I think service providers are afforded special protections because the law recognizes their utility and the inability of the service provider to be responsible for the actions of all of their customers. The major problem is that not every individual has the same protections. A lot of ISPs are actually also CLECs or LECs that are protected as licensed telecom carriers. ISPs also do not "allow strangers to do whatever they want" ISPs have responsibilities to act on DCMA notices and CALEA requests from law enforcement. These are things that Tor exit nodes are not capable of doing. If you were an ISP and could not respond to CALEA requests, you will find yourself out of business in a big hurry. Steven Naslund -----Original Message----- From: George Herbert [mailto:george.herbert@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 1:51 PM To: Tom Beecher; NANOG Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Tom Beecher <tbeecher@localnet.com> wrote:
Assuming it's true, it was bound to happen. Running anything , TOR or otherwise, that allows strangers to do whatever they want is just folly.
Such as, say, an Internet Service Provider business? ... -- -george william herbert george.herbert@gmail.com