Re: [tor-relays] How to handle an abuse report

2014-05-15 Thread tor
Does the user appear to be bypassing attempts to block/ban him from the site/chat in question? If not, depending upon what you are looking at, one possible response is along the lines of: This is 2-way participation in an internet chat forum by 2 users who are at odds with one another.

[tor-relays] How to handle an abuse report

2014-05-14 Thread Ch'Gans
Hi all, Since 3 weeks, I'm running a TOR exit node [1] on a server I rent from Hetzner (A German hosting company), after reading about using Hetzner to run a TOR node, I decided to go for the restricted mode to avoid any stupid copywrong issue (That is, I allowed only a limited set of ports,

Re: [tor-relays] How to handle an abuse report

2014-05-14 Thread Lunar
Jeroen Massar: Now, I have to report to Hetzner, I will tell them that I'm running a TOR exit node in restricted mode, but how can I defend myself, I am not sure that my restricted node and given the nature of the TOR network arguments will convinced them the Hetzner dudes. You cannot

Re: [tor-relays] How to handle an abuse report

2014-05-14 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 10:08:47PM +1200, Ch'Gans wrote: Hi all, Since 3 weeks, I'm running a TOR exit node [1] on a server I rent from Hetzner (A German hosting company), after reading about using Hetzner to run a TOR node, I decided to go for the restricted mode Hetzner doesn't like

Re: [tor-relays] How to handle an abuse report

2014-05-14 Thread Ch'Gans
On 15/05/14 01:02, Ed Carter wrote: The abuse reply templates located at https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorAbuseTemplates contain some good ideas about how to reply to various complaints. Hi Ed, Thanks for the link, I still haven't decided yet how to handle this, but for

Re: [tor-relays] How to handle an abuse report

2014-05-14 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 05/14/2014 01:29 PM, Lunar wrote: about an exit. You are responsible what happens from that IP. Sorry but the last statement is wrong in many jurisdictions: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorExitGuidelines#Legal For Germany, see TMG §8 and §15. True, but the location of

Re: [tor-relays] How to handle an abuse report

2014-05-14 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi, On 05/14/2014 01:09 PM, Ch'Gans wrote: Yes, I did. And it's neither all-white nor all-black, so I decided i would give it a go, in restricted mode w/ finger crossed. Update: OK, maybe... After reading again and again, it's more a deep-dark-grey than a white, Regardless, you should