[tor-relays] Middleman/guard nodes raided in the Netherlands

[David]

Op 10-11-11 15:44, Sebastian Hahn schreef:
> 
> On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Nils Vogels wrote:
> 
>> Possibly non tor-related? As far as I read the post, it isn't clear
>> right now why the raid had taken place, and I know (unfortunately)
>> from personal experience as a raided exit-operator in NL it can take a
>> while before this is clear why exactly the raid happened. Took me a
>> few weeks to get clarity, also because the police will not tell you
>> much until they have analysed the evidence.
> 
> I think this is a very important point to keep in mind. Searching the
> web for the IP in question it is found in a few blocklists that don't
> typically list all Tor nodes, so another idea would be that your node
> was pwned and someone used it for a botnet/put an open proxy
> there, etc. Did you(r ISP) ever get abuse complaints?
That's certainly possible. the MIVD was an exit for a short time over a
year ago. This caused abuse complains by my ISP and I edited the config
to disallow exit connections. Never heard anything since.

It's possible that something is coming back to haunt me.
> 
> Police might have found your IP address, seen it's a Tor server, and
> assumed the traffic was coming from Tor.
> 
>> Anyhow, David, good luck, it's not easy having to explain your
>> neighbors why the police raided your house.
> 
> Yes! Also, good luck figuring out what the exact allegations are
> and getting your hardware back.
> 
> Thank you for your support for Tor.
> 
> All the best
> Sebastian

Thanks,