Re: [tor-relays] Disappointing AUP - (was Re: DDOS?)
Are you only seeking providers outside of the U.S.? I've been using PhoenixNAP for the last two years and am very happy with their services. It's a dedicated server provider located in the United States, but they are still very affordable. I've contacted them in the past about running a TOR exit relay, and they said they had no problems with it. The only thing they warned me about is that if they received too many legal/DMCA complaints in a short time span, they may end up asking me to disable the service, but they wouldn't disable my service abruptly. The really great thing about PhoenixNAP is that their data rates are very affordable. I run a non-tor related website that processes up to 35TB of bandwidth a month. Minus the cost of the server itself, all that bandwidth only runs me $45 ($10 for a 1Gbps line plus $1/month per 1TB of bandwidth). Feel free to review their services and contact them directly with any questions you have. If you do decide to use them, I would greatly appreciate you using my affiliate link. It helps me keep the bills paid >_<. But if you feel that it's a false incentive, you in no way have to. http://www.securedservers.com/396.html Josh On 12/31/12 10:52, mick wrote:
On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:03:46 +0000 Daniel Case <danielcase10@gmail.com> allegedly wrote:
This might be a bit of a shameless plug, but I used to use bitfolk ( bitfolk.com) - they have a generous allowance of bandwidth and allow tor as long as you set it up correctly. Daniel
I looked at bitfolk a while ago. They don't offer nearly enough transfer for a tor node or for my tails mirror (I want at least 1TB per month for each of them).
For my own domestic usage (email/web server) I need a good solid stable provider and have been with bytemark for several years (most latterly on bigv.io). They are rock solid (and I have run a tor node with them in the past) but they don't offer the bandwidth I need at the price I am prepared to pay either. (Two reasonably high bandwidth VPS at bytemark prices would come to around 100 UKP per month (say 160 USD per month).
Call me cheap, but I do this for free.
Mick
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On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:24:36 -0700 josh@duskro.net allegedly wrote:
Are you only seeking providers outside of the U.S.?
I've been using PhoenixNAP for the last two years and am very happy with their services. It's a dedicated server provider located in the United States, but they are still very affordable. I've contacted them in the past about running a TOR exit relay, and they said they had no problems with it.
Josh Thanks for the pointer - but yes, I'd prefer to stay away from the US. I think the US is probably already well served with tor nodes. Cheers Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- blog: baldric.net gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Friday, January 4, 2013 3:38pm, "mick" <mbm@rlogin.net> said: [snip]
Thanks for the pointer - but yes, I'd prefer to stay away from the US. I think the US is probably already well served with tor nodes.
Yes, about 25% of all Tor nodes worldwide are in the US; Germany is in 2nd place with 17%. https://metrics.torproject.org/csv/relaycountries.csv
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 03:51:21PM -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
On Friday, January 4, 2013 3:38pm, "mick" <mbm@rlogin.net> said: [snip]
Thanks for the pointer - but yes, I'd prefer to stay away from the US. I think the US is probably already well served with tor nodes.
Yes, about 25% of all Tor nodes worldwide are in the US; Germany is in 2nd place with 17%.
Don't look at relay counts (much). Bandwidth is where it's at: https://compass.torproject.org/?family=&ases=&country=&exits=all_relays&by_c... (That said, the 1st and 2nd place remain the same in this case.) --Roger
On Friday, January 4, 2013 3:54pm, "Roger Dingledine" <arma@mit.edu> said:
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 03:51:21PM -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
On Friday, January 4, 2013 3:38pm, "mick" <mbm@rlogin.net> said: [snip]
Thanks for the pointer - but yes, I'd prefer to stay away from the US. I think the US is probably already well served with tor nodes.
Yes, about 25% of all Tor nodes worldwide are in the US; Germany is in 2nd place with 17%.
Don't look at relay counts (much). Bandwidth is where it's at:
https://compass.torproject.org/?family=&ases=&country=&exits=all_relays&by_c...
(That said, the 1st and 2nd place remain the same in this case.)
Exit probability is interesting: 43% chance of exiting from a US-based node. Also, I feel for that poor guy in Chile.
On 04.01.2013 21:38, mick wrote:
Thanks for the pointer - but yes, I'd prefer to stay away from the US. I think the US is probably already well served with tor nodes.
If we did not run too many exits already, I would go for a Hong Kong server with Limehost: http://www.limehost.ro/servere/dedicated-models.html We have one of their older offers, dedi Gbit for 110 Euro in Romania. I am not sure if they allow Tor exits in Hong Kong, but it does not hurt to ask. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/
On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:40:42 +0100 Moritz Bartl <moritz@torservers.net> allegedly wrote:
If we did not run too many exits already, I would go for a Hong Kong server with Limehost: http://www.limehost.ro/servere/dedicated-models.html
We have one of their older offers, dedi Gbit for 110 Euro in Romania. I am not sure if they allow Tor exits in Hong Kong, but it does not hurt to ask.
Thanks Moritz. I'm currently trialling a VPS at digitalocean.com in Amsterdam. So far it is looking very good - I'm not accustomed to unmetered traffic allowance on a Gig network so it I'm having to play with the configuration to prevent tor outpacing the VPS. Cheers Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- blog: baldric.net gpg fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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