On Nov 22, 2014, at 4:21 PM, s7r s7r@sky-ip.org wrote:
Depending on your budget, Voxility has a datacenter in the US. Unfortunately they provide only enterprise class servers with prices directly proportional to the class. Maybe we can manage to pool $ in order to create a bigger node with this provider if we find enough people.
I’d be interested in chipping into this.
Would this server suitable for an exit node? Might be a bit on the slow side with 2GB of DDR2 and a Pentium D 940 https://www.voxility.com/shop/hosting/discounted/Supermicro-5015M-LFF https://www.voxility.com/shop/hosting/discounted/Supermicro-5015M-LFF
Price-wise it would be ~$200 to buy the server (after purchasing a disk for it), $70 setup fee, and $56/month to colocate in Los Angeles or Miami.
That’d be ~$950 for the first year, and $672/year for the following years.
The colocation isn’t cheap to say the least, and it only gives 5TB/month unless we want to pay more per month; https://www.voxility.com/shop/colocation/los-angeles/Equipment-Colocation-in... https://www.voxility.com/shop/colocation/los-angeles/Equipment-Colocation-in-Los-Angeles-(Equinix-LA1)#Network
Regards, Syrup-tan~
On Nov 22, 2014, at 4:21 PM, s7r s7r@sky-ip.org wrote:
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I also share the thought that more US exit power is welcomed in the Tor network.
However, the fact that there is more exit power in the EU compared to the US has nothing to do with the legal implications of running a Tor exit, it's as simple as bandwidth is a lot cheaper in the EU than in the US. And for small relays run at home, US, as opposite to the EU, has asymmetric internet lines, with download speed considerably higher than upload speed - they think for a residential line you should only consume content, not create. Since a Tor relay needs to be able to receive as much as it sends, this is a bottleneck.
Depending on your budget, Voxility has a datacenter in the US. Unfortunately they provide only enterprise class servers with prices directly proportional to the class. Maybe we can manage to pool $ in order to create a bigger node with this provider if we find enough people.
On 11/23/2014 2:10 AM, Steve Snyder wrote:
On 11/21/2014 07:08 PM, SiNA Rabbani wrote:
Dear Relay Operators,
I noticed there are very few US based exit nodes in the network. And more and more people are jumping on the same set of AS numbers in Europe.
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If anyone is interested in running fast Tor Exit nodes at Rethem Hosting. Feel free to contact me directly, so I can make proper referral/introductions. Rethem Hosting is also able to provide hosting In IceLand, but you get the most bang for your buck in the US datacenter.
I am interested in running a fast exit node in the US.
That said, there is precious little information on Rethem's web site (http://www.rethemhosting.net/) to indicate that they would be open to that. They don't say anything about what plans might be offered, where the server would be located, or what forms of payment are accepted.
Their web site is non-SSL and the only method of contact is via the notoriously insecure e-mail. I like graphics of binary numbers and circuit board traces as much as the next guy, but their site doesn't give much information to the potential customer.
And with your servers running for less than 3 days apiece, I think it is too early to say if Rethem is a good venue for hosting a Tor node.
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