[tor-relays] safeguard operators (was: Reimbursement of Exit Operators)

[Roman Mamedov]

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 07:45:17 +0200
Konrad Neitzel <konrad at neitzel.de> wrote:

> I am quite new to tor but I decided a few days ago that it is not just
> "something for people in far far away countries". I simply decided that
> I have to support this if I do not want to be in the risk that I am
> asked later: "What did you do when they took the control over the net?".
> 
> So I started a tor node on a dedicated root server. But now you scared
> me a little bit: Is there a need to be safeguarded as a tor node
> operator?
> - At least the hosting company might know me. At least it should be easy
> for the government to track me down even if I tried to hide because all
> they have to do is follow the money.
> - I even used my Name and Email address inside the contact information.
> Just check out the "idkneitzel" Node.
> - Reverse DNS even points back to my private domain.
> 
> Was this something that I shouldn't have done? Is it something that I
> should change?

You are not running an Exit node, all of this is irrelevant to you.

-- 
With respect,
Roman
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