[tor-talk] What are some good VPS providers for Tor?

[Nathan Suchy]

Would running a bridge on Amazon be a bad idea? I could afford that. I know
of an offshore provider that loves privacy projects. They only cost £10 a
month.
On May 28, 2013 8:10 AM, "Tom Ritter" <tom at ritter.vg> wrote:

> On 27 May 2013 20:52, Nathan Suchy <theusernameiwantistaken at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I looking for a good VPS provider in the United States for hosting a Tor
> > Exit Node. I am considerog linode. My price range is up to $20/month. I
> > would like the exit node to have power servers and very faster bandwidth
> > (unlimted is a plus). I would prefer to avoid Amazon/Rackspace.
> >
>
> Most lower end VPS (which tend to go up to $20/mo) do not allow exit nodes.
>  Linode does not.  Sometimes you can get away with running one on them for
> a few months, but they usually shut you down from the abuse emails.  I got
> shut down after 10 months on a VPS that explicitly did allow exit nodes
> when I asked them about it before I purchased.
>
> Generally speaking, the more Tor nodes are in a single location (single VPS
> provider or single datacenter), the worse it is for the network, as it
> decreases diversity and increases single points of failure.  If you cannot
> find a VPS you can afford to run an exit node on, consider running a bridge
> or a relay node on a VPS that (you think) other people aren't also using.
>
> Sorry there's no easy answer,
> -tom
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