Tor relay

Netsat

Can i host a Tor relay - not exit on hetzner’s new Cloud vps?

WSS

I wouldn't suggest doing anything of the sort with any German provider.

deank

No.

MasonR

According to the graph here -- https://metrics.torproject.org/bubbles.html#as -- (Hetzner is one of the largest bubbles)...

There's already plenty of relays on Hetzner's network. So while it probably is doable, you won't be contributing much to the TOR project since that location is already heavily saturated.

Edit: And as @WSS said, doing anything that's an abuse-magnet with a German provider is a big no-no.

Netsat

Thanks for The responce :-)

Netsat

MansonR, Can you suggest a place/provide where i Can host a relay that Will contribute to The Tor network?

hzr

any non major provider that isn't cheap

Netsat

Thanks hzr, but i was also thinking of a place that was not too saturated with Tor relays..

Lee

Netsat said: i was also thinking of a place that was not too saturated with Tor relays..

Which is

hzr said: any non major provider that isn't cheap

hzr

yes - that's what I'm saying. every single cheap provider (leaseweb, ovh, hetz..) is completely oversaturated to the point of pointlessness.

Netsat

I dont mind paying premium. I just want to support a free internet, where all Can access What they want.

rm_

MasonR said: doing anything that's an abuse-magnet

Non-exit relays aren't, though.

hzr

rm_ said: Non-exit relays aren't, though.

The unfortunate part is that you still end up on every ip blacklist and anonymizer blacklist even as a non-exit. Because they don't care and will list you anyway.

Netsat

@hzr
How could they know that? A Tor relay, just relay data to another Tor relay, no Way “they” Will know What data transfere. U sure you dont mean a Tor exit?

rm_

hzr said: you still end up on every ip blacklist and anonymizer blacklist even as a non-exit.

Not "every", but you do on some.

Netsat said: no Way “they” Will know What data transfere

People are dumb and don't know how Tor works -- and that includes people running some of the blacklists. A few of them add you not out of any actual abuse, but simply because your IP is listed as a "Tor relay", no matter exit or not.

Still doesn't exactly qualify as an "abuse magnet" in the usual sense of the term.