Re: Time Warner bad / VPS recommendations

[Matthew McCabe <mateo07@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that it may be a risk for one organization to own a large number 
of Tor nodes.  But if that organization is a non-profit and run by some 
of the Tor users, developers, and operators on this list, that should 
reduce the risk that the organization will willingly compromise its Tor 
network.

Also, you could setup an independent auditing system in which Tor 
"experts" could examine the Tor boxes or VPSs to be sure that they are 
not compromised.

It is all about transparency!

Peter Lombardo wrote:
> It's a risk regarding a large number of nodes being run by a single 
> entity.  The upside to such a business model though would be if they 
> donated a percentage of profits to the Tor foundation.  If they get 
> pummeled by C&D letters and eventually shut down, at least TOR can 
> keep the money for future development.
>
> If I can make a disclaimer, I'm working on such a service where one of 
> the 'pay for' plans allow for a user to VPN into a TOR server 
> configured to transparently route traffic over the TOR network.  But 
> we never use VPS's; only dedicated boxes rented from quasi-random 
> ISPs.  I've limited it to one TOR box per ISP so far.
>
> Peter