Roman Mamedov wrote: > Sorry but reading these kinds of things is kind of demoralizing. -- > > I'm not going to do a "me too" post, but some of us pay for relays > with their own funds for years, which easily do 30-40 MB/sec combined, > receiving zero donations -- then some guy with a 3 MB/sec relay comes > around and people jump at the chance to send him hundreds of Euros > just because.
I'm a senior in college and I've been running relays on my own dime since I was a senior in high school. This exit relay had to come down unless someone chipped in, so I thought I'd ask. Also, it's a 6-8 MB/s relay, unless you're only counting one direction of traffic. > Oh I know mine are not Exit relays, so those are not special enough, > nothing to see here, move along. For what it's worth, exit relays generally cost more and are somewhat more work because you have to: o find a company willing to host it, which rules out most hands-off budget providers o pay for a dedicated server (exits should usually be on dedicated servers, IMO, because their security is more critical) o deal with abuse complaints o make sure the packet filter policies and DNS are configured and working properly I think it makes sense for the community to fund certain experienced members' relays. Some of us are good operators but aren't at a stage in life where we can consistently spend hundreds of dollars a year on hosting. I'd be interested to hear ideas for funding infrastructure beyond oniontip.com. _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
