Would running a bridge on Amazon be a bad idea? I could afford that. I know of an offshore provider that loves privacy projects. They only cost £10 a month. On May 28, 2013 8:10 AM, "Tom Ritter" <t...@ritter.vg> wrote:
> On 27 May 2013 20:52, Nathan Suchy <theusernameiwantista...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I looking for a good VPS provider in the United States for hosting a Tor > > Exit Node. I am considerog linode. My price range is up to $20/month. I > > would like the exit node to have power servers and very faster bandwidth > > (unlimted is a plus). I would prefer to avoid Amazon/Rackspace. > > > > Most lower end VPS (which tend to go up to $20/mo) do not allow exit nodes. > Linode does not. Sometimes you can get away with running one on them for > a few months, but they usually shut you down from the abuse emails. I got > shut down after 10 months on a VPS that explicitly did allow exit nodes > when I asked them about it before I purchased. > > Generally speaking, the more Tor nodes are in a single location (single VPS > provider or single datacenter), the worse it is for the network, as it > decreases diversity and increases single points of failure. If you cannot > find a VPS you can afford to run an exit node on, consider running a bridge > or a relay node on a VPS that (you think) other people aren't also using. > > Sorry there's no easy answer, > -tom > _______________________________________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
