[tor-talk] Running a Tor exit node on a VPS: does location of node matter?

[Moritz Bartl]

Hi,

Ideally, one would place exits in countries that have little or no exit
probability.

https://compass.torproject.org/#/by_country?exit_filter=all_relays&links&sort=cw&sort_reverse&country=&by_country&top=30

Make sure you know the legal implications in both your home country and
the country where the node is.

--
Moritz

On 05.06.2013 17:02, Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am researching running a Tor exit node on a hosted VPS. I am currently looking at a big list of VPSs (www.lowendbox.com - thanks Moritz).
> 
> Most are similar - bandwidth, RAM, disk, IPs, etc.
> 
> For me as the operator of the node, does the location of the node, or more importantly the location of the datacentre/s where the VPS will live have any impact?
> 
> As a European country citizen does it make sense to locate the node in the US/Canada/Asia/Europe?
> 
> NB: I have no intention of using this node for illegal purposes, but seeing as this is the Tor network I cannot guarantee illegal usage will not occur.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bernard
> --------------------------------------
> Bernard / bluboxthief / ei8fdb
> 
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