[tor-relays] Is OVH a safe vps provider to run an exit relay on?

[Eddie]

William,

At (about) what number of relays per provider should we be considering 
looking elsewhere.

Cheers.



On 4/1/2021 12:53 AM, William Kane wrote:
> Hi,
>
> no, OVH is the second most commonly used hosting provider, another
> relay hosted there would hurt the network more than it would help:
>
> https://metrics.torproject.org/bubbles.html#as
>
> We need to make the network as diverse as possible, in order to make
> it as hard as possible for law enforcement and other bad actors to
> de-anonymize tor circuits.
>
> --Very large snip snip--
>
> Look for a host, get it's AS ID, then input it here:
> https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/as:<AS_NUMBER>
>
> Example:
>
> https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/as:AS197019
>
> If this was a bit too much, I apologize - I will gladly answer any
> questions you have.
>
> - William
>
> On 30/03/2021, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am wondering if OVH is a safe VPS provider to run an exit relay on? Thank
>> you.
>>
>>
>>
>> --Keifer
>>
>>
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