Re:Operating a Tor Relay
by arkadiyt on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:56AM
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You're not paranoid, many providers do this despite the fact that running a relay doesn't generate any malicious traffic. Here's a similar experience from Filippo Valsorda: https://twitter.com/FiloSottile/status/1257714275763851264
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A friend of mine wound up unable to pay their TV bill after spinning up a Tor relay - the connection to the site would just time out.
Said friend worked at said TV company and pulled some strings inside to get it investigated. Turns out, by default, a number of IPS systems deny traffic from relays for no good reason. He was unsuccessful in getting the security people to turn that bogus rule off.