On We , Aug 22, 2012 at 04:07:05PM +0200, Robin Kipp wrote: > Hi guys, > having used Tor for quite a while now and educated several people on how to > use it to surf anonymously and enhancing privacy, I'm now at a point where I > really would like to give back and make a contribution to the network by > hosting a Tor exit node. Currently, I'm already running a Linux root server > hosted by Hetzner Online in Germany. I've already been running a Tor relay on > that for quite a while, but sadly had to find out that the server's IP > subsequently got added to several EMail blacklists - despite the server only > being a relay and not an actual exit node! Since I rely on that server for my > day-to-day EMail communications, I thus had to shutdown the relay and kindly > ask the DNSBl providers to remove me from their blacklists, which luckily > they did.
Hetzner allows use of multiple IP addresses with one server. > However, like I said above, I still would like to contribute to the Tor > network and set up an actual exit, and am willing to spend the money required > to rent another dedicated machine for that purpose. But now, my problem > really is... Where should I really host this server? After all, chances are > someone will abuse my server's IP for whatever purposes, and I'm willing to > deal with abuse notices and reply with all the nice texts about Tor provided > by the EFF and the Tor project. However, I'd rather not want to deal with > police officials storming into my home and temporarily arresting me for > whatever reason. For that reason, I think hosting the Tor exit server at > Hetzner in Germany really isn't the best option. Instead, I'd much rather > choose a provider in a country with better privacy regulations, such as > Sweden or possibly Holland. I've already been looking around for server > hosters there and found some, however many of them prohibit the use of > services like Tor on their se rv > ers. > So, I just wanted to take this as an opportunity to ask all of you Tor exit > node hosters on here... Which hosting companies are you using for these > purposes? Which of them have the greatest tolerance when dealing with abuse > requests, and are possibly educated about Tor exits and their abuse > potencial? Are there any that will protect my personal details such as name, > address, etc. or will they all happily surrender to the authorities in case > of any trouble and turn over that info to them? > Thanks a lot for any input on this topic, any help greatly appreciated! :-) > Robin > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
