[tor-relays] So long and thanks for all the abuse complaints

Tom van der Woerdt info at tvdw.eu
Mon Dec 4 18:17:31 UTC 2017


Op 04/12/2017 om 13:39 schreef teor:
> 
> On 4 Dec 2017, at 22:18, Tom van der Woerdt <info at tvdw.eu
> <mailto:info at tvdw.eu>> wrote:
> 
>> Hi James,
>>
>> Have you considered running a super restrictive exit policy? I had the
>> same trouble you have, with EFF's restrictive exit policy. So I wrote my
>> own, which also blocks port 80:
>>
>> ExitPolicy accept *:443
>> ExitPolicy accept *:6667
> 
> A restricted exit policy is a good idea, but Exits must include port 80.
> (If they don't, they will mainly be used as guard and middle relays.)
> 
> Blocking port 80 isn't safe for users: it doubles the number of exits that
> they must use, which doubles their risk of a malicious exit.
> 
> So, when directory authorities update to 0.3.2, they will only vote Exit for
> relays that allow both port 80 and 443.
> 
> Background:
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23637
> 
> T

Sorry to hear that :-( Guess I'll also have to stop running my exit, then.

Tom


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