[tor-talk] >600 Tor relays without ContactInfo and similar properties

[Georg Koppen]

nusenu:
>> Since the Tor directory authorities are no longer removing such undeclared relay groups
>> and I feel bad about sitting on this list without doing anything with it 
>> I'm posting it here for your information.
>>
>> This is a set of over 600 Tor relays that got added since 2020-01-29  on a limited set of hosters.
>> They have some similarities in their sign-up pattern and properties.
>>
>>
>> Most of them are middle relays (non exit relays).
>>
>> total guard probability: 3.6%
>> total middle probability: 10.1%
>>
>> https://github.com/nusenu/tor-network-observations/blob/master/20200129-20200819_unknown_middle_relaygroup.txt
>>
>> +-----------------------+----------+
>> | as_name               |   relays |
>> +-----------------------+----------+
>> | Microsoft Corporation |      254 |
> 
> all of those that used to run at at Microsoft 
> left (or got kicked?) on 2020-09-19 20:00

They did not get kicked out.

Georg

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