keepyourprivcay: Introducing a new 100 mbit/s relay
Hello fellow operators of tor relays out there! :) I'd like to introduce my new relay, it's called keepyourprivacy and hosted in the Netherlands, at a provider which is known for high uptime and great network connectivity. Because it isn't very cheap, it's not very common used for tor relays, so i think it's a good choice for a better network diversity. :) Sure, i liked the idea of running a cheap relay at Kimsufi or something, but there are so many of this relays out there, which isn't good for the basic idea of Tor. It's running on a dedicated server with an dedicated 100 mbit/s full-duplex uplink, which is only used for Tor. So over 60 TB can be pushed each month. In these days Tor needs more help than ever, because VPN bans becoming more and more common - look at China or Russia for example. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/59633E5F42DDA009798B173944367D7F50B1BD... I'm also playing with the idea to change this relay to an exit node, but i'm a little bit worried about possible legal consequences. I would run it with an reduced policy however, but there is still the risk, that someone is doing fraud - or even worse - transmit child pornography over it. And that's nothing i'd like to be involved with it. But i know that it would help the Tor network even more. But for now, i think the middle relay with high uptime, capacity and with a not so common provider like OVH or online.net will still help the community to improve the connectivity. Let me know your thoughts! :)
Welcome!!! And thank you. On Aug 10, 2017, at 10:13, Keepyourprivacy <keepyourprivacy@protonmail.ch<mailto:keepyourprivacy@protonmail.ch>> wrote: Hello fellow operators of tor relays out there! :) I'd like to introduce my new relay, it's called keepyourprivacy and hosted in the Netherlands, at a provider which is known for high uptime and great network connectivity. Because it isn't very cheap, it's not very common used for tor relays, so i think it's a good choice for a better network diversity. :) Sure, i liked the idea of running a cheap relay at Kimsufi or something, but there are so many of this relays out there, which isn't good for the basic idea of Tor. It's running on a dedicated server with an dedicated 100 mbit/s full-duplex uplink, which is only used for Tor. So over 60 TB can be pushed each month. In these days Tor needs more help than ever, because VPN bans becoming more and more common - look at China or Russia for example. https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/59633E5F42DDA009798B173944367D7F50B1BD... I'm also playing with the idea to change this relay to an exit node, but i'm a little bit worried about possible legal consequences. I would run it with an reduced policy however, but there is still the risk, that someone is doing fraud - or even worse - transmit child pornography over it. And that's nothing i'd like to be involved with it. But i know that it would help the Tor network even more. But for now, i think the middle relay with high uptime, capacity and with a not so common provider like OVH or online.net<http://online.net> will still help the community to improve the connectivity. Let me know your thoughts! :) _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org<mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Thank you for running the relay! On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Keepyourprivacy <keepyourprivacy@protonmail.ch> wrote:
Hello fellow operators of tor relays out there! :)
I'd like to introduce my new relay, it's called keepyourprivacy and hosted in the Netherlands, at a provider which is known for high uptime and great network connectivity. Because it isn't very cheap, it's not very common used for tor relays, so i think it's a good choice for a better network diversity. :) Sure, i liked the idea of running a cheap relay at Kimsufi or something, but there are so many of this relays out there, which isn't good for the basic idea of Tor.
It's running on a dedicated server with an dedicated 100 mbit/s full-duplex uplink, which is only used for Tor. So over 60 TB can be pushed each month. In these days Tor needs more help than ever, because VPN bans becoming more and more common - look at China or Russia for example.
I believe running a public relay does not fix the issue with VPN and Tor bans, because they can regularly check the list of public relays and ban all of them (what many cites including so-called "the free encyclopedia" do to ban Tor exits). Running a Tor bridge is a more efficient response to the censorship of this kind. Do not see this as a criticism - you are still doing a very good job here!
https://atlas.torproject.org/#details/59633E5F42DDA009798B173944367D7F50B1BD...
