[tor-talk] sadly have to shut down my tor relay after less then 24 hours

[Sarah Alawami]

Nah I'll just wait to see if I get any more complaints. I think it was torrent stuff using it.  I have receed nothinge else from them so far and I assume that the problem has ben resolved. I guess I could go log diving if I'm wanting something to do. Lol!
> On Aug 21, 2016, at 8:58 PM, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
> On 08/21/2016 09:33 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>> Actually, no ip complained.  It was the VPS I am hosting this thign on. I'll keep an eye on logs I gguess when I have the time.
> 
> Well, presumably someone complained to the VPS provider, triggering
> their complaint to you. So you could request a copy of the complaint.
> Then contact the complainer, and ask what IP range they want blocked.
> 
>>> On Aug 21, 2016, at 3:26 PM, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 08/21/2016 04:13 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>> Well I could be nasty and reject port 443 and 80, but  that's like chopping off someone's head when they have a headache. I believe i added those ports as excepts. I can't remember now.
>>> 
>>> One approach is blocking traffic to IP ranges that complain.
>>> 
>>>>> On Aug 21, 2016, at 10:02 AM, Flipchan <flipchan at riseup.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dont forget port 993 for imaps(imap with ssl) so You can use ssl with imap
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anthony Papillion <anthony at cajuntechie.org> skrev: (21 augusti 2016 01:39:01 CEST)
>>>>>> It's actually pretty easy and you definitely don't have to be a coder:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1. Find your torrc file and open it in a text editor
>>>>>> 2. Search for 'ExitPolicy' (all one word) to find the right section
>>>>>> 3. Enter a list of the ports you want to allow. Example:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 	ExitPolicy accept *:80
>>>>>> 	ExitPolicy accept *:443
>>>>>> 	ExitPolicy accept *:110
>>>>>> 	ExitPolicy accept *:143
>>>>>> 	ExitPolicy accept *:465
>>>>>> 	ExitPolicy accept *:587
>>>>>> 	ExitPolicy reject *:*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Make sure all of the other ExitPolicy statements are either deleted or
>>>>>> commended out. The exit policy above allows ports 80 and 443 (for web
>>>>>> access), and ports 110, 143, 465, 587 for email access. It rejects
>>>>>> anything else.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This should stop your copyright infringement problem or at least reduce
>>>>>> it to almost nothing since the users would be restricted to stuff they
>>>>>> can get on regular websites (no torrents, USENET groups, etc).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hope this helps!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 8/20/2016 6:29 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>> Well I'm no coder. How do I then do this? I'm going to start over
>>>>>> from scratch, maybe. I dont' know much about the exit policies as I'm
>>>>>> quite new to this tor thing lol! I wonder what is trigering this to
>>>>>> happen on our vps's, at least o my vps. Lol!
>>>>>>>> On Aug 20, 2016, at 4:23 PM, pa011 <pa011 at web.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Made the same experience this week within 24 hours as well on Bit
>>>>>> Torrent
>>>>>>>> Changed my Exit-policy - never had that before...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Go on...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> All the best 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Am 21.08.2016 um 00:49 schrieb Anthony Papillion:
>>>>>>>>> On 8/20/2016 5:47 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hello to all. Sadly I have to shut down my tor relay after less
>>>>>>>>>> then 24 hours, as I received a copyright violation and I don't
>>>>>> want
>>>>>>>>>> any network restrictions  placed on me as I want the 150mbps
>>>>>>>>>> speed.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry to all who were using it, but yeah there it is.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Blessings.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> That sucks! Sorry to hear about your experience. Might it be
>>>>>> possible
>>>>>>>>> to run your exit with a greatly reduced exit policy? Maybe just
>>>>>>>>> HTTP/HTTPS and mail?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
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