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A comment on Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess home compute nowadays?.

Re:Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess hom... by softwareEngine on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:26PM (#29971850)
Please consider running a Tor Relay, relays are the backbone of the Tor network https://blog.torproject.org/new-guide-running-tor-relay/
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Re:Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess hom... by lytedev on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:31PM (#29975132)
Doesn't this have the potential to cause issues for your home network?
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Re:Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess hom... by DoItToMe81 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @12:52AM (#29975620)
If you run an exit node, definitely. If not, you should be fine.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some worthy non-cryto uses of excess hom... by atmosx on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @01:10AM (#29975717)
Just make sure you understand that the IP will be publicly listed even if you run a relay and most likely banned by some organizations. Wasn’t a big deal in 2012, today I would be hesitant to run this at home.
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