confiscating middleman-tor-nodes

[Roger Dingledine]

On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 12:11:25PM +0200, Thomas Hluchnik wrote:
> Exactly this happened to me, too, yesterday. I am running a dedicated host by 
> Strato, providing unused bandwith for tor (nickname baphomet) which is 
> configured as a exit node.
> 
> This host is unavail since 9:00 MEST yesterday. The guys at Strato gave me the 
> phone number of a public prosecutor. I spoke with him, and though he wasnt 
> allowed to tell me details by phone, we has some conversation. When I told 
> him that I provide some bandwith for tor he knew about tor and told me that 
> it is NOT FORBIDDEN in germany to do so.

Hi folks,

Looks like it was a pretty wide-scale event a few days ago. Since German
policy is at stake, I figure the best move is to let our German privacy
advocates deal with it. I think most German exit node operators are
coordinated already, but if you're involved or want to become involved,
you can contact Julius et al at anonymizer at ccc.de.

(To my knowledge, no non-exit nodes were involved. Just exit nodes.)

Thanks,
--Roger