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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#HideExits">https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#HideExits</a><br>
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You should hide the list of Tor relays, so people can't block the
exits.<br>
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There are a few reasons we don't:<br>
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a) We can't help but make the information available, since Tor
clients need to use it to pick their paths. So if the "blockers"
want it, they can get it anyway. Further, even if we didn't tell
clients about the list of relays directly, somebody could still make
a lot of connections through Tor to a test site and build a list of
the addresses they see.<br>
b) If people want to block us, we believe that they should be
allowed to do so. Obviously, we would prefer for everybody to allow
Tor users to connect to them, but people have the right to decide
who their services should allow connections from, and if they want
to block anonymous users, they can.<br>
c) Being blockable also has tactical advantages: it may be a
persuasive response to website maintainers who feel threatened by
Tor. Giving them the option may inspire them to stop and think about
whether they really want to eliminate private access to their
system, and if not, what other options they might have. The time
they might otherwise have spent blocking Tor, they may instead spend
rethinking their overall approach to privacy and anonymity.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/02/16 20:04, blacklight . wrote:<br>
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<div>hello there! i don't know if this mailing list works
but i thought of giving it a try.<br>
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i was lately reading an article (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/3037180/security/tor-users-increasingly-treated-like-second-class-web-citizens.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/3037180/security/tor-users-increasingly-treated-like-second-class-web-citizens.html</a>)<br>
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and it was about tor users getting blocked from accessing