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Mailing list for relay operators at educational institutions:
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https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays-universities
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== How do I make my University / ISP / etc happy with my exit node? ==
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## How do I make my University / ISP / etc happy with my exit node?
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'''NOTE:''' See also [https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassment Tips for Running an Exit Node with Minimal Harassment]
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**NOTE:** See also [Tips for Running an Exit Node with Minimal Harassment](https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassment)
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To keep your exit node running long-term, you're going to need
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the support of the people around you. In this sense, Tor provides a lever
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* Second, learn about your local laws with respect to liability of
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traffic that exits from your Tor relay. In the US, these appear to
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be mainly the
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[https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html#DMCA DMCA] and
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[https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html#Lawsuits CDA],
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[DMCA](https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html#DMCA) and
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[CDA](https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html#Lawsuits),
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and the good news is that many lawyers
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believe that Tor exit node operators are in the same boat as the ISPs
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themselves. Become familiar with
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[https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-dmca-response.html the EFF's template letter regarding DMCA notices for Tor],
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[the EFF's template letter regarding DMCA notices for Tor](https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-dmca-response.html),
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which is quite clear about not putting liability on service
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providers. The CDA is less clear, because it was written before the
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modern Internet emerged, but EFF and ACLU are optimistic. Of
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become familiar with the laws and their implications and uncertainties.
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* Third, learn about Tor's design. Read the
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[https://www.torproject.org/overview.html design overview], the
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[https://www.torproject.org/svn/trunk/doc/design-paper/tor-design.html design paper],
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[design overview](https://www.torproject.org/overview.html), the
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[design paper](https://www.torproject.org/svn/trunk/doc/design-paper/tor-design.html),
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and the
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[/../TorFAQ FAQ].
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Hang out on IRC for a while and learn more. If possible, attend a
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talk by one of the Tor developers. Learn about the types of people and
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organizations who need secure communications on the Internet. Practice
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explaining Tor and its benefits and consequences to friends and
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neighbors -- the [https://www.torproject.org/faq-abuse abuse FAQ] may provide
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neighbors -- the [abuse FAQ](https://www.torproject.org/faq-abuse) may provide
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some helpful starting points.
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* Fourth, learn a bit about authentication on the Internet. Many
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how to interpret laws by a non-lawyer, but they are often pleased to
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hear that other lawyers have done a lot of the research and leg-work
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(this is where
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[https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq the EFF's legal FAQ] comes in,
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[the EFF's legal FAQ](https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq) comes in,
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along with your law school contacts if you found any). Make sure to
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keep these discussions informal and small -- invite one of the general
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counsel out to coffee to discuss "something neat that may come up later
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the opportunity to explain to them about Tor and why it's useful to the
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world. (If they contact you directly for logs, you should send them to
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your university's lawyers -- acting on it yourself is
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[https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html#RequestForLogs almost always a poor idea].)
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[almost always a poor idea](https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq.html#RequestForLogs).)
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If there are too many complaints coming in, there are several approaches
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you can take to reduce them. First, you should follow the tips in the
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[https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay Tor relay documentation], such
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[Tor relay documentation](https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay), such
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as picking a descriptive hostname or getting your own IP address. If
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that doesn't work, you can scale back the advertised
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speed of your relay, by using the Max``Advertised``Bandwidth
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relay if they're involved in a research project around anonymity. So
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if you're interested, you might want to get that started early in the
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process -- see our
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[https://www.torproject.org/volunteer#Research list of open research questions]
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[list of open research questions](https://www.torproject.org/volunteer#Research)
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for suggestions. This approach has the added benefit that you can draw
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in other faculty and students in the process. The downside is that your
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Tor relay's existence is more fragile, since the terms of its demise
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