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On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 04:57:09PM -0700, ondesmartenot@riseup.net wrote:
> I am interested in running a Tor exit relay, and I have successfully set
> one up in the past, but I took it down because I realized that I do not
> have any clue how to protect myself if someone who sees lots of Tor
> traffic exiting from my IP address decides to attack my router or
> computer.
> 
> Can you point me to any documentation relating to maintaining your relay's
> security? I know that computer security is a large and complex problem,
> but just some basic information on likely threats and tips to protect
> against them would be much appreciated.

You might like
https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-relay-debian#after
which links to
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/OperationalSecurity

Also, you should be aware of the tor-relays list, where things like
this are discussed more often.

Thanks for running a relay!
--Roger

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