Re: relay tidbits...

[luser <luser456@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> If in the United States,
> https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html.en#ExitSnooping
> pertains to you.

Nope, but I'm sure there is something similar where I am.

> > is there a case for maintaining a central repository of ip/username  
> > pairs from certain protocols (pop3, imap, ftp, whatever) emanating from  
> > exit nodes as a reference for admins in the case that access via tor to  
> > these accounts is prohibited/not advised.
>
> No more than there is a case for the non-Tor Internet.  Tor transports
> packets, what people use it for isn't up to you.  Interesting that
> you're trying to assign morality to a protocol.

If I believe that the majority of POP3 traffic over tor is performed by 
unauthorised parties, and as an exit node admin I'm someway helping this 
access, then is there not a moral argument for exit node admins to 
detect the abuse of tor and alert the people affected? to go further, is 
there not a moral argument for this detection/alerting to be done by tor 
itself?  in POP3's case the mail server administrator/security people 
might benefit from a resource that would tell them whether any of their 
assets are being abused using tor. as long as only specific identifiers 
are captured, with absolutely no personal details, I'd think a 
repository of this kind would help out a few people, and I don't see the
harm in doing so.

I'd be interested if people did see the harm.

Again, if this is detrimental to the project I'll stop the relay.

Thanks