EFF: Help Protesters in Iran: Run a Tor Bridge or a Tor Relay

Re:EFF: Help Protesters in Iran: Run a Tor Bridge or a Tor R... by mileszs on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @04:11PM (#683286)

Aside from Slicehost[1], has anyone found a host to be happy to let you run a Tor relay? I'm thinking of emailing the prgmr.com gentleman (who I know is around here somewhere... hi!).

[1] A couple articles about running Tor on your Slicehost slice: http://www.tequilafish.com/2009/06/21/slicehost-setting-up-a... http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/3622

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Re:EFF: Help Protesters in Iran: Run a Tor Bridge or a Tor R... by dfranke on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @06:51PM (#683510)

I'm running one on Linode. I filed a support ticket first to let them know. This was the answer:

Tor exit nodes are not against our TOS, but we will forward any abuse reports on to you and we do expect them to be handled. Also, keep an eye on your bandwidth though. Tor nodes can burn through bandwidth in a hurry and if you go over you'll end up being charged for it.

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Re:EFF: Help Protesters in Iran: Run a Tor Bridge or a Tor R... by uriel on Friday July 03, 2009 @09:27PM (#686781)

> Tor exit nodes are not against our TOS, but we will forward any abuse reports on to you and we do expect them to be handled.

I'm somewhat unclear on what does it mean for "them to be handled'? If you are running a tor node there is nothing you can do about any abuse reports.

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Re:EFF: Help Protesters in Iran: Run a Tor Bridge or a Tor R... by dfranke on Friday July 03, 2009 @10:55PM (#686842)

Replying to the complainant with an explanation of Tor.

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Re:EFF: Help Protesters in Iran: Run a Tor Bridge or a Tor R... by gasull on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @11:22PM (#683797)

You don't need a host. You can run it in your home computer and throttle it so it doesn't suck your connection. Every bit helps.

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