Re: shadowserver.org

[Al MailingList <alpal.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Damian Johnson <atagar1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Probably because your exit node is being used to do something that
>> warrants an abuse report.
>
> Maybe, but if this shadowserver site is being incommunicado then I wouldn't
> put much confidence in their findings.

FWIW, Shadowserver have a reputation of being very good at what they do.

>
>> Stop the activity on your exit node that is causing them to lodge reports?
>
> Very bad advice. Snooping on exit traffic (or tampering it in any way) are
> highly discouraged.
>

I would have thought abusing the tor network was highly discouraged
too? If people insist on using it for spam and god-knows-what else,
what other choice is there? Unfortunately if people continue to abuse
it, it just stops people who otherwise would from running an exit
node.

> -Damian
>
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Al MailingList
> <alpal.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > I am running the exit-node tor-readme.spamt.net. My provider,
>> > server4you, keeps getting abuse reports from shadowserver.org. According
>> > to the abuse service they are running honeynets which record activity
>> > comming from my exit-node's IP.
>> >
>> > I have tried to communicate directly with shadowserver.org but got no
>> > answer.
>> >
>> > Does anybody have experience with those guys?
>> >
>> > I mean, they should know what tor is and that their "abuse" reports
>> > create nothing but work and anger for everybody. So why do they do it
>> > then?
>> >
>>
>> Probably because your exit node is being used to do something that
>> warrants an abuse report.
>>
>> > For the moment I have to close abuse tickets on a weekly basis. I could
>> > live with that, but I would prefer solving the issue.
>> >
>> > Any recommendations on what I could do?
>>
>> Stop the activity on your exit node that is causing them to lodge reports?
>>
>> >
>> > regards
>> >
>> > Alex
>> >
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