Most likely you are accessing this website because you had some issue with +the traffic coming from this IP. This router is part of the Tor Anonymous Network, which is +dedicated to providing people with anonymity who need it most: average +computer users. This router IP should be generating no other traffic, unless +it has been compromised. + +
+ +While Tor is not designed for malicious computer users, it is inevitable that +some may use the network for malicious ends. In the mind of this operator, +the social need for easily accessible censorship-resistant anonymous +communication trumps the risk. Tor sees use by many important segments of the +population, including whistle blowers, journalists, Chinese dissidents +skirting the Great Firewall and oppressive censorship, abuse victims, +stalker targets, the US military, and law enforcement, just to name a few. + +
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+ +In terms of applicable law, the best way to understand Tor is to consider it a +network of routers operating as common carriers, much like the Internet +backbone. However, unlike the Internet backbone routers, Tor routers +explicitly do not contain identifiable routing information about the source of +a packet. + +
+ +As such, there is little the operator of this router can do to help you track +the connection further. This router maintains no logs of any of the Tor +traffic, so there is little that can be done to trace either legitimate or +illegitimate traffic (or to filter one from the other). Attempts to +seize this router will accomplish nothing. +
+ + + +Furthermore, this machine also serves as a carrier of email, which means that +its contents are further protected under the ECPA. 18 +USC 2707 explicitly allows for civil remedies ($1000/account +plus legal fees) +in the event of a seizure executed without good faith or probable cause (it +should be clear at this point that traffic with an originating IP address of +FIXME_DNS_NAME should not constitute probable cause to seize the +machine). Similar considerations exist for 1st amendment content on this +machine. + +
+ + + +If you are a representative of a company who feels that this router is being +used to violate the DMCA, please be aware that this machine does not host or +contain any illegal content. Also be aware that network infrastructure +maintainers are not liable for the type of content that passes over their +equipment, in accordance with DMCA +"safe harbor" provisions. In other words, you will have just as much luck +sending a takedown notice to the Internet backbone providers. Please consult +EFF's prepared +response for more information on this matter. + +
For more information, please consult the following documentation: + +
++ +That being said, if you still have a complaint about the router, you may +email the maintainer. If +complaints are related to a particular service that is being abused, I will +consider removing that service from my exit policy, which would prevent my +router from allowing that traffic to exit through it. I can only do this on a +IP+destination port basis, however. Common P2P and IRC ports are +already blocked. + +
You also have the option of blocking this IP and others on the Tor network +if you so desire. The Tor project provides a python script to +extract all IP addresses of Tor exit nodes, and an official DNSRBL is also available to +determine if a given IP is actually a Tor exit server. Please be considerate +when using these options. It would be unfortunate to deny all Tor users access +to your site indefinitely simply because of a few bad apples. + + +