Re: BDS VPNs hosting
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 05:55:57PM +0100, jespa...@minibofh.org wrote 1.5K bytes in 28 lines about: : The approach described in the official Tor project documentation is : excellent from my humble point of view. As a web-hosting sysadmin I Ok, that's really what I was hoping. Otherwise, my hope is that people improve it over time to adjust to reality and experiences. -- Andrew pgp key: 0x74ED336B *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
BDS VPNs hosting
Hi all, I'm running a Tor relay in my FreeBSD VPS (Virtual Private Server). All works fine but the second day I recieved a complaint about some torrenting activity. Since then I only permit ports 80 and 443 (http, https) using ExitPolicy directive. Anyway my host provider (www.rootbsd.net) seems unhappy hosting a VPS with anonymous proxy runninf as Tor is. They don't want it, that's plain. I'm trying to explain to them as best as I can, but I'm not sure they understand. I've been involved in web-hosting industry in the past... so I fear is possible they interrupt the service if I don't what they want. In that sense, at present I'm searching another BSD VPS provider. The only one I know (aside of www.rootbsd.net) is www.arpnetworks.com. They're reliable and serious... but they're located (as www.rootbsd.net) in USA; and the web-host providers in USA seems to have iron hand when they listen about proxies, anonymous and so on. Do you know another BSD VPS reliable provider? Thanks. -- I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:41:26AM +0100, jespa...@minibofh.org wrote 1.4K bytes in 31 lines about: : Anyway my host provider (www.rootbsd.net) seems unhappy hosting a If their terms of service forbids anonymous proxies or any proxies, then they have the legal right to enforce their contract. Perhaps you've found this already, https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse.html.en and https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassment -- Andrew pgp key: 0x74ED336B *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
2010-12-31 13:55, and...@torproject.org skrev: On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 11:41:26AM +0100, jespa...@minibofh.org wrote 1.4K bytes in 31 lines about: : Anyway my host provider (www.rootbsd.net) seems unhappy hosting a If their terms of service forbids anonymous proxies or any proxies, then they have the legal right to enforce their contract. Perhaps you've found this already, https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse.html.en and https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassment Hi Andrew, I know the links, thanks anyway. They're so useful. In fact it seems they (www.rootbsd.net) don't allow open proxies, not anonymous proxies: http://www.rootbsd.net/faq/#section0_4 Do you allow IRC, torrents? We do not allow IRC servers, bittorrent, open proxies, or any other software that can degrade our network performance or allow for abuse. But after explaining to them that: * it's not an OPEN proxy because I only permit port 80 and 443 (http and https) and no more * I've limited the bandwidth (using BandwidthRate and AccountingMax directives) to assure the impossible degradation of the network performance ... they allow me to run Tor proxy. So, good for me and Tor network! For the moment I will stay will them. -- I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 02:18:00PM +0100, jespa...@minibofh.org wrote 1.7K bytes in 42 lines about: : ... they allow me to run Tor proxy. So, good for me and Tor network! : For the moment I will stay will them. Great. Be aware that rootbsd.net appears to be using SoftLayer for their infrastructure. Lately, softlayer has decided one complaint (abuse or dmca) is one too many and threatens to kick people of their network. -- Andrew pgp key: 0x74ED336B *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Jordi Espasa Clofent jespa...@minibofh.org wrote: 2010-12-31 13:55, and...@torproject.org skrev: Do you allow IRC, torrents? We do not allow IRC servers, bittorrent, open proxies, or any other software that can degrade our network performance or allow for abuse. But after explaining to them that: * it's not an OPEN proxy because I only permit port 80 and 443 (http and https) and no more * I've limited the bandwidth (using BandwidthRate and AccountingMax directives) to assure the impossible degradation of the network performance ... they allow me to run Tor proxy. So, good for me and Tor network! For the moment I will stay will them. To be honest, they can most probably use the or allow for abuse clause to ban an exit node. This covers a lot of things. Running an improperly configured email server, an unpatched old web server etc. *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
2010-12-31 14:29, and...@torproject.org skrev: On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 02:18:00PM +0100, jespa...@minibofh.org wrote 1.7K bytes in 42 lines about: : ... they allow me to run Tor proxy. So, good for me and Tor network! : For the moment I will stay will them. Great. Be aware that rootbsd.net appears to be using SoftLayer for their infrastructure. Lately, softlayer has decided one complaint (abuse or dmca) is one too many and threatens to kick people of their network. We will see then. Meanwhile I'm so prudent: I'm searching another BSD VPS provider here in my country (Sweden). -- I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
To be honest, they can most probably use the or allow for abuse clause to ban an exit node. This covers a lot of things. Running an improperly configured email server, an unpatched old web server etc. Yes Anders, I know. I've been involved in web host industry (as a sysadmin and Security Officer) the last three years. I know a lot about this business. They (web hosting providers) appreciate a lot when the costumer offers good attitude and collaboration, as my case is. I hope all will be fine for long time. If not, there are a lot of good options out there. -- I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 03:40:33PM +0100, jespa...@minibofh.org wrote 1.0K bytes in 20 lines about: : Yes Anders, I know. I've been involved in web host industry (as a : sysadmin and Security Officer) the last three years. I know a lot : about this business. They (web hosting providers) appreciate a lot : when the costumer offers good attitude and collaboration, as my case : is. Do you have advice on how to better approach an ISP from the start? Say, if I wanted to find a host to run an exit node? -- Andrew pgp key: 0x74ED336B *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
2010-12-31 17:26, and...@torproject.org skrev: On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 03:40:33PM +0100, jespa...@minibofh.org wrote 1.0K bytes in 20 lines about: : Yes Anders, I know. I've been involved in web host industry (as a : sysadmin and Security Officer) the last three years. I know a lot : about this business. They (web hosting providers) appreciate a lot : when the costumer offers good attitude and collaboration, as my case : is. Do you have advice on how to better approach an ISP from the start? Say, if I wanted to find a host to run an exit node? The approach described in the official Tor project documentation is excellent from my humble point of view. As a web-hosting sysadmin I was I only commented that normally they appreciate a lot when the costumer shows good attitude. What normally attitude means? That's the key point: it depends on the web-hosting company and their support system/dept. Andrew, if you want I can send to you (private email) my tickets exchange with my provider support dept. to show you what and how I've said to them. -- I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
Re: BDS VPNs hosting
Hi, Am 31.12.2010 11:41, schrieb Jordi Espasa Clofent: Do you know another BSD VPS reliable provider? Networkpresence is a Torservers.net exit node sponsor in Australia and also offers BSD on their VPS plans. Australian bandwidth is very expensive though. :( http://networkpresence.com.au/ -- Moritz *** To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with unsubscribe or-talkin the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/
