Hello Speak Freely, that's not nice to hear. Quote: "Rest assure that, in case of an abuse, we will not terminate your account without notice. In fact we may not even terminate your VPS. You will receive a warning from our Abuse department giving you a choice to resolve the abuse case" Has OVH contacted you before because of an abuse complaint? ~Josef Am 25.02.2015 um 19:35 schrieb Speak Freely: > Hello fellow relay runners, > > This morning OVH decided to kill 7 of my relays due to spamming, and > block all access to all services. I ran the Reduced Exit policy for all > of my relays. > > Due to heightened concerns about this affecting other unrelated services > I have with OVH, I had to shut down the other 3 relays. They may > eventually re-appear as middle-relays. > > This has cost me hundreds of dollars, as I foolishly decided to prepay > on an annual basis. None of the servers were older than 2 months. Some > were only a few weeks old. > > The Abuse department's rationale is as follows: > "Your account was suspended because 100% of your IPs are blacklisted on > multiples lists for Spam and other malicious activities. > This case is closed and this decision is final." > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > When I first contacted OVH regarding running Tor relays, this was the > response that I received from them, which does not mesh with what just > happened. > > "Good morning Matt, > > I'm very glad to here from you. It is very flattering to hear that you > are very satisfied by our service at OVH! > > We do take our network speed and hardware performance very seriously > here. We are proud of our infrastructure that we have built over the years. > > I do understand your concerns about setting up a Tor relay on one of our > VPS. In a simple form, yes you can. > > We do let our customers use our VPS as Tor relays. We have no problem in > letting you this. > > However, your are allowed to use Tor but it will be at your own risk. > > Rest assure that, in case of an abuse, we will not terminate your > account without notice. In fact we may not even terminate your VPS. You > will receive a warning from our Abuse department giving you a choice to > resolve the abuse case. > > Like you said, we are in a world where free speech is constantly under > attack and we are committed to help as much as possible to protect this > fundamental right that we all have. We will absolutely not in any case > share our customers information or data to authorities without a warrant. > > For any other questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at any > time. We are available 24/7. > > Good luck with that privacy project of yours and keep on supporting the > cause of free speech! > > Thank you for contacting OVH and have a wonderful day! > > Colin K. > Customer Advocate" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Not that it matters anymore, but each relay was dedicated to one of the > victims of the Charlie Hebdo attack. > https://atlas.torproject.org/#search/4charlie > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Eventually I will get back at this... But for now, my money is gone, and > all my hard work is lost. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > So... I know I'm new. And it's possible this has happened (many times) > before, but... You've been warned. > > > Speak Freely > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
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