[tor-relays] Is it safe to run an exit node from a VPS provider?

[Moritz Bartl]

On 13.08.2013 18:52, Tom Ritter wrote:
>> In my case, I keep
>> all the keys and [other sensitive data] on a partition that's created with
>> a random key at
>> boot time.  If the machine dies, the keys and messages are lost but,
>> such is the reliability of Debian, this hasn't happened yet.  I probably
>> reboot about once a year on average and have to remember to take copies
>> of these files prior to doing it.

For Tor specifically, you can shred/delete the keys from disk
completely, and only retain the copy in memory.

For further hardening and details on this, see
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorRelaySecurity

-- 
Moritz Bartl
https://www.torservers.net/