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Looking for virtual servers for 10 TOR exit nodes
Anthony2016
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To provide people in Russia, Belarus, Iran and other countries with free and uncensored access to the Internet, we would like to support the TOR project by running 10 TOR exit nodes: https://www.torproject.org/
We expect 1 vCore and 1 GB RAM per node, as well as 1 GB storage space.
We have our own /24 prefix as well as our own ASN. An IP is required for each exit node, we would like to use the remaining IPs for a VPN service.
If any hosting company in Europe or North America shares our concern and would like to support TOR by providing servers with the mentioned specs, we would be very happy to hear from you.
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We can do 1 core 2GB 15GB NVMe with 100 Mbps Unmetered for $2/month in Amsterdam (virtual location), but we don't support BYOIP or BGP.
However, we allow TOR Exit Nodes directly on our IP ranges as long as you open a ticket beforehand so that we can place you on one of our less clean ranges.
Unless you're asking for free servers or a sponsor, which is slightly different
@Francisco 's BuyVM all the way
The Tor project doesn't recommend BuyVM/Frantech since they already host too many nodes:
https://community.torproject.org/relay/community-resources/good-bad-isps/
(Not trying to bring sales to myself over BuyVM, but just generally saying)
He would use his own IP address, so this is not relevant.
I don't believe the Tor project is trying to get more (or use different) IP ranges/ASN's, but rather, they're most likely looking to avoid centralization or avoiding too much traffic going through only 1 hosting provider/location and would prefer traffic going through other providers.
It is relevant because it is not about who owns the IP's but where and in how many different datacenters the nodes are hosted.
Also, @Anthony2016, with those amount of IP's and an ASN, it might be worth going with a provider like Psychz or FDCServers and grab a cheap 10 Gbps Unmetered dedicated server for $200-300/month so you can run as many exit nodes/VPN's as you want
Weird times we live huh, when having a lot of clients means bad haha, oh well
This is important as well, but the actual limitation is really about the number of nodes per /24.
I looked at the table in that link, and what stood out to me was that Arvixe was "yes yes yes" and HostGator was "no no no", when both are owned and managed by EIG. I presume that Arvixe, HostGator and all the other EIG brands run on the same servers and are managed by the same team of people.
The purpose of avoiding too many TOR nodes from one hosting provider is to reduce the probability that all three nodes in a TOR circuit (and the corresponding decryption/unwrap keys) may be visible to a single adversary.
The Russians have at times tried adding large numbers of nodes to TOR. It was an attempt to gain visibility into TOR circuits. With enough nodes, there was a significant probability that all three nodes in a random TOR circuit would fall under their control. I know that TOR took steps to address those attempts, but do not know whether it is still an issue for TOR.
That list is pretty outdated, I created a nice list of vps providers
dm if you want to have a look
the TOR people are banning those types of TOR nodes and you have families and alleged families which are just lists of nodes owned by the same people, but TOR still has problems, they have been dealing with a pretty big DDOS attack on the network.
We allow Tor nodes, however we don't do BYOP on VPS. Only dedicated.
I just wanted to let you know that we have found a suitable hosting provider.
Hey, do you mind sharing which one? I've been running relays and exits for years, this information would be useful
We allow TOR on our network as well.
Late to the party, and I see that the OP has found a suitable home, but we allow Tor Exits / Relays as well. This is what is currently going on on our network: https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/as:210630
BYOIP only available with Dedicated Servers, however.
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/as:208046
We can do this since our Upstream AS208046 allows it. Find their Terms of Service here
You can bring your own subnet on dedicated servers.
I see nothing changed since your last venture (Ixam-Hosting)...
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14463241/officers
Stealing Novogara's (IP Volume) HTML and ToS I didn't think you would do, heh...
webhorizon.net. TOR exit nodes are allowed on their servers in Poland. I can only recommend this host.
Just curious, what is your problem with that?
Max follows the law, not made up "social standards". I see nothing wrong in providing hosting and not willing to take anything down without a court order(perfectly legal).
If you want to be full in communist shit, fuck off to AWS or other "corporate" tier hosts where you will be spit at and you will be happy.
~Live free or die.
Do you have any test IP so can I check what upstream they are using?
I had success running Exits on hostiko.com.ua (exits only allowed on German location). They are really friendly, however they will limit your bandwidth to 50Mbps per their FUP rules - that's the only downside really. Everything else was fine.
The only ports you have to block from my experience are the "mail ones", like 25 or 587. I had someone spoof shit ton of emails and try to extort money but it was quickly resolved thanks to their support team.
Maybe one of those https://files.catbox.moe/314c88.png
Here is some VPS that allows some restrict content.
https://incognet.io/kvm-vp
https://alexhost.com/vps/ (No Tor Exit, only Relays and Bridge, unless you buy your own IP block?)
https://hostslick.com/vps.php
https://buyvm.net
https://vsys.host
https://ginernet.com (10Gbps shared I think @jmginer i think they also allow tor)
https://prq.se (without any doubt, they accept that for sure, not cheapest at all)
https://serverastra.com (hosting in the past piratebay)
https://impreza.host (they allow)
https://privatelayer.com
I advice you to check with support or read the TOS / AUP before buying anything since any hosting provider can update their TOS and AUP and not allowing anymore.
I haven't checked if they allow Exits and the node data is from mid October.
https://hostworld.uk/ with 5 nodes.
https://seedvps.com/ with 7 nodes.
https://svea.net/ with 2 nodes. (one of those is their own exit node)
https://linevast.de with 1 node.
https://hostwinds.com with 2 nodes.
https://hosteam.pl/ (really friendly as long as you respond to abuse reports, they don't suspend if you don't break any Polish law(Exits are allowed), sadly no crypto payments)
No crypto? Sorry I can't trust.
You can use paypal if you want, they are running just fine since 2009 and have stellar reputation in Poland thanks to their powerful Anti-DDoS and nice AUP(no court order or obvious illegal shit and you will be fine).
The only downside is their hypervisor hardware really, their disks suck ass(they are SSHD) and CPU aren't the most powerful either. But they could happily colocate your powerful hardware if you want
They have 2x https://www.juniper.net/us/en/products/security/srx-series/srx5800-large-enterprise-data-center-firewall.html from what I remember, paired with shit ton of powerful ports(which are relatively rare in Poland).
What is the P in BYOP in a TOR context?