[tor-relays] Running Tor exit nodes on university networks

[kantorkel at hamburg.freifunk.net]

Hey.

Am 6/9/21 um 9:51 PM schrieb Andreas Kempe:

>> We have this page with some tips:
>> https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/tor-relay-universities/
>>
> 
> I read through the page before mailing the list and I especially
> appreciate the template letter from EFF. I am hoping that a system of
> standardised response e-mails can be realised to lessen the burden of
> handling complaints. Maybe with some degree of automation?

That is totally possible. At Artikel10 (https://artikel10.org/), we use Zammad to realize some degree of automation. We ignore some mails, some receive our standard reply.

> 
>> Here's a project that other members of our community have used in
>> the past and that you could adapt for your university:
>> https://www.overleaf.com/project/541e42eddb749944790bd16d
>>
>> And as Matthias said, you can find more relays outside .EDU, for
>> example, this non-exit node hosted by our friends in University of
>> Campinas, in Brazil:
>> https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#details/1E7BDE03151AAB779CB4AFEAEEA52536FFAA9400
>>

Here you find our experiences from running Tor exits at two German universities:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.04277

> 
> I don't think running a non-exit node would be an issue since they
> won't generate nearly as much abuse. I have considered looking at
> running normal nodes or possibly bridges if we hit a wall regarding
> exit nodes.
> 

(My relay at university is a low-bandwidth relay but...) If abuse is an issue, you could allow fewer ports or even ports 80, 443 only. In the past months, most abuse mails that I received were about port 22.


Best,
kantorkel