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Why is is_anonymous = true for a tor relay? Why are relays and exit nodes given the same flag? As a tor relay operator, I anticipate this being misused, like so
by f2n 8y ago
Why is is_anonymous = true for a tor relay? Why are relays and exit nodes given the same flag? As a tor relay operator, I anticipate this being misused, like so many before it, to arbitrarily block all tor relays by people who don't know or care how tor works.
- jonathan-kosgei 8y agoHi f2n, thank you for raising this concern. is_tor and is_anonymous are true for any and all nodes on the Tor network. I'd love to hear more about your concerns, please send me an email at jonathan at ipdata dot co
- colonelxc 8y agoFor traffic to leave the tor network, it must go via an exit node. Many nodes are just 'relays' (they allow no exiting). A few years ago I ran a no-exit relay from home. Eventually Hulu blocked my IP, even though all traffic from my IP to hulu was from me, and not via tor. Hulu couldn't be bothered to differentiate, and just assumed that a tor node at my IP address meant that traffic coming from that IP must be something routed via Tor. By not differentiating, you are making the same mistake, and will punish people for no reason. Edit: Assuming you are pulling the 'exit node list' you link below, I don't see how that is happening, as it does at least claim to verify that you can actually exit through the node.
- jonathan-kosgei 8y agoHi colonelxc, we'll probably only include Tor exit nodes in our lists and are working to fix this. Thanks for sharing this.