[tor-relays] Relay from home

[Markus Hitter]

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Am 08.04.2015 um 12:57 schrieb Jannis Wiese:
> Does it make sense to start operating a non-exit
> relay from home for a longer term?

Here is such a thing:

https://globe.torproject.org/#/relay/A52C51551F3BD6A68E778720E02B53303F014EB2

It's a 20 Mbit down / 1 Mbit up connection without daily disconnect. Other than DSL you keep your connection for months with a cable ISP.

Just a few kB/s on average is certainly not much, but it's more than nothing. The main point of Tor is obfuscation, the more nodes participate, the better.

Without being an exit relay you'll barely notice the relay running at all. I installed it a few months ago directly on the router with default settings (except adding the reject *:*) and didn't have to care about it since then. Behaviour of normal internet usage is unchanged. Not much work for at least some effect.

> However, my concerns
> are the daily disconnect and the dynamic IP.

Perhaps somebody else can say more on this topic. Other than that, I'd simply give it a try. Can't hurt.


Markus

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