[tor] I live in SF and am interested in running a Tor node

[Virgil Griffith]

Is there a preferred local ISP for running a relay (non-exit) node?

-V

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 06:10:24PM +0200, Virgil Griffith wrote:
> > My only constraint is that I want to be able to administer it, edit the
> > torrc file, etc.
> >
> > I presume you have all figured out the most cost-efficient way to this.
> >  What do you suggest?
>
> Start out by running a non-exit node for a year or so, with a
> significant amount of traffic.  Nearly any ISP will do, since abuse
> complaints will be very minimal.  Select your ISP based on cost and
> whatever other parameters you prefer.  You can even run one at home if
> you have multiple IP addresses and a reasonably fast connection (at
> least 5 Mbps upstream, 10 Mbps preferred) without significant problems.
>
> You'll need to learn the ins and outs of configuring Tor to perform
> well; read Roger's "lifecycle of a Tor relay" blog post, and participate
> in the Tor community discussion.
>
> After you've relayed a few hundred TB of traffic, and gotten through the
> technical hurdles of doing so, consider if you want the additional
> administrative and logicistical overhead of running an exit.
>
> -andy
>
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