[tor-relays] Call for discussion: turning funding into more exit relays

Subject: [tor-relays] Call for discussion: turning funding into more exit relays

From: Sriakhil Gogineni <sriakhil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 23:48:16 -0700

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I saw this posted on slashdot and think this is an excellent way to donate some of our time and expertise, especially considering Internet access has been declared a human right by the UN.

We currently colocate with a provider and will be inquiring with them if they are OK with hosting Tor, (the post here: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassment was extremely helpful for other just joining and we will be following such advice when we bring it up with our provider).

Ball park quotes we got were 99$ / 100 Mbps or $599 / 1000 Mbps for transit for a single 1U... we'll see if we can get something better...

Would this be helpful / viable option for a Tor exit node ?

I also had just one question: what are the specs required for a Tor node? It does not seem too resource intensive but I have not been able to find any minimum system requirements. Would a current / last-generation quad core with 8GB + would suffice?

Best,

Sri

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