[tor-relays] Thinking about deploying a new node

[Lance Hathaway]

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So, every now and then, somebody asks what the best use of a node
would be--bridge, relay, or exit. And yes, this is one of those requests.

This would be a VPS from VPS Nodes. I checked the list of good and bad
ISPs, and they don't seem to be listed. So I asked them directly how
they felt about Tor, and this was the response:

"While we don't specifically disallow Tor by name, it does come under
the ToS as it is commonly used to launch large scale DDOS and SPAM
campaigns and is therefore not allowed on our network for that reason.
rDNS is provided as standard, you need to have a valid FQDN A record
associated with the IP address that is assigned to your container. As
far as SWIP, I would have to pass the request on to management as they
are the only ones with that access."

Seems pretty clear to me that they're not in favor of having an exit
on their network. (I brought up the reduced exit policy and asked
specifically about SWIP so that I could handle most of whatever abuse
complaints come in, but they wouldn't provide anything further than
this response.) That leaves bridge or standard relay. My question is,
given 3TB of monthly bandwidth and a 100Mbps (shared) uplink, would it
be better to run as an entry/middle node, or as an obfs3/scramblesuit
bridge?

(If there are other suggestions for trying to talk VPS Nodes into
allowing an exit node, I'm all ears--though it may be better left with
somebody with more experience talking to ISPs.)

Thanks in advance,

 -Lance
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