[tor-relays] Calling for more Exit Relays

Thu Sep 3 04:55:15 UTC 2015

hi,
what do you think about high restricted exits?
i thought about solely accept some single ips.

like so accept:*

berlin.ftp.media.ccc.de:                195.54.164.50

2001:67c:20a0:5:0:0:0:cccc

eff.org                                    69.50.225.155
                                            2607:f258:102:3:0:0:0:2

disconnect.me                        54.221.221.253
                                        107.21.253.239
                                        50.19.226.59

startpage.com                        212.121.101.8
                                        89.146.4.146
                                        145.131.132.79

tails.boum.org                        204.13.164.188

torproject.org                       
 2001:41b8:202:deb:213:21ff:fe20:1426
                                        2620:0:6b0:b:1a1a:0:26e5:4810
                                        2001:858:2:2:aabb:0:563b:1e28
                                        38.229.72.16
                                        82.195.75.101
                                        86.59.30.40
                                        93.95.227.222
                                        154.35.132.70
reject *.*

isnt it a bad idea? will i be flagged as bad exit by reducing exit like 
so^? wouldnt it take some load from the network while excude all 
complains cause this are tor-friendly ips?

thanks meanwhile

Am Freitag, 21. August 2015 02:23 schrieb s7r <s7r at sky-ip.org>:

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> Hello,
> 
> In the last 48 hours we went under the 'psychological' threshold of
> 1000 Exit Relays in the consensus.
> Right now, Thu Aug 20 23:57:02 UTC 2015, we have:
> 
> 6234 Running relays
> 954 Exit relays
> 
> I think we can improve this balance. Let's do it!
> 
> This is a call for everyone: Please run Exit relays, or if you are
> running a middle relay turn it into an Exit relay!
> 
> I have been running high capacity Exit relays for a very long time,
> and I tell you it's not a headache and it will not attract any
> problems if you just take care of the abuse complaints.
> 
> During this very long time, 98% of the abuse complaints were 
> automated
> messages which can safely be ignored (fail2ban notifications,
> portscans, web CMS plugins sending reports about http fetches, etc.)
> and the rest were from very nice people who didn't know what Tor is
> and how it works, but after explaining to them they actually liked 
> the
> idea - gives you a really nice feeling. Only 2 times I have received
> email from law enforcement agents (which are just normal people like
> us, doing a hard job) - a complete and clear explanation was all that
> it took for them to fully understand and eliminate any doubt that the
> server in question is somehow interesting to them.
> 
> Tor is _legal_ in all sane countries! We as a community are here and 
> I
> give you my word that me and others will personally assist, in the
> measure and ways we can, whoever runs into troubles because of 
> running
> an exit, which is highly unlikely.
> 
> It is recommended to reject in your policy port 25 (it's not needed
> and it will blacklist you for spam messages if you leave it open).
> Allow all other ports, or use the reduced exit policy from
> torproject.org if you want to allow only what is highly necessary.
> 
> Don't think any longer about it ;)
> - - Email me directly any time if you need technical support in 
> setting
> things up, hardening the server or need a customized setup adapted to
> certain conditions.
> 
> - - Email me directly any time if you have the funds needed to run a 
> Tor
> exit relay but don't know how to set it up, where to get it from or
> don't want to rent and run it under your real name.
> 
> - - Email me directly any time if you need instructions about how to
> deal with abuse complaints and short templates for replies.
> 
> For live chat come on IRC, OFTC network, #tor channel.
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