The only advantage to running a an exit-server at home would be increased anonymity because you could always say "a tor user did it". Also, I think running middleman servers does expose you to more scrutiny since the government doesn't like tor or encrypted traffic of any kind however I don't think they will hassle you or anything like that. I think everybody should be able to run a middleman server and route like 20 k of traffic. I do this quite frequently and I've never been harassed by anybody. Ringo Kamens
On 1/10/07, Ben Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Robert Hogan wrote: > * From a common-sense, peace-of-mind point of view, is running an exit-node > strictly for co-located servers? Does anyone here run one at home? If so, > have you had second thoughts? I run one at home, but it's on a dedicated IP, within a virtual machine. I wouldn't want to run one off any IP I actually personally used (I like being able to use Slashdot and Wikipedia, and I have IRC channels that have some security based on my IP :P) but I don't mind having it segmented off onto a separate IP. Plus, this way when they say "hey tor.pavlovian.net was downloading child porn" I say "I have never once used that IP for anything of my own". Honestly, I don't think getting that letter about a colo server would be any better than getting one at home, so hey. :) -Ben
