[tor-relays] Running an exit node from home

Spiros Andreou mail at spiros.io
Tue Oct 30 15:30:00 UTC 2018


Just a note that I believe you will lose the exit flag for not having at least ports 80 and 443 open

On October 30, 2018 2:31:15 PM UTC, "Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T." <igrover at aileronit.com> wrote:
>Good morning,
>
>As a followup to my last (and other) posts on this list, I have been
>cautioned multiple times of running an exit node from my home.  After
>careful consideration and previous direct feedback from this list, I
>configured an exit node with the following exit policy, which allows
>traffic on ports that are "safe" in my opinion, meaning that they're
>not likely to generate complaints or search warrants.
>
>accept *:5228
>accept *:8333
>accept *:9418
>accept *:11371
>reject *:*
>
>Regarding these aforementioned cautions, they all seem to be based on
>dated posts and/or irresponsible exit policies.  I would not open any
>of the web, email, irc, remote desktop, ssh, etc. ports on an exit node
>based at home as those would generate complaints and/or search warrants
>very quickly, so I am open to discussion about modifying the groupthink
>behind this blanket "don't run an exit node at home" advice.
>
>Make your day great,
>Isaac Grover, Senior I.T. Consultant
>Aileron I.T. - "Practical & Proactive I.T. Solutions"
>
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Spiros Andreou
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