[tor-relays] Fast Exit Node Operators - ISP in US

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Just checked them now, that is great if they will allow you to run Tor
exit nodes on such cheap virtual machines. 5$ for 1000GB is a good
deal for US traffic, and bitcoin accepted is an important pro. But I
am concerned if they will sustain Tor exits on the long term. If the
Tor relay will consume more bandwidth they might start shouting about
it since more virtual machines share a network port, and they will
want to maximize how many VMs they can assign to a port in order to
maximize profit. Not to mention if the relay will be under DDoS attack.

I saw many cheap cloud providers which claimed to support Tor, yet
after little time just when the relay was becoming popular and known
in the consensus, service terminated. Hope VULTR will not follow this way.


On 11/23/2014 2:56 AM, Seth wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:35:18 -0800, I <beatthebastards at inbox.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> So USA can be fast and cheap but beware when they agree Tor is 
>> acceptable because there are poor trade practices laws to get
>> refunds and rights.
> 
> FWIW I spun up a Tor exit node on VULTR. I pro-actively informed
> them I was doing so by creating a support ticket with this text:
> 
> "Just giving you guys a heads up that I've setup a new Tor exit
> node.
> 
> It's using the ReducedExitPolicy detailed here:
> 
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy
>
>  The reduced exit policy has been successful in eliminating the
> vast majority of DMCA complains according to this Tor blog post:
> 
> https://blog.torproject.org/running-exit-node
> 
> If there are any complaints about traffic from this node, please
> alert me immediately so I can deal with them. I have a dedicated
> email setup for this purpose at tor at sysfu.com.
> 
> Regards, Seth"
> 
> The response was a simple "Thank you for the update."...so they
> seem pretty cool about it.
> 
> If you look at https://torstatus.rueckgr.at/ you'll see a half
> dozen other nodes running on VULTR.
> 
> The starter $5/mo size gets you 1000GB of bandwidth per month,
> can't beat that with a stick.
> 
> Another thing I like about VULTR is that you can install your own
> custom OS via an ISO or iPXE script. Also none of that fixed kernel
> nonsense I dealt with at Digital Ocean. And they accept Bitcoin.
> 
> That fact that thousands of average joe sysadmins can now spin up
> a powerful Tor relay or exit node, on the operating system of
> their choice, for $5/mo payable in Bitcoin...I think that's a big
> deal.
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