[tor-relays] So long and thanks for all the abuse complaints

[Jonathan Proulx]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 01:55:56PM -0500, Zack Weinberg wrote:

:For the record, those daily complaints about abusive SSH scanning were
:serious reports requiring a reply.  And they were not all from the
:same source.

The only reply ever required is a form letter stating this is a Tor
exit, here's a link to how to block tor exits if that's what you want.

Our standard response is:

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Hello,

The source address 128.31.0.13 is a Tor exit node, and is not the origin point for the traffic in question. See http://tor-exit.csail.mit.edu (which is the host in your logs) for details. Any action taken on this node would simply result in the problem traffic using a different exit.

For further information please read http://tor-exit.csail.mit.edu/ the bottom of this page includes information on how to block all Tor exits should you wish to do so (including links to get a list of all current Tor exits).

Sincerely,
The Infrastructure Group
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

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Very few people enguage in further discussion (like <1 per year).

-Jon