By TheEnKrypt
I have been running an IRC server on my droplet for a while. After looking around a bit, I have noticed that some providers do not allow you to run IRC servers.
I am even more suspicious of running a Tor relay (I haven’t run one on my droplet yet), but I’d like to know if I could indeed run one without violating the ToS or any other policy/rules set forth by Digital Ocean.
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They say they “strongly recommend against running an exit node” but I think that they give you the freedom to choose (just be more careful since if there is abuse their system will autoban your account)
Yes. IRC is allowed. As for tor, you should not have any trouble when running a relay but we strongly recommend against running an exit node as these generate a lot of abuse complaints and would likely cause issues for you with your account.
Thank you. However, If I want to run a Tor relay, do I still have the freedom to do so?
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