Hi,
tl;dr: it is not clear to me what I should ask to my provider about SWIP, if this is something I can set up on my own and/or how I should ask for this to my provider.
I have been running a couple of relays for some months (since the last EFF Tor challenge) and now I would like to operate an exit node.
I also want to be careful and set up things properly for Minimal Harrasment (h/t to Mike Perry)[1]. I am planning to set up everything in Italy - I am Italian and I would like to do everything here - but looking in this list (at least since I am subscribed to it, it seems to me that there is not much information about running exit nodes from Italy. All the more reason to try it and document things properly.
I have bought some credit on Aruba, which is a quite well known provider in Italy on the low-end/entry level (they used to make spots on television at prime time) and I also think one of the biggest in terms of sales and infrastructure. They are not listed on the list of good and bad ISPs[2] so, again, let's see and document (in all honesty, there is not much choice on the list as far as Italy is concerned).
After all this premise, I have some questions: (1) In the guide it is advised to "Get a separate IP for the node. Do not route your own traffic via this IP". As I understand it, this is just saying that if one has a machine with some other content hosted on it (e.g. a website) it would be better to separate the exit node IP from the IP that serves the other uses of the machine. Is this interpretation correct? I am planning to use a small instance for now (1 GB RAM, single core, 2TB traffic/month) and use it exclusively for running the node. Does this advice still applies. What are additional IPs good for? My ISP sells additional (public) IPs for 3,60 euro/month, would it be worth or necessary purchasing such an additional service?
(2) SWIP/RWHOIS + ARIN/RIPE This is quite unclear to me. all I know as of now, about SWIP/RWHOIS/ARIN/RIPE is what can be read from the relevant Wikipedia pages. How can I ask my provider about this? I have seen there is a template here[3], but it seems to me that this is not really applicable. That case is about a fairly large organisation, buying a fairly large service. I would like, if possible, some indications on what to request from your average Joe. I am not exactly comfortable on asking something based on a templatee I am not sure I fully understand about something I know very limitedly.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cristian
[1] https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassment [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs [3] https://www.torservers.net/wiki/hoster/inquiry
Hi Cristian!
SWIP/RWHOIS/ARIN/RIPE is what can be read from the relevant Wikipedia pages. How can I ask my provider about this?
You just ask. Only they can do it, so ask if they are willing to change WHOIS records for your IP(s).
My recommendation is to ask if they offer WHOIS reassignment first, then ask if they allow Tor exits, then buy.
Hi,
2015-09-27 16:42 GMT+02:00 Moritz Bartl moritz@torservers.net:
SWIP/RWHOIS/ARIN/RIPE is what can be read from the relevant Wikipedia pages. How can I ask my provider about this?
You just ask. Only they can do it, so ask if they are willing to change WHOIS records for your IP(s).
My recommendation is to ask if they offer WHOIS reassignment first, then ask if they allow Tor exits, then buy.
(sorry for the late reply, I missed this e-mail)
Well, too late. I did this the other way around (buy, ask about Tor, ask about WHOIS). They allow Tor (but they have contacted me on the phone saying that I am responsible aas per their Terms of Service and contract for about anything that happens through that machine. They do WHOIS reassignment only if you buy at least a "dedicated subnet" of 16 IPs minimum.
Cristian
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