Re: [Fsuk-manchester] MFS Tor node

[Simon Ward]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 10:21:25PM +0100, Mark Reynolds wrote:
> What do people think of setting up a MFS Tor node in Mad Lab to show
> in a practical way how free software can help foster freedoms?

I’m with Jon on running an exit node at Madlab, but see below.

I think demonstrating how to setup and use Tor, along with an
anonymising proxy such as Privoxy would be useful.  I’ve had this very
request for ManLUG.

> There is a potential for abuse but this is fairly low anyway and the
> exit policies can be configured with bandwidth limits and what
> services to allow e.g. POP3, SSL, etc.

Could you outline the pros and cons, including what sort of trouble
running an exit node may cause for you and what you can do to avoid it
while still running an exit node?

Simon
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simple system that works.—John Gall

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