Hi! On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 04:40:09PM +0200, Sören Weber wrote: >this morning I got a call from my hosting provider Hetzner (in >Germany) and had a nice conversation with a guy who is handling the >abuse mails. He wondered what was running on those 12 servers (that's >a number he told me) which receive ~1 copyright-infringement mail per >day. He just wanted to warn me (and I want to warn you ;-) about the >fact that he wants to tell the management about the "problems" of >these servers (high traffic, maybe bad image for the company); he says >it'd be possible that Hetzner will forbid the use of TOR nodes by >their policy.
Did he mean any kind tor nodes or tor exits? >He also asked for an in-depth explanation of TOR, which I just sent >him. I tried to explain that his company's image could benefit from >just acting for freedom of speech and against censorship (by not >stopping TOR nodes). Hopefully that'll be heard. Hope so too. Perhaps also tell him about the role of tor in the recent uprises in the Iran. >It's not that important yet as there are other providers out there, >but that could start a trend, especially when put under pressure by >the German government. Definitely. >Greetings, >Sören Kind regards, Hannah.