A root-server for about 30EUR for an exitnode?

[Olaf Selke]

Andrew wrote:

> Didn't I read something about a 99.9% uptime guarantee on their site?
> Actually, the German Strato AG also has switched their dedicated 
> servers, starting at EUR 70 a month, to an unlimited traffic plan. No 
> fair-use or similar downsides.
> I'd just like to know what the bandwidth per switch is... and how many 
> servers share that bandwidth.

I don't know and I doubt they will tell you. On the other hand Strato is 
one of the major hosting players on the German market. I'm convinced 
bandwidth will be sufficient for a tor node running on apples and 
oranges hardware.

>> More expensive than IP traffic will be ISP's personnel expenses for a 
>> tor exit gw's abuse handling.
>>
> Why? They just have to point the finger at the server's owner.
 > That's not much work to do.

even each case takes only about 15min average, it becomes expensive.

> That's not much work to do. I bet they have standardized emails for such cases.

German police do not use email for their inquiries. Usually the letter 
from police arrives first as fax and a few days later in writing. Not to 
mention they expect the answer pointing to me the same way. The only 
known exception accepting email communication I'm aware of has been a 
German secret service.

Olaf