Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Matthew Kaufman
FYi, I was running a tor exit node on VPSLand.com and they suspended that account indefinitely without question. On Wednesday, July 4, 2012, Name Withheld wrote: > > Thanks to everyone for their responses. > > 1) Just in case, does any have any recommendations for an unmetered, > bulletproo

Re: [tor-talk] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Name Withheld
Thanks to everyone for their responses. 1) Just in case, does any have any recommendations for an unmetered, bulletproof host? 2) I'll update the wiki host page soon (Seedmonster.net is the host. Very fast, but weak abuse protection). 3) I updated the exit policy per everyone's

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread grarpamp
>> Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, it looks like this might be >> an impossible problem to solve, since they followed it up and said it's >> forum spam and hack attempts, not just email spam. Basically, my node > > So they're keep changing their story. It seems they want to get rid of y

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi, The last thing that comes to mind is to block port 80 and 443, at least for some time. Even if you decide in the end to turn it into a non-exit relay, it will be beneficial to Tor users. Thanks for trying. Please add the ISP to the GoodBadISP wiki page. Moritz > Hello, > > My VPS fast tor

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 12:36:36AM -1000, Name Withheld wrote: > Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, it looks like this might be > an impossible problem to solve, since they followed it up and said it's > forum spam and hack attempts, not just email spam. Basically, my node So they'

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 07:32:58PM -1000, Name Withheld wrote: > Hello, > > My VPS fast tor exit got taken down by the host today for sending spam > emails. Apparently the upstream provider complained to them about it. I > thought SMTP was supposed to be disabled by default in the tor config,

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread Name Withheld
Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, it looks like this might be an impossible problem to solve, since they followed it up and said it's forum spam and hack attempts, not just email spam. Basically, my node is pushing more traffic than most, so it's getting more abuse, faster (even thoug

Re: [tor-talk] [Need quick help] 30+ mbps node taken down by host

2012-07-04 Thread morphium
Hi, you are right, SMTP is blocked by default. But people can i.e. access hotmail.com via webinterface (where your IP is then put into the mail as originating IP aswell) or use SMTP on secure ports (but that mostly comes with authentication, I guess). You should ask your provider to get the mail