On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 08:45:33 -0500 a432511 a432511@mail49.org allegedly wrote:
I just spun up 2 relays (1 exit, 1 non-exit) in Amsterdam using DigitalOcean as the VPS provider. It's been up for about 8 hours now. Here was the message I sent to them regarding the servers:
I have three DigitalOcean VMs. One in Amsterdam is a (non-exit) relay (https://baldric.net/2013/01/13/what-a-difference-a-gig-makes/), the other two, in SanFrancisco and NYC, are tails mirrors. /Before/ starting the tor relay I specifically asked DO if they had any problems with tor. They told me much what they have apparently told you. Certainly I gained the impression that they would not be happy if their IP addresses appeared in abuse complaints. (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/tor) I followed up that conversation in a support ticket and they have been fine with me running a relay ever since.
The other thing that I am weighing is just a moral question regarding misuse of the Tor network for despicable things like child porn. I understand that of all the traffic it is a small percentage and that ISPs essentially face the same dilemma, but I wonder if more can be done to make Tor resistant to evil usage.
Tor is neutral. You and I may agree that certain usage is unwelcome, even abhorrent, but we cannot dictate how others may use an anonymising service we agree to provide. If you have a problem with that, you probably should not be running a tor node.
Best
Mick
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