[tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-10 Thread Stephen R Guglielmo
Hi list, I was looking for suggestions/discussion on very conservative policies for an exit relay. I run a relay now that is "reject *:*" and I wanted to open up a few exit ports. I don't want to open up major ports due to potential abuse issues. My server host states that, although they do allow

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-10 Thread Steve Snyder
This is a good place to start: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 5:57pm, "Stephen R Guglielmo" said: > ___ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://list

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-10 Thread Jeremy Olexa
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo wrote: "safe": > This would be my first time running an exit relay and I'd be happy to > hear advice and suggestions! According to the spec, your relay will never gain the exit flag without 2/3 of 80, 443, 6667. "Exit" -- A router is calle

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-10 Thread Stephen R Guglielmo
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:21:05 -0600 Jeremy Olexa wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo > wrote: > "safe": > > > This would be my first time running an exit relay and I'd be happy > > to hear advice and suggestions! > > According to the spec, your relay will never gain th

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-11 Thread tor
On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:21:05 -0600 Jeremy Olexa wrote: > According to the spec, your relay will never gain the exit flag > without 2/3 of 80, 443, 6667. > >"Exit" -- A router is called an 'Exit' iff it allows exits to at >least two of the ports 80, 443, and 6667 and allows exits to at >

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-11 Thread GDR!
On 11.02.2015 00:21, Jeremy Olexa wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo > According to the spec, your relay will never gain the exit flag > without 2/3 of 80, 443, 6667. > >"Exit" -- A router is called an 'Exit' iff it allows exits to at >least two of the ports 80,

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-11 Thread Speak Freely
Hey Stephen, I'm a relatively new operator, and I run over a half dozen Reduced Exit relays and a few middle relays. Abuse complaints shouldn't be common coming from IRC - the main culprits for complaints are DMCA and related for alleged IP (Intellectual Property) theft. That would be your t

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-11 Thread Toralf Förster
On 02/11/2015 12:06 AM, Steve Snyder wrote: > This is a good place to start: > > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy +1 But even with the reduced policy I was spammed w/ DCMA emails 12 hours after I installed and configured my Tor relay as an exit. My strateg

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-17 Thread Chris Patti
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Jeremy Olexa wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Stephen R Guglielmo > wrote: > "safe": > >> This would be my first time running an exit relay and I'd be happy to >> hear advice and suggestions! > > According to the spec, your relay will never gain the exit

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Snyder
On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:02am, "Chris Patti" said: [snip] > I tried running an exit for a bit and it lasted a few weeks before > some brainless wonder hijacked someone's Gmail with my exit, so I had > to pull it down and go relay only. Me too. I dearly wish there a way to block webmail w

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-17 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:02:45AM -0500, Chris Patti wrote: > I tried running an exit for a bit and it lasted a few weeks before > some brainless wonder hijacked someone's Gmail with my exit, so I had > to pull it down and go relay only. Even worse (or maybe better), this sort of thing happens wh

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-18 Thread Chris Patti
Thanks for that Roger, it's a valid point. How do they simultaneously protect the rights of their actual users while warning against all the bad actors that feel the need to defecate all over such an important service (Tor, that is :). Part of me thinks that some kind of system like the way car i

Re: [tor-relays] "Very Safe" Exit Policy

2015-02-18 Thread Raynardine
On 02/18/2015 09:01 AM, Chris Patti wrote: Bleah. Pesky humans:) Yes, it's always the problem of fitting imperfect components into a perfect system that ruins everyone's day. :P ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://li