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2013-08-27 Thread Bruno Kitzis
Hello, Can you remove my email adress from your contact list? Thanks in advance. ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays

Re: [tor-relays] efficiency and reachability

2013-08-27 Thread Kostas Jakeliunas
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:11 PM, That Guy g...@gmx.us wrote: 1) have 4 extra unused devices, 2 android 2 older laptops running Xubuntu Lubuntu that can run full time my 2 primary machines(android tab and Debian laptop). With only so much bandwidth, what helps best in that situation? a.

Re: [tor-relays] What if my favorite online store websiteblacklists all Tor Relay IP addresses?

2013-08-27 Thread Dave Lahr
Just wanted to follow up - I emailed yelp, never heard back from them, but now we can access it. We can also access TDBank North (I can't remember if I emailed them or not). On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Konstantinos Asimakis insh...@gmail.comwrote: Chuck do you run Tor on a separate

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread Jon Gardner
On Aug 22, 2013, at 11:56 AM, mick m...@rlogin.net wrote: The other thing that I am weighing is just a moral question regarding misuse of the Tor network for despicable things like child porn. I understand that of all the traffic it is a small percentage and that ISPs essentially face the

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread Andreas Krey
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:08:34 +, Jon Gardner wrote: ... Then why have exit policies? To keep spammers at bay (or getting your exit blacklisted); to keep traffic at bay (bittorrent), to keep law harrassment at bay (again bittorrent, others as well). Exit nodes regularly block unwelcome

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread Vincent Yu
On 08/28/2013 12:08 AM, Jon Gardner wrote: Then why have exit policies? Exit nodes regularly block unwelcome traffic like bittorrent, and there's only a slight functional difference between that and using a filter in front of the node to block things like porn (which, come to think of it,

[tor-relays] Being flooded.........

2013-08-27 Thread Allan Moon
by virusessince starting relay. I run several anti viral and malware routines daily and ever since deciding to start relaying, they are all being stretched to their capacity. Let me know when the sys is cleaned up. Maybe include an anti viral with the relay setup and

Re: [tor-relays] Being flooded.........

2013-08-27 Thread Daniel Case
they are all being stretched to their capacity. 1: Anti virus and malware detection don't have a 'capacity' - no idea what you're talking about. Make it so no one can connect to Tor unless they are certified clean. 2: Whether your an exit relay or not, viruses would not come from Tor. Your

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread mick
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:08:34 -0500 Jon Gardner j...@brazoslink.net allegedly wrote: On Aug 22, 2013, at 11:56 AM, mick m...@rlogin.net wrote: Tor is neutral. You and I may agree that certain usage is unwelcome, even abhorrent, but we cannot dictate how others may use an anonymising

Re: [tor-relays] Being flooded.........

2013-08-27 Thread Andy Isaacson
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:52:14PM -0400, Allan Moon wrote: by virusessince starting relay. What signs do you have that this is happening? Are you running AV on your relay node, or something? What messages are you getting? Good luck cleaning up your system. You mightw

Re: [tor-relays] Being flooded.........

2013-08-27 Thread krishna e bera
On 13-08-27 12:52 PM, Allan Moon wrote: by virusessince starting relay. I run several anti viral and malware routines daily and ever since deciding to start relaying, they are all being stretched to their capacity. Let me know when the sys is cleaned up. Maybe include an

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread Tor Exit
The Tor devs go to great lengths to try to keep evil governments from using Tor against itself. Why not devote some effort toward keeping evil traffic off of Tor? I agree. Why not block the most obvious abuse? All professional Apache webservers install a module named 'mod_secure' that will

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread krishna e bera
On 13-08-27 05:12 PM, Tor Exit wrote: The Tor devs go to great lengths to try to keep evil governments from using Tor against itself. Why not devote some effort toward keeping evil traffic off of Tor? I agree. Why not block the most obvious abuse? All professional Apache webservers

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread Andy Isaacson
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:08:34AM -0500, Jon Gardner wrote: Then why have exit policies? Exit nodes regularly block unwelcome traffic like bittorrent, and there's only a slight functional difference between that and using a filter in front of the node to block things like porn The exit

Re: [tor-relays] new relays

2013-08-27 Thread Andreas Krey
On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 23:12:01 +, Tor Exit wrote: GET /index.php?file=../../../../../../../etc/passwd Why not employ similar techniques on a Tor exit? We can be 100% sure about the malicious intent. No, you can't be sure. That request could quite well be totally legitimate; you are not