[tor-relays] abuse email for non-exit relay (masergy)

Iain R. Learmonth irl at torproject.org
Fri Sep 22 15:49:31 UTC 2017


Hi teor,

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:14:07PM +1000, teor wrote:
> 
> > On 22 Sep 2017, at 23:03, relay 000 <relay0 at mailbox.org> wrote:
> > 
> >> Someone is using the hidden service rendezvous protocol to ask non-exit
> >> relays to scan non-tor IP addresses.
> > 
> > wow, people can misuse my *non*-exit relay to scan (aka send a TCP SYN
> > packet) other systems on the internet?
> 
> Yes.

Can you clarify here that no feedback is given and that this is not a useful
scan?

I assume the remote relay will return the same error whether there is
something listening on the port or not, as it wasn't possible to extend the
circuit.

Thanks,
Iain.

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