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Re:Tor in 2022 by 8bitbuddhist on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @09:57AM (#29637953)
Running an intermediate/middle node is generally safe. You want to avoid running an exit node.
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Re:Tor in 2022 by kentiko on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @10:12AM (#29638084)
Running a middle node got my IP banned from some services, even services provided by my ISP.
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Re:Tor in 2022 by post-factum on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @10:34AM (#29638324)
Indeed, some CDNs like Akamai do not bother distinguishing relays from exit nodes and just ban everything.
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Re:Tor in 2022 by crazysim on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @10:58AM (#29638606)
Does this apply to snowflake relays?
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Re:Tor in 2022 by notriddle on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @12:39PM (#29639844)
The whole point of Snowflake relays is that nobody knows about them. If Akamai knows about it, then it failed.
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Re:Tor in 2022 by darau1 on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @01:45PM (#29640572)
I've never heard of snowflake relays. What are they?
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Re:Tor in 2022 by chalst on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @02:01PM (#29640750)
A new tool from Tor:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29634636

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