[tor-relays] . Re: Relay security, re: local network

Harold Naparst harold at alum.mit.edu
Thu Sep 26 12:21:45 UTC 2013


I have been running an exit relay from my home for many years with no
issues.  If you are willing to support the ideals of the Tor project, you
should be willing to run an exit relay.  Obviously, without exit relays,
the Tor project would be useless.

I am unable to surf to exactly one site that I know of, a hosting provider.
 I solved that problem by choosing another hosting provider, Amazon Web
Services (AWS).

If you are ever blocked, it is easy enough to rent another IP address at
AWS for $7 per month by signing a one-year contract for a reserved
micro-instance.  Then run a squid server on that micro instance and use it
as a proxy server.  But as I said, this hasn't been a problem for me.

Also, keep in mind that  running an exit relay from your home will provide
you with better anonymity.  If you combine that with surfing using the Tor
Browser bundle, you will have pretty good anonymity.  (I read that once on
the Tor project's site.)

Regards,
Harold
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