Indeed, some (coincidentally???) big corps do block relays. For a while I ran a relay from my home connection and for instance Nike was not reachable without the use of a VPN (I don't mind, and even favor, Nike being out of the picture, not everyone feels the same way ;) ).
On 28-08-15 18:56, Rejo Zenger wrote: > ++ 23/08/15 15:59 -0800 - I: >>> Beware though that running a Tor Relay from your home connection is >>> discouraged: https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html.en >> Running an exit from home is discouraged not a middle relay. >> >> Less fearmongering might help expand Tor. > Reality is a thing of nuance: although the risks of running a middle > relay from home are for more limited compared to running an exit relay > from home, there are some things that should be taken into account. > > Most notably: the IP-address from your home connection will be listed in > one or more block lists, based on the criteria that these lists list all > none Tor relays. This may be a problem when site owners decided to deny > traffic from IP-addresses that are running a Tor relay. As a result of > that, if you run a middle relay from home, you may have difficulties > reaching some sites. > > > > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
