[tor-relays] How long does it take for a relay IP to stop being displayed in metrics and web service?

Guinness guinness at crans.org
Sat Oct 31 13:34:14 UTC 2020


Le Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 06:53:56AM +0000, shsmbcfdfk écrivait :
> Hi,
> 
> I setup a non-exit relay on my home network and I have been listed as relay. So now me and my family even if we don't use Tor we are excluded from some online services.
> 
> Beyond the discussion of whether the owners of these services understand Tor or not, it's a problem that the address is added to public lists, especially for non-exit relays.
> 
> I completely shut down the relay several hours ago but my IP is still listed.
> 
> My question is how long does it take for a relay to disappear ?
> 
> Thanks,

It depends on their firewall policy, if they use fail2ban or not, how
long they blacklist. But usually the default is 24h from what I have
seen.

You might want to contact them to ask to be removed from the blacklist,
and mayber explain them why you use Tor and why this is important ?

-- 
Guinness
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