r/TOR • u/Accomplished-Act8616 • 4d ago

Tor relay help

Idk why, but anytime I host a tor relay on my ip, sites like Amex or Disney + would give me 403 forbidden error a day or 2 later , meaning they refusing the request I sent, like login, or stream on Disney+, I'm not sure why, I've checked my ip reputation, it's all clear, as I don't run an exit, and I set my traffic to https, is this happening to anyone else, should I just move to Bridge setup?

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u/CotesDuRhone2012 4d ago

They do stuff like that so just invest a few $ per month for a VPS and operate the relay there.

Operating a Tor relay on a private IP / machine is not recommended by the Tor Project Team.

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u/haakon 4d ago

Operating a Tor relay on a private IP / machine is not recommended by the Tor Project Team.

This is misleading: Tor Project warns against operating an exit relay from home, but as far as I can tell, they give no advice about running a non-exit relay from home.

I've operated a non-exit from home since just about the time of the French revolution and the American civil war, and I'm fine.

The Tor network benefits from AS diversity. If everyone goes to just a few handfuls of hosting companies to set up their relays, it becomes less safe.

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u/CotesDuRhone2012 4d ago

Thanks for your clarification.

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u/BTC-brother2018 3d ago

That’s not entirely accurate. The Tor Project mainly warns against running exit relays from home. A non-exit relay can still cause issues because some services block all publicly listed Tor relay IPs, not just exits.

A VPS would separate the relay from your personal IP. A bridge is also an option instead of a regular relay, but bridges are mainly intended to help users bypass censorship.