Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: IP Banned for running a non-exit relay from home?

["sarokh ..........." <keythbomb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

please help me at that topichttps://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13303

> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:08:06 -0700
> From: xtat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tor-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tor-talk] Fwd: IP Banned for running a non-exit relay from home?
> 
> Hi Folks, I run several relays, including a non-exit relay from my home
> rack.  Recently I noticed that I can't access several major websites from my
> home IP.  The network is otherwise clean, it's a relatively new IP since I
> moved recently, and the RBLs come up negative.
> 
> The only thing I can think might have triggered it is the tor relay.
> Googling around I have seen things like this- firewall rules that block all
> tor nodes.
> 
> https://forum.netfort.com/netfort/topics/ids_ruleset_tue_aug_12_11_59_00_ist_2014
> 
> The sites that seem to be doing this are all hosting with these guys
> http://www.internetbrands.com/
> http://www.corvetteforum.com/
> http://www.rennlist.com/
> http://www.bensbargains.net/
> [... many more]
> 
> I then noticed this guy https://www.dan.me.uk/dnsbl  - when I hit this page
> from my relay-only IP, I get
> 
> "I'm sorry, but I really don't see why anyone would need to use a TOR node
> or Anonymous Proxy server to look at my site.
> So i'm afraid you can't look. Stop running TOR / using an anonymous proxy
> and you can view my site."
> 
> Even though I'm not accessing the site over tor, and even though the node
> at my IP is a non-exit and there is no
> possibility that my IP would ever access their properties over TOR.
> 
> Anyway, this surprised me.  In retrospect I suppose if people have access
> to the list of nodes (exit or not) they'll use
> it to set up firewall rules whether they understand what they are doing or
> not.
> 
> If this is the way things are moving, I suppose I'll have to shut down or
> VPN up my home node.
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