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Hi William, comments below: William Denton: > On 19 March 2016, Alison Macrina wrote: > >> Hi all, Andromeda forwarded me this email and so I decided to join the >> list in case anyone wants to chat about Tor relays (exits and non-exits) >> in libraries. > > Welcome---I'm glad you joined. > > I work at a large university where the library has a small IT department > and the university has a large one. University IT ultimately controls > everything about networking and security. Library IT is concerned about > security, and library administration is concerned about making sure our > contracts with vendors aren't broken by us accidentally opening up JSTOR > and PsycInfo to Tor users. > > How have academic libraries like mine been arranging exit nodes? Do you > have any advice, regarding the technology and the advocacy, that would > help? We tell vendors our IP range---how could I convince people to set > up a new one for the exit node? > > Bill So, I just want to clarify some things for the rest of the list (because this brings up a common misconception). Exit nodes must be on a separate IP from other traffic. Non-exits are indistinguishable as Tor traffic because non-exit traffic doesn't leave the Tor cloud. So if you set up an exit, it would need its own IP, and you'd have vendors exclude that IP. If it was a non-exit, you wouldn't have to alert vendors at all. Let me know if you have other questions. Alison