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submitted 1 year ago by wuemelii@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Hey there, I want to run a Tor Node. What would you advice me? Is this illegal ? Will my ISP cut me off? Where can I get started?

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[–] throwaway234f32423df@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It's safe unless you run an exit node. All my VPS's run tor relays (mostly bridges) except for the IPV6-only servers where the support still isn't there. In my opinion all VPS's should be running Tor relays unless you have a specific reason not to (like if you have less than 1GB RAM you probably shouldn't). All the documentation is on the Tor website. Read up & decide if you want to run a normal relay or a bridge and follow the instructions accordingly.

As an alternative to (or in addition to) a relay/bridge, you can also run one or more instances of Snowflake Proxy which is a special type of Tor on-ramp that doesn't require running a full Tor instance, making it more suitable for low-RAM systems.