On Sat, 31 May 2014 10:07:51 +1000 Zenaan Harkness zen@freedbms.net wrote:
I read a lot of the torproject.org website before running our exit node, and I found the issues laid out to be reasonable from my perspective - when we believe in something like free speech, or freedom of travel, some of us (like myself) feel a conscientious duty to take a stand to promote that which we believe in, as I did.
I 100% agree with this. But running a Tor exit node on the only public IP address that you have, and also running your own traffic through it doesn't sound good to me. Maybe in terms of liability of the traffic - which traffic was Phil and which was the Tor exit node etc? I suppose it depends on whether or not you care about that, but law enforcement might (if that bothers people?). Maybe in terms of services on the internet blocking Tor exit IP's e.g. Phil's home IP address, which could be a problem, assuming it's a static IP. If he was a relay, he wouldn't have these potential issues.
I don't think there is right answer with this. There are reasons either way. It all comes down to what people feel comfortable doing and their specific situation.
With the bandwidth level you (Matt) are suggesting
I haven't suggested any bandwidth levels. You might be referring to Phil I suspect. :)
--Matt