[tor-relays] Re: Hetzner Netscan False Positives

[Ralph Seichter via tor-relays <tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Tor at 1AEO:

> Temporary relay unreachability due to outages is expected behavior, and
> Tor guidance discourages relay-to-relay blocking.

Agreed. Which is why I recommend for Tor operators to *not* block your
/24 network, but deal with the small nuisances that are the occasional
false "possible netscan detected" reports. Giving you and the Tor devs
time to come up with ways to maybe mitigate the underlying issue, which
is already ongoing.

Hetzner has been routinely closing all my tickets in which I stated that
the observed traffic is not worrisome between Tor nodes. There was no
fuss from Hetzner's side. I prefer an ISP who is aware and supportive of
Tor but still keep their ears perked to ISPs who simply object to Tor on
general principle.

By the way, if a potential temporary ISP-side block is unacceptable,
and to avoid the worst case scenario of some spooky organisation
confiscating the host as a whole, maybe don't mix Tor nodes with
business critical services... ;-)

-Ralph
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