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Realities of hosting a tor relay node at home (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Maroon@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I am in the EU. I want to help make the TOR network more robust by contributing a relay node. I have one of three hardware options: a raspberry pi zero W, raspberry pi 4B, or ThinkPad T470s.

In your practical experience, which of these computers would be the best for the network? As I understand, beyond a point, the CPU power doesn't matter unless massive traffic loads go through the node.

P.S: Not sure if this is relevant, but I currently have a pihole hosted in a separate RPI zero. I plan to host this at home. I do not have a separate connection line. My router doesn't support vlan.

Add: Thank you for the kind replies. Based on the feedback, it think I'm currently not setup to help the network. I will instead continue with my annual contribution.

I will look into hosting a node on a VPS and just pay a monthly subscription fee or something.

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[–] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Tor operator here.

If you don’t have a second IP for your relay, don’t host at home. You will have CAPTCHAs everywhere, many sites will block you and your ISP will eventually contact you to stop degrading their IP space reputation.

Most website owners don’t discriminate between Tor exits and relays. They subscribe to block-lists that include all known Tor IP addresses. Major online services will make your browsing experience really shitty and once you’re a “known Tor IP” it will take months to remove that reputation.

You can run a Bridge instead, but you will eventually have the same problem.

[–] 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 4 points 1 year ago

to be fair I really just used my relay for myself and didn't run into that many issues... but this IS the reality if you want to help others like you said...

[–] teppa@piefed.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Could you route through a VPN like Torguard or something?