[tor-relays] 7 relays gone because of spammers

[s7r]

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Hello,

Sorry to hear this.
I want to setup a big node at Voxility, which is a good provider to
host Tor exits, maybe more of us can pool together financial resources
and make a big cluster. I have some offers from them if interested.

On 2/25/2015 8:35 PM, Speak Freely wrote:
> Hello fellow relay runners,
> 
> This morning OVH decided to kill 7 of my relays due to spamming,
> and block all access to all services. I ran the Reduced Exit policy
> for all of my relays.
> 
> Due to heightened concerns about this affecting other unrelated
> services I have with OVH, I had to shut down the other 3 relays.
> They may eventually re-appear as middle-relays.
> 
> This has cost me hundreds of dollars, as I foolishly decided to
> prepay on an annual basis. None of the servers were older than 2
> months. Some were only a few weeks old.
> 
> The Abuse department's rationale is as follows: "Your account was
> suspended because 100% of your IPs are blacklisted on multiples
> lists for Spam and other malicious activities. This case is closed
> and this decision is final."
> 
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>
> 
When I first contacted OVH regarding running Tor relays, this was the
> response that I received from them, which does not mesh with what
> just happened.
> 
> "Good morning Matt,
> 
> I'm very glad to here from you. It is very flattering to hear that
> you are very satisfied by our service at OVH!
> 
> We do take our network speed and hardware performance very
> seriously here. We are proud of our infrastructure that we have
> built over the years.
> 
> I do understand your concerns about setting up a Tor relay on one
> of our VPS. In a simple form, yes you can.
> 
> We do let our customers use our VPS as Tor relays. We have no
> problem in letting you this.
> 
> However, your are allowed to use Tor but it will be at your own
> risk.
> 
> Rest assure that, in case of an abuse, we will not terminate your 
> account without notice. In fact we may not even terminate your VPS.
> You will receive a warning from our Abuse department giving you a
> choice to resolve the abuse case.
> 
> Like you said, we are in a world where free speech is constantly
> under attack and we are committed to help as much as possible to
> protect this fundamental right that we all have. We will absolutely
> not in any case share our customers information or data to
> authorities without a warrant.
> 
> For any other questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at
> any time. We are available 24/7.
> 
> Good luck with that privacy project of yours and keep on supporting
> the cause of free speech!
> 
> Thank you for contacting OVH and have a wonderful day!
> 
> Colin K. Customer Advocate"
> 
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>
>  Not that it matters anymore, but each relay was dedicated to one
> of the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack. 
> https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/4charlie
> 
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>
>  Eventually I will get back at this... But for now, my money is
> gone, and all my hard work is lost.
> 
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>
>  So... I know I'm new. And it's possible this has happened (many
> times) before, but... You've been warned.
> 
> 
> Speak Freely _______________________________________________ 
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