Dear Colin, Perhaps your new role would cover this - I understand from the list that the uneven distribution of the Tor network around the world is a concern. My first thought is that I should run a relay in India, which has a robust internet, and speaks English. However, I don't know whom to contact over there to set something up. I was wondering if it might be worth producing a list of ISPs and urls in preferred geographically distributed countries.
Maybe we have this resource already, but the closest page I've found is the Good/Bad ISPs page: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/GoodBadISPs but that includes mostly countries with high percentages of tor relays, and is mostly about ISP responses to exit nodes. If I were a new person who wanted to run a relay, I would probably use the cloud provider I know about or have connections with already. If I had a list of providers/urls in other countries, however, there would be a better chance I would set it up somewhere else. Just thinking.. --Torix Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On May 16, 2018 11:47 AM, Colin Childs <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello tor-relays! > > My name is Colin Childs, I have been the support and translation coordinator > at the Tor Project for a number of years. I am also a founding director of a > TorServers partner named Coldhak here in Canada. > > Recently, my role within the Tor Project has changed, and I am starting as > the new relay advocate (as well as localization coordinator, until this > responsibility can be reassigned). My job will be improving the health / > happiness of the relay operator community, expanding the relay operator > community, and helping improve the community bonds between operators. > > A few of the things I will be working on are: > > 1. Open a #tor-relays IRC channel (this is now open, everyone should join!) > 2. Reach out to realy operator groups / individuals to introduce myself and > solicit feedback (beginning today) > 3. Plan a relay operators meet-up at PETS in July (details to come in > another email) > 4. Form a team of trusted technical and legal volunteers able to help > operators around the world. > 5. Organizing a larger "relay operator summit" event > 6. Working with operators to resolve some of the recent issues brought up on > this list (DNS provider, DNSSEC, EOL releases, etc..) > > While reaching out to operators is point 2 in that list, if you have > suggestions or feedback that you'd like to send, please do not hesitate to > reach out to me! I would love to hear from all of you with the things you > would find most helpful from me / the Tor Project. While I cannot guarantee > we can facilitate every request, we will do our best to help! > > I look forward to working with all of you in the future, and I hope > you're having a great week! > > > tor-relays mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
