Re: (FWD) Re: BitTorrent - can it be blocked?

[Vicious <vicious.v@xxxxxxxxx>]

How would one operate as a middleman node?  I want to contribute my
bandwidth, however I don't want to be an exit node, does a middleman
node help much?
So is reject *:* the only that requires for middleman? Do I even have
to set my incoming iptables rules to allow tcp ports 9030 and 9001?



On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 06:58:14 -0500, Roger Dingledine <arma@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> [Forwarding to the list since Anna sent it from an address that isn't
> subscribed. -RD]
> 
> As to the legal questions, our lawyers are drafting a response to this
> issue. In the meantime, I suggest you do whatever is necessary to stay
> on good terms with your ISP (switching to middleman node, taking the node
> down temporarily, etc if they want you to), since that's always useful.
> 
> Thanks,
> --Roger
> 
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> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 23:13:09 -0500 (EST)
> From: Anna Shubina <ashubina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: BitTorrent - can it be blocked?
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> As I already informed Roger, I just had to shut down the althing node
> (althing.cs.dartmouth.edu), possibly permanently, precisely due to a DMCA
> notice claiming that I served "Chronicles of Riddick" - the authorities
> here would not agree to selective blocking and are asking for some legal
> statement saying that continued operation of the node will render neither
> college, nor the lab and its sponsors liable for future DMCA violations.
> 
> Yes, I do believe mine was a real notice.
> 
> This makes me wonder. The coincidence in the accusation suggests that this
> is not an accident. The date on the notice I was quoted claims that the
> download happened late night/early morning on 30 Nov 2004. If we are
> talking the same statement here, one has to wonder where and whom they are
> watching and whom they are trying to scare. (Did we finally meet a global
> adversary who is able to watch traffic all over the web?)
> 
> I would very much appreciate some legal help - anything to convince the
> people in charge that they will not be held liable.
> 
> Thanks, and good luck to everybody,
> 
> Anna
> 
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Hideki Saito wrote:
> 
> > Was it real MPAA warning?
> >
> > I've received one of phishing E-mail claiming MPAA before...
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 22:28:31 -0500 (EST), Quentin Smith
> > <quentins@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > Hi-
> > >
> > > I came home today to find a rather unpleasant e-mail sitting in my inbox.
> > > It was a DMCA Complaint from the MPAA, for "CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, THE". I
> > > scratched my head for a few minutes, trying to figure out if I had
> > > downloaded that movie on my server. I was really quite sure that I hadn't
> > > downloaded it, or any movies at all. I wondered if they might have
> > > misidentified a legitimate torrent. Then it dawned on me - with the recent
> > > talk about BitTorrent over tor, it probably was someone using BitTorrent
> > > over tor.  I've temporarily changed my configuration to ExitPolicy reject
> > > *:*, until I can figure out a more precise way of blocking BitTorrent.
> > >
> > > I'd very much like to continue running a tor server, but I can't afford to
> > > do it if I'm going to receive DMCA Takedown notices.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > - --Quentin
> > >
> > > Quentin Smith - http://www.comclub.org/~quentins/about
> > > ComClub International - http://www.comclub.org/
> > > quentins@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > qesmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should be
> > > glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and
> > > this we should do freely and generously.
> > > - - Benjamin Franklin
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