On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 23:14:28 +0200
Eldalië via tor-relays <tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello there!
> I've been running for over 1.5 year a middle relay on an IP address I also use
> to browse, withous issues. However it's now some weeks since many websites that
> always refused tor traffic started to also refuse normal traffic from my IP. I
> suppose this is related to the relay, because I don't run any other "suspect"
> service on this IP and when I change it the problem is gone for a few hours.
> My guess is that some widely used black list started including middle relay
> IPs, but I have no proofs.
> Has anyone had similar experiences? Any thoughts on this?
For me this has always been the case, since many years ago. It is surprising
you did not have issues for 1.5 years.
It is probably this list: https://www.dan.me.uk/tornodes
It has explanation text in bold, but nobody reads that.
Or just the Tor relay lists that can be fetched from the Tor project directly.
I stopped running a relay at home years ago (due to moving home and going from 1Gbps upload to 10Mbps) but had had the problem with a third party used by an airline starting to use that list.
It may be better nowadays as most things are available over IPv6 so I wouldn't care as much if my IPv4 gets blocked and hopefully they wouldn't block more than a /64 for IPv6.