couple of months, and we've just been asked to shut them down by our ISP DeiC (AS1835) who runs the Danish research network "Forskningsnettet". Their reasoning for banning Tor exits is that other European universities don't expect bad traffic from "Forskningsnettet". We're currently working with DeiC to find a solution. We would prefer if they could just change the abuse contact for our IP range to tor-abuse(a)dotsrc.org, but they are pushing for us getting our own AS number. Anybody with experience running a Tor exit on a NREN? If you have a contact person at a NREN, maybe you could ask why they decided to allow Tor exit traffic. That answer would be helpful in our discussions with DeiC. Are there any other organizations running Tor exits on the European NRENs than the two we mentioned? Thanks! Best regards Anders Trier Olesen staff(a)dotsrc.org

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tor-relays-universities Tor exits on National Research and Education Networks (NRENs)
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07 Dec '20

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Re: [tor-relays-universities] [tor-talk] 33c3 and tor?
by Nicolas Braud-Santoni 28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16

On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 08:56:04AM -0500, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 02:37:19PM +0100, fatal wrote: > > And will there be a tor relay operators meetup? > > [...] > I think there is no separate relay operators meeting, so relay > operators are welcome in this workshop space too. I was made to spontaneously organise one (after I asked a certain Moritz if there would be one) on day 3 (Thursday), 10pm : https://events.ccc.de/congress/2016/wiki/Session:Tor_Relays_Operators_Meetup We currently have hall C.2, which can host ~50 people, but I will try to organise a larger venue based on the success of tomorrow's meetup. Best, and hoping to see you there, nicoo

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Research topic / justification
by Alex Ristich 20 Oct '16

20 Oct '16

I'm pursuing the idea of getting a tor exit node set up at my university, though in exploring it further it definitely seems the way to do it is to link it to some relevant research. Wondering if anyone has suggestions on how to go about deciding on a topic that requires relatively little overhead but is considered valuable enough to justify setting up an exit node, and one that's not running at a trivial level of, say, 512kbps. Also any ideas on how to add a bit more permanence to this? I'm around for the next several months, but gone after that, and would like to be able to pass it on to someone else to maintain if I'm to go through the effort to set it up. Cheers, Alex

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Legal issues relevant to UK
by Duncan Guthrie 04 Sep '16

04 Sep '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Hi folks, I'm hoping to run a Tor relay here at a University in the UK. Is there anyone here who might have some experience with this in the past? I have been researching legal issues but information is extremely sparse (mostly relating to the DMCA). All I can really work out is that the issues relating to ISPs apply more generally, and more strictly to a Tor exit node operator. What protections, if any, exist here in the UK for a Tor exit node operator? Thanks, Duncan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJXx2OrAAoJEPs8tiiQ8FTAnVkP/jxamIrxMrB0YkI+iL+Wm+a6 9d5eKie63a33rxET10gyqFnb6ntbixknk7LfmMD4FLL7FZ6WidvIvsM6DSdDT+IS gqiEYuD58aI06WY/ZUkefshnCKNeFqEAixWb0aH91es+2zc/jNxz6d118nq34iY8 sO+E2rSf1DGTfWFq97+c0aPV+v0z507dGq1gQ1+TaH2vMaAexUqunH+X+SJZkMlM dhrPNc7g2LKLUz7kdBmKIrsQPqfuDr5jGxFOwAYSHKfkYPFiPRZlnG57rzxs63EX WEioIJj/zP0IPQwNpHhHk5gY4SSeiVwGJEJx8J1lLl9vUl0GFvzMPYjvk5XZYZjA BpVnWtVFzf3/zWhf5zsf9JqUjWzRvucbLPbFJ/qOKr/fVKECPXHZLHfbYVZ+86Xz Ky/Yygme2zTxv/NF0A8c+fo7oVTg21pr68yGy2TWSga+PHQLaQcUwj01ddkLmNQ9 B8+yY+Mx0xN2IBAZ2D4CzIqgnoLtd5jrIgf+N91POueZSy1z+pfJ8FQ2R2iLwmmP iu9EB/cjjtKlYfaanIUqSTtxStBaHhjB5RoJmCwuJovIBcQ93QZh8sjK1BDXtHwG ixSdclbIn47PBgP23zgqZ571ddZfN6m+Axxm9yHhvLRA9oqLbCMnCL8dsmHtAjzu 7fugr04WEKizWyWAandi =N7is -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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new relay online at Western U
by Matt Helps 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Hello Just a quick note to let you folks know we recently brought our non-exit relay online, ellenatfims, and it has been a big hit with our MLIS (library science) grad students. Our relay is hosted in the Graduate Resource Centre Library in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University. I would be happy answer any questions. You can search ellenatfims in Globe or Atlas if you like. We have also added the Tor Browser to our 50 graduate lab computers. Cheers, Matt Ward FIMS Computing Services Western University

