[tor-relays] TOR router install without access to root

[Nils Vogels]

So just out of curiosity: if a lot of relays run on hardware of a single
hosting company, that hosting company has access to many secret keys, which
might be an interesting attack vector for an adversary.

Given that these nodes have a different administrator, MyFamily won't be
set.

Does the relay selection algo take this into account in any way?

Greetings!
Op 25 mei 2016 7:45 p.m. schreef "Markus Koch" <niftybunny at googlemail.com>:

> My experience is: This is the best hosting companyI ever had and I am
> doing this for over 20 years. I will not run an exit node and I am
> sure I will be fine.Btw, there are already alot of hight traffic non
> exit nodes running on feral.
>
> Markus
>
> PS: I am not working for feral and I am not a family member or any
> other connection :)
>
>
>
> 2016-05-25 12:55 GMT+02:00 pa011 <pa011 at web.de>:
> > Hi Markus,
> >
> > on your hint I was just checking feralhosting.com. They are quoting:
> >
> > "We do not allow Tor exit nodes to be run on our servers. They're open
> > invitations for trouble, and while Tor serves a useful purpose our
> > network is not the place for it.
> > Tor relays are fine provided they strictly only act as an intermediary.
> >
> > We will make an exception to this rule if you bring your own RIPE IPs
> > and handle abuse directly while taking full responsibility. "
> >
> > Is this your experience as well?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > Am 25.05.2016 um 10:16 schrieb Markus Koch:
> >> Linux, would like to upgrade my accounts at feralhosting.com with tor
> >> nodes. It must be possible because there are a lot of TOR nodes on
> >> feral. No clue what kind of linux they are using but you are right, I
> >> needed root for my other 6 TOR servers and I am just wondering if
> >> there is a way around it, if not I just ask them to install it for me
> >> :)
> >>
> >>  Markus
> >>
> >>
> >> 2016-05-25 10:10 GMT+02:00 Petrusko <petrusko at riseup.net>:
> >>> Like a portable version so ?
> >>>
> >>> Windows, Linux, which operating system are you using ?
> >>>
> >>> On Linux world, I'm usually using Debian and as I know you will need a
> >>> root access to the server.
> >>> It will create a debian-tor group, write into the system...
> >>>
> >>> Or if your user is in the "sudo" group, it can be ok.
> >>>
> >>> On windows, I'm not sure if there's a portable version of Tor...
> >>> portable = no need to install
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Le 25/05/2016 10:03, Markus Koch a écrit :
> >>>> possible or do I have to ask my hosting company for the install on a
> >>>> shared server?
> >>>>
> >>>> Markus
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> >>> Petrusko
> >>> PubKey EBE23AE5
> >>> C0BF 2184 4A77 4A18 90E9 F72C B3CA E665 EBE2 3AE5
> >>>
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