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noticeweird wrote (edited )

I have an old raspberry pi laying around. Would this work on there?

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NEOalquimista OP wrote (edited )

I heard many people run relays on Raspberry Pi. Put Debian on it, and give it a try! It should handle the traffic just fine for your home. It just might not be enough if you plan on running a very fast exit relay, I believe. But you should stick to a normal relay if you're running it at home.

I run my relay on a netbook with similar specs as the RPi 3, dealing with ~500 KBytes per second. CPU usage never goes above 20%.

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noticeweird wrote

Thanks! I'll give it a try.

I don't think I'll try an exit node while living overseas. Wouldn't mind running one back home, but cant really afford to get booted from the country.

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NEOalquimista OP wrote

I remember reading a story from an exit relay operator, describing his experience in the last years. And all he got for running an exit relay was notifications from the ISP/hosting company, which were all explained and forgotten many times. No SWAT, no FBI, no car chase. Maybe it's not that dangerous. But caution is good.

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noticeweird wrote

In my home country it wouldn't be an issue, but I'm not sure about the laws where I currently live and how they wouldn't handle it since I'm not a local.

They tend to go full law-mode to set an example, and I haven't read about any of those happening yet. I don't want to be the example.

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