Exactly this happened to me, too, yesterday. I am running a dedicated host by Strato, providing unused bandwith for tor (nickname baphomet) which is configured as a exit node. This host is unavail since 9:00 MEST yesterday. The guys at Strato gave me the phone number of a public prosecutor. I spoke with him, and though he wasnt allowed to tell me details by phone, we has some conversation. When I told him that I provide some bandwith for tor he knew about tor and told me that it is NOT FORBIDDEN in germany to do so. He asked me if it could be possible that my server has been hacked and been abused. Unfortunately I have not yet received any letter from them so I dont know what's the real reason. I think, two things might be: some illegal activities have been made through tor and unfortunately my host was exit node in the "right" moment. Or, they are searching for hidden services. Perhaps there are nodes within tor that provide content that is unallowed in germany and they start confiscating all tor nodes and search for unallowed content. If so, some more of us will get troubles soon. My personal opinion: I have no hidden service. I have no unallowed content at my host. It is allowed to run tor in germany. I will go on running a tor node. I tell anybody here to do so, too. Kind Regards Thomas Hluchnik Am Freitag, 8. September 2006 02:57 schrieb sigi: > Hi, > > possibly we get a problem, because in Germany they're just confiscating > tor-middleman-nodes?!? > > The message is only available in German... > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-496214.html > Does anyone here have similar problems? > > asks; > sigi. > >
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