Re: TOR and non-contineous internet connections

[F. Fox]

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9teen wrote:
 Georg Sluyterman wrote:
(snip)
 Why?
 
 worst case: you might get your home searched or computers taken away
 (for some time).
 
 At least you may need to write letters again and again explaining to
 some officials, that you run a TOR server and hope they believe you.
(snip)

This is why I chose to forbid exits from kitsune; IMO, exit nodes are
best left for things like schools, companies, etc. which have the
resources to deal with abuse fallout. Such institutions tend to have
some sort of legal contact.

Let's face it - the cops are unlikely to rush in and seize every
computer in a college. However, home users are far easier to steamroll.

(Although somewhat unrelated, the idea of someone doing something
illegal via some home user's open wireless network came to mind; both
that person and a Tor exit node op would be in a similar situation, I
think.)

- --
F. Fox: A+, Network+, Security+
Owner of Tor node kitsune
http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com
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TOR and non-contineous internet connections

[Florian D.]

Hi folks,
I like the TOR project and want to participate. My question: Is it a
good idea to set up a server, which is not connected to the internet
contineously? -- i.e. I turn on my computer, when I come home from
work and turn it off at bedtime, so it runs several hours a day - is
this enough? Each time the server goes down, the session for the
user gets interrupted, right? So, where is the line to draw?

cheers, Florian

Re: TOR and non-contineous internet connections

[Alexander W. Janssen]

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Florian D. wrote:
 Hi folks,
 I like the TOR project and want to participate. My question: Is it a
 good idea to set up a server, which is not connected to the internet
 contineously? -- i.e. I turn on my computer, when I come home from
 work and turn it off at bedtime, so it runs several hours a day - is
 this enough? Each time the server goes down, the session for the
 user gets interrupted, right? So, where is the line to draw?

Every Tor-server helps, although I wouldn't advice you run a Tor-node at
home if you want to be an Exit-Node.

 cheers, Florian

Hope that helps,
Alex.
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Re: TOR and non-contineous internet connections

[Georg Sluyterman]

Alexander W. Janssen wrote:
---snip---
 (...) although I wouldn't advice you run a Tor-node at
 home if you want to be an Exit-Node.
 

Why?

-- 
Regards Georg

Re: TOR and non-contineous internet connections

[9teen]

Georg Sluyterman wrote:

Alexander W. Janssen wrote:
---snip---

(...) although I wouldn't advice you run a Tor-node at
home if you want to be an Exit-Node.



Why?


worst case: you might get your home searched or computers taken away 
(for some time).


At least you may need to write letters again and again explaining to 
some officials, that you run a TOR server and hope they believe you.


But bridge-relays or non-exit nodes are also fine and and help the TOR 
network as well.


9teen

Re: TOR and non-contineous internet connections

[Florian D.]

9teen wrote:
 But bridge-relays or non-exit nodes are also fine and and help the TOR
 network as well.
ok, thx for the answers, will do that.