I'm also playing with the idea to change this relay to an exit node, but i'm a little bit worried about possible legal consequences. I would run it with an reduced policy however, but there is still the risk, that someone is doing fraud - or even worse - transmit child pornography over it. And that's nothing i'd like to be involved with it. But i know that it would help the Tor network even more.
A question to all: does it make sense to run an exit relay anonymously to avoid such issues? If they decide to block a relay, the operator loses his time and money anyway, but at least his body is secured.
But for now, i think the middle relay with high uptime, capacity and with a not so common provider like OVH or online.net will still help the community to improve the connectivity.
Let me know your thoughts! :)
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-- Best regards, Boris Nagaev
Hi Boris, I would welcome the opportunity to tie my name to my exit nodes, if it weren't for the 1%-3% of illegal traffic that could land me in jail for the uneducated LEAs. And if it weren't for that 1%-3%, I would encourage a movement for residential users to set up exit nodes in their homes to utilize the wastefully underutilized bandwidth they're paying for. Make your day great, Isaac, Tor@SechsNullDrei.org -----Original Message----- From: tor-relays [mailto:tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org] On Behalf Of Nagaev Boris Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 10:45 AM To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] keepyourprivcay: Introducing a new 100 mbit/s relay A question to all: does it make sense to run an exit relay anonymously to avoid such issues? If they decide to block a relay, the operator loses his time and money anyway, but at least his body is secured. -- Best regards, Boris Nagaev
Well, my toughts are that there are some providers out there who will provide you with an server while beeing anonymous. But that aren‘t many and they are expensive, so called bulletproof hosters. The thing is: You shouldn‘t even have to stay anonymous just because running an exit relay, but as Isaac said, LEA are not very well informed sometimes. And if you don‘t stay anonymous you have to fear seizures or a bust at home - and thats nothing a relay ooperator wants. Thats the reason for me too to stay away from an exit node for now :/ Just for your information: a good anonymous hoster would charge 100 dollars per month or more for an 100 mbit unmetered server.....
Hi, On 10/08/2017 21:15, Tor Node Admin @ SechsNullDrei.org wrote:
I would welcome the opportunity to tie my name to my exit nodes, if it weren't for the 1%-3% of illegal traffic that could land me in jail for the uneducated LEAs. And if it weren't for that 1%-3%, I would encourage a movement for residential users to set up exit nodes in their homes to utilize the wastefully underutilized bandwidth they're paying for.
I am not a lawyer and the situation may vary depending on where you live and/or which country you are a citizen of, but: * the EFF discourages running an exit relay from home[1] * what you probably want to do - assuming it is feasible - is setting up some kind of company or organization for running those relays (either alone of with other node operators) C [1]: https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html.en
The only way I dared run and exit from home was via a VPN service. Alas the IP would keep changing, so not that useful. The VPN service was well known to many services such as BBC so content blocked for copyright reasons. So even less useful. Gerry -----Original Message----- From: tor-relays [mailto:tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org] On Behalf Of Cristian Consonni Sent: 11 August 2017 10:48 To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] keepyourprivcay: Introducing a new 100 mbit/s relay Hi, On 10/08/2017 21:15, Tor Node Admin @ SechsNullDrei.org wrote:
I would welcome the opportunity to tie my name to my exit nodes, if it weren't for the 1%-3% of illegal traffic that could land me in jail for the uneducated LEAs. And if it weren't for that 1%-3%, I would encourage a movement for residential users to set up exit nodes in their homes to utilize the wastefully underutilized bandwidth they're paying for.
I am not a lawyer and the situation may vary depending on where you live and/or which country you are a citizen of, but: * the EFF discourages running an exit relay from home[1] * what you probably want to do - assuming it is feasible - is setting up some kind of company or organization for running those relays (either alone of with other node operators) C [1]: https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html.en _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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Cristian Consonni -
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Keepyourprivacy -
Nagaev Boris -
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