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@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ permalink: /tor-exit-notice-en/
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<p>
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Most likely you are accessing this website because you had some issue with
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the traffic coming from this IP. This router is part of the <a
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-href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor Anonymity Network</a>, which is
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-dedicated to <a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/overview">providing
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+href="https://www.torproject.org/" target="_blank">Tor Anonymity Network</a>, which is
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+dedicated to <a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/overview" target="_blank">providing
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privacy</a> to people who need it most: average computer users. This
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router IP should be generating no other traffic, unless it has been
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compromised.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center">
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-<a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/overview">
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+<a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/overview" target="_blank">
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<img src="data:image/png;base64,
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iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAQQAAACQCAMAAADZVuXZAAAABGdBTUEAANbY1E9Y
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MgAAABl0RVh0U29mdHdhcmUAQWRvYmUgSW1hZ2VSZWFkeXHJZTwAAAGAUExURej4
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@@ -193,20 +193,20 @@ alt="How Tor works" style="border-style:none"/>
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</a></p>
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<p>
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-Tor sees use by <a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/torusers">many
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+Tor sees use by <a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/torusers" target="_blank">many
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important segments of the population</a>, including whistle blowers,
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journalists, Chinese dissidents skirting the Great Firewall and oppressive
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censorship, abuse victims, stalker targets, the US military, and law
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enforcement, just to name a few. While Tor is not designed for malicious
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computer users, it is true that they can use the network for malicious ends.
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In reality however, the actual amount of <a
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-href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse">abuse</a> is quite low. This
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+href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse" target="_blank">abuse</a> is quite low. This
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is largely because criminals and hackers have significantly better access to
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privacy and anonymity than do the regular users whom they prey upon. Criminals
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can and do <a
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-href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/08/web_fraud_20_tools.html">build,
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+href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/08/web_fraud_20_tools.html" target="_blank">build,
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sell, and trade</a> far larger and <a
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-href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/08/web_fraud_20_distributing_your.html">more
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+href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/08/web_fraud_20_distributing_your.html" target="_blank">more
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powerful networks</a> than Tor on a daily basis. Thus, in the mind of this
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operator, the social need for easily accessible censorship-resistant private,
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anonymous communication trumps the risk of unskilled bad actors, who are
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@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ seize this router will accomplish nothing.</p>
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<p>
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Furthermore, this machine also serves as a carrier of email, which means that
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its contents are further protected under the ECPA. <a
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-href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2707">18
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+href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2707" target="_blank">18
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USC 2707</a> explicitly allows for civil remedies ($1000/account
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<i><b>plus</b></i> legal fees)
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in the event of a seizure executed without good faith or probable cause (it
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@@ -251,23 +251,23 @@ used to violate the DMCA, please be aware that this machine does not host or
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contain any illegal content. Also be aware that network infrastructure
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maintainers are not liable for the type of content that passes over their
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equipment, in accordance with <a
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-href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512">DMCA
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+href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512" target="_blank">DMCA
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"safe harbor" provisions</a>. In other words, you will have just as much luck
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sending a takedown notice to the Internet backbone providers. Please consult
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-<a href="https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-dmca-response">EFF's prepared
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+<a href="https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-dmca-response" target="_blank">EFF's prepared
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response</a> for more information on this matter.</p>
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<p>For more information, please consult the following documentation:</p>
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<ol>
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-<li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/overview">Tor Overview</a></li>
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-<li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse">Tor Abuse FAQ</a></li>
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-<li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq">Tor Legal FAQ</a></li>
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+<li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/overview" target="_blank">Tor Overview</a></li>
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+<li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq-abuse" target="_blank">Tor Abuse FAQ</a></li>
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+<li><a href="https://www.torproject.org/eff/tor-legal-faq" target="_blank">Tor Legal FAQ</a></li>
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</ol>
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<p>
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-That being said, if you still have a complaint about the router, you may
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-email the <a href="mailto:FIXME_YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS">maintainer</a>. If
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+That being said, if you still have a complaint about the router, you may
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+email the <a href="mailto:{{ site.email }}" target="_blank">maintainer</a>. If
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complaints are related to a particular service that is being abused, I will
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consider removing that service from my exit policy, which would prevent my
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router from allowing that traffic to exit through it. I can only do this on an
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@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ already blocked.</p>
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<p>
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You also have the option of blocking this IP address and others on
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the Tor network if you so desire. The Tor project provides a <a
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-href="https://check.torproject.org/cgi-bin/TorBulkExitList.py">web service</a>
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+href="https://check.torproject.org/cgi-bin/TorBulkExitList.py" target="_blank">web service</a>
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to fetch a list of all IP addresses of Tor exit nodes that allow exiting to a
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specified IP:port combination, and an official <a
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-href="https://www.torproject.org/tordnsel/dist/">DNSRBL</a> is also available to
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+href="https://www.torproject.org/tordnsel/dist/" target="_blank">DNSRBL</a> is also available to
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determine if a given IP address is actually a Tor exit server. Please
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be considerate
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when using these options. It would be unfortunate to deny all Tor users access
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