I have recently setup a new tor exit node but since about an hour of setting it up it has been almost maxed out with spam.
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4AFECB973C2268D5074D8DEDAF0BD B604C89ED50
How can I combat it?
I turned the node off for about an hour from about 6.30am GMT but the user reconnected. From the looks of it they are connecting through the tor network. DNS logs are looking like it is targeting illicit Russian drug forums almost all with .biz domains.
Hi,
On 7 Sep 2019, at 21:06, email-group@tor.bband.net email-group@tor.bband.net wrote:
I have recently setup a new tor exit node but since about an hour of setting it up it has been almost maxed out with spam. https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/4AFECB973C2268D5074D8DEDAF0BD...
How can I combat it?
I turned the node off for about an hour from about 6.30am GMT but the user reconnected. From the looks of it they are connecting through the tor network. DNS logs are looking like it is targeting illicit Russian drug forums almost all with .biz domains.
That's totally normal. People use anonymity for all sorts of reasons.
And it's hard to tell the difference between spam and anonymous sites with weird names.
Here's our advice for exit relays: * don't run them at home, if you're at risk from the police assuming the exit traffic is your traffic * don't monitor the sites that are accessed via the exit, because that is illegal in some places, and changes your legal risk in others
T
On 09/08/2019 06:28 PM, teor wrote:
Here's our advice for exit relays:
- don't run them at home, if you're at risk from the police assuming the exit traffic is your traffic
Excellent & standard advice, but I wonder what legally constitutes a home or one's property. Can you (technically) set up a non-profit in another room on campus? Say you have a farm with several buildings, etc. Curious as whether this has been tested!
Hi,
On 10 Sep 2019, at 04:36, Kenneth Freeman Kencf0618@riseup.net wrote:
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On 09/08/2019 06:28 PM, teor wrote:
Here's our advice for exit relays:
- don't run them at home, if you're at risk from the police assuming the exit
traffic is your traffic
Excellent & standard advice, but I wonder what legally constitutes a home or one's property. Can you (technically) set up a non-profit in another room on campus? Say you have a farm with several buildings, etc. Curious as whether this has been tested!
We give this advice because most people don't want police coming to a location they or their family/housemates you may be in danger from a police raid, or where the police may seize all the devices in the house.
Some people don't realise that police do things like this.
It's not about the legal definition of a "home", which may vary between jurisdictions.
T
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