Greetings Tor Users,
I wanted to pass along the death of two of my relays, one was a fallback directory and one exit, both on VPS hardware operated by Albania Hosting sh. a. I successfully operated the guard/middle node for three years without an abuse report. [0] Based on that success, I asked and was granted permission to operate an exit relay. [1] That relay went six months before the first abuse report. I responded to the first report promptly reviewing logs, checking for intrusion, etc. The second abuse report got me suspended. Both abuse reports were of the automated type. I did not see the second report until after suspension and by requesting it be forwarded. In the second instance there was reported one ftpd attack attempt over a period of 3600 seconds. Apparently, no further attempts were made.
I was the first Tor relay in Albania and the first Tor exit relay as well so I'm very sad that this will end. I think the issue with Albania Hosting was not so much the automated abuse reports but the inconvenience dealing with me. To quote a recent Hosting email: "Actually we will not fight with such abuses, it is really not worth any penny."
So, RIP...
[0] TorNodeAlbania D3E5EDDBE5159388704D6785BE51930AAFACEC6F
[1] TorExitAlbania 516D1B9E22484202322828D8CAC30325030017E2