[tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

[Chris Patti]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Jeremy Olexa <jolexa at jolexa.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo
> <srguglielmo at gmail.com> wrote:
> "safe":
>
>> This would be my first time running an exit relay and I'd be happy to
>> hear advice and suggestions!
>
> According to the spec, your relay will never gain the exit flag
> without 2/3 of 80, 443, 6667.
>
>    "Exit" -- A router is called an 'Exit' iff it allows exits to at
>    least two of the ports 80, 443, and 6667 and allows exits to at
>    least one /8 address space.
>
> https://gitweb.torproject.org/torspec.git/tree/dir-spec.txt
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jeremy

Sadly, anyone concerned about their ISP flipping out can't afford to
have these ports open.

I tried running an exit for a bit and it lasted a few weeks before
some brainless wonder hijacked someone's Gmail with my exit, so I had
to pull it down and go relay only.

-Chris


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