On 8/30/2013 1:04 PM, Andy Isaacson wrote:
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:38:26AM -0400, That Guy wrote:

I run an exit node off of a residential Verizon connection and I 
haven't seen a single threat, legal or otherwise so far, I dunno 
why you're having so much trouble.

Thank you for the reply but I have not either.  My comments come from
reading many such issues on the mailing list and the many many
experiences documented on the Good/bad ISP lists on the torproject
websites.  I've had zero trouble with the sigle relay I'm running but
as I also try to encourage others to run relays I was curious as I
don't want to put OTHERS in a bad situation.

I ran a non-exit relay at home for many years without hearing any
complaints.  (I moved away from that ISP at the end of 2012 so I no
longer run that relay).  I haven't seen a credible description of a
non-exit relay being the cause of a complaint -- in most cases I have
seen described, there were several possible causes for a complaint and
the Tor relay was just one possible cause.

So, I would have no problem encouraging others to run a non-exit relay
on their home connection, since I don't believe that it is likely to put
them in a bad situation.  I would be clear with them that they should be
aware of the technical issues when doing so, of course.

-andy
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I have recently seen several e-commerce websites blocking all traffic coming from IP addresses that are known to be used by Tor relays, including non-exit relays.  That means all traffic, including legitimate traffic.  In my personal experience, Ancestry.com and justanswer.com are currently blocking my residential IP address because I am running a non-exit relay from home.  Others are having similar experiences.  If this is the beginning of a trend, the useability of Tor will drop dramatically unless a counter-measure is developed.

David C