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Fwd: Design/research group
by Nicholas R. Parker (RIT Student) 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

I'm working with a small group over at RIT that's starting to get some things together to do research on/for the TOR project for the purpose of understanding how it works better and (in the long run) doing work on trying to both find weaknesses and contribute positively to the operation of the project. Seeing as how we're just getting off the ground now, our goal is first to build an isolated TOR network that we can do our work on. I'm reaching out for your know-how and was hoping you could point us in the right direction in terms of how to go about setting such a system up. All the best, Nicholas R. Parker Rochester Institute of Technology 5thYear, BS/MS Computing Security nrp7859(a)rit.edu <dmg9645(a)rit.edu>

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Looking to chat with University Tor operators
by Andy Sayler 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hi All, I'm currently working on formulating a best-practices and how-to document for running Tor nodes in University and other academic settings. My primary focus is on running production Tor nodes, but I'm also happy to hear about research uses of Tor. I'd love to chat with anyone involved with the day-to-day operation of Tor nodes on University networks as well as anyone involved with the process of standing up Tor nodes on University networks and any administrative overhead that involved. I'm happy to chat via phone or email. If you're currently operating a University-based Tor node and are interested in sharing some of your experiences, let me know. Some potential questions I'd be curious to hear about include: + Why do you operate a Tor node? For research? As a public service? For student experience? + What's the governance/organizational structure for your nodes? Who's in charge of their operation? + Who handles the day-to-day operation of the nodes? Run by campus IT? Run by a dept? Run by students? Etc? + Who handles complaints? + Was it difficult to convince university administration/legal/IT to support the deployment of Tor nodes? What were their concerns? + How many and what kind of complaints do you receive? + What kinds of costs are associated with the operation of your node and how are these justified/budgeted? + What exit policy do you use? + How are the nodes placed within the campus network? Outside the firewall/IDS? On their own public subnet? How do you handle isolation of reputational issues? Similarly, if anyone knows of existing published write-ups related to operating or standing-up Tor nodes in university settings that you could point me to, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm already familiar with: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorGuideUniversities https://www.eff.org/torchallenge/tor-on-campus.html Thanks! Sincerely, Andy Sayler Center for Democracy and Technology Technologist Intern University of Colorado, Boulder Department of Computer Science PhD Candidate www.andysayler.com

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Looking for operators on French campus
by fr33tux 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hello, Before going further in the process of setting up a Tor relay in my university, the administration asked if there is other French universities hosting relays (middle or exit). I looked at the Renater ASN (2200) on Compass, but it seems that there is no nodes on it. If someone has experience in running a relay on a French campus (in a public or private school), please let me know. Regards, -- Fr33tux https://fr33tux.org - https://toolslib.net GPG : D4B6 7EF6 E356 7C8F 6C18 95E5 4FDF 316A 30ED A25C XMPP : fr33tux(a)jabber.otr.im

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afs / coda behind tor?
by Mueller, Alex 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

> hi > > has somebody an idea of the possiblity to protect afs / coda server > behind tor? > > thanks greetings > alex

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