community issueshttps://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/community/-/issues2023-01-18T18:32:39Zhttps://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/community/-/issues/267[Relay] Warn about the risk of ending up on blocklists2023-01-18T18:32:39ZGus[Relay] Warn about the risk of ending up on blocklistsSome relay operators running non-exits on their residential connections are having a bad time with blocklists. [This isn't a new thing](https://twitter.com/FiloSottile/status/1257714275763851264). In the tor-relays mailing list and the T...Some relay operators running non-exits on their residential connections are having a bad time with blocklists. [This isn't a new thing](https://twitter.com/FiloSottile/status/1257714275763851264). In the tor-relays mailing list and the Tor Forum, we've been asking relay operators to avoid running public nodes on their residential connections, for example, running a Snowflake proxy or a bridge will avoid your IP ending up on blocklists.https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/community/-/issues/165Make clear that being a relay operator requires transparency about the relay ...2023-06-15T15:23:46ZRoger DingledineMake clear that being a relay operator requires transparency about the relay operator, not secrecyAs part of our work on the bad-relays team and the network health team, we periodically encounter relay operators who seem to think they should be keeping which relay they run secret from us and the world.
We should change the relay ope...As part of our work on the bad-relays team and the network health team, we periodically encounter relay operators who seem to think they should be keeping which relay they run secret from us and the world.
We should change the relay operator docs on community.tpo to make it clear that while Tor is about protecting users, being a relay operator is an act of transparency -- so people who want to run relays while themselves staying anonymous and secretive are not how we achieve a robust network.
I haven't looked yet to figure out where exactly in the docs we should do this change, or figured out what exactly we should change it to say. Bonus points if somebody jumps in and does these steps. :)GusGus