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

[Ralph Seichter]

On 04.12.17 20:00, Iain Learmonth wrote:

> I do wonder how much of this is related to the scarcity of IPv4
> address space, prevalence of reputation systems and fear of ending
> up being labeled as "bad".

I remember that last year I was notified by said hoster that the IP
address of one of my exit nodes had ended up on a blacklist and that I
was expected to get the address off that list. Turns out the exit had
made connections to a sinkhole address not yet listed with tornull.org.

This hoster obviously keeps track of the reputations of the IP addresses
assigned to customers' servers. I imagine you are correct to assume that
prohibiting outbound network scans has a similar motivation. Also, scans
consume resources and hence cost money.

-Ralph