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It's not wise to run a tor exit node from an internet connection of a house. The risks outweigh by far any kind of benefits. EDIT: I see you need some kind of
by atmosx 12y ago
It's not wise to run a tor exit node from an internet connection of a house. The risks outweigh by far any kind of benefits.
EDIT: I see you need some kind of elaboration..
TOR is mainly used by activists and rogue parties to do things like scan the web, attack websites, launder money and so forth. At any given time, if a crime is committed by your exit node, which given the fact that is on fiber will handle a lot of traffic, the police could enter at your place and seize every equipment they believe it's worthwhile ... given some history, the police is not exactly tech-savvy, which means that they'll take everything (even the printer...). They can keep all the evidents until the investigation is done and so forth. Trying to explain to an office what TOR is, is hard in real life. Trying to explain why you choose to run such a thing at your home, is even harder (if you knew that you're getting into) and a little bit suspicious.
If you want to support TOR, you can donate[1], set up a node (but not exit node)[2], or rent a VPS and setup a tor server at a VPS provider which allows tor.
[1] https://www.torservers.net/donate.html https://www.torservers.net/donate.html
[2] TOR is getting faster and faster. If your node is fast enough (which should be) then fine, otherwise you'll only slow down the network.
- S4M 12y agogiven all the implications you mention, who can safely run a TOR exit?
- atmosx 12y agoISPs, Organizations, the Military, Universities, Web hosting providers and so forth. Even companies has the means to defend against such kind of danger (lawyer teams, etc.) but for individuals is a kind of risk without real benefits. ps. I'm not saying that anyone who was ever running an exit node got arrested. It's just an added risk. It's easier to get a warrant to seize material from your place, than from a company and/or a non-profit organization.