I think that a network based to much on remotes VMs, with closed source software running on the most deep machine level, is not very resilient and secure.

So the reason why I was thinking to do so is that I wanted to run a small exit relay on a device running only open source software, like Olimex Lime2 does, and under my direct control.

The latency from my home and the VM is not so high (45-50 ms), and I was pretty sure that with a proper configuration I didn't risk that users exit through my home connection.  But If you say that with a so small bandwidth It can't run properly, I trust you, so I keep a non-exit relay.

tor-relay@riseup.net:

I'm running a non exit relay on a debian machine (in the next few
months I will switch to *BSD) on a Lime2. 

I assume you are referring to a relay run at home.

I'm running an exit relay
too on a remote VM.

I would turn my non-exit relay in an exit one, but for obvious
reasons, I don't want to run It from my shitty ISP IP. I could give
10-14 mbps from my home connection, so I think that the lime2 would
be  powerful enough to run It properly.

I would discourage such a setup for the following reasons:

- this setup includes the risk that users will exit 
through your home broadband IP address (bad!) if tunnels break down
- such setups that introduce an additional hop decrease the user-experience
- most users will not be happy with an "10-14mbps" exit at a home broadband connection
- it is not clear to me why you would involve your home IP at all for your exit
if you have a VM in a datacenter


nonetheless, thanks for running relays,
nusenu

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