-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Not a professional techie, since running an exit node this fall I am > being habitually banned from Google, Charter has asked me to stop > spamming, and now today the police are at my door looking for Tobias. (snip) > > Hope this post goes to list, can't find list post commands. >
It made it to the list. =:o) In any case, I set my node up as "middleman" from the beginning. Given that I'm just running from my home, I wouldn't have a whole lot of backing to defend from legal or police troubles; running as a middleman allows me to provide capacity to the network, while avoiding most of the liability (potentially) carried by exit nodes. As others have suggested, I strongly recommend trying "going middleman" before leaving the network completely. Taking an occasional peek at my Tor service via TCPView (shouldn't be a problem, since I'm only connected to other nodes), you'd be surprised how much utilization I get even as a middleman! =:oD Every little bit of bandwidth helps. - -- F. Fox CompTIA A+, Net+, Security+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHUxmLbgkxCAzYBCMRAkmKAKCOIqmLACMxAckS5UusOLF7fGgNHACgkVaK doirLmxSDOzuFRlpId0nVSI= =+7/B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
