On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:30:32 -0400 Andrew Lewis <andrew@xxxxxxxxxx> allegedly wrote: > > The second question was more focused at other relay owners, since we > all seem to be having trouble with DMCA. > > I had briefly talked to some one else about it, but the proper term > is Provider Independent IP > Space<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provider-independent_address_space>. > As that wikipedia entry alludes, ISPs tend not to like this approach. I used to manage a set of 5 /24s (old style class C nets) which were independently owned. Moving them between ISPs blows holes in contiguous address space routing - this tend to make the ISPs unhappy because of the additional management overhead. > Tor nodes seem to be having an issue with DMCA notifications pissing > off hosting providers. Thus we have to either host the nodes with more > "understanding" hosts or limit our exit policies so that we limit the > notifications. This is a problem because the more leniet hosts don't > all ways have the resources or connections that other places have. > If tor nodes controlled their own IP space then they can host their > nodes inside any data center and easier to host without worrying > about DMCA notices shutting down nodes. It would also allow more > liberal exit policies so that other types of traffic can be allowed, > even if they are more likely to generate notifications. > > > The only problem is that if it is described as tor only, then it > might be easier to block by various groups. Anyone have any thoughts? > It is alreday pretty easy to block Tor activity if you choose. The project publishes lists of all exit nodes and even offers a DNSrbl list to those who may wish to use it. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- The text file for RFC 854 contains exactly 854 lines. Do you think there is any cosmic significance in this? Douglas E Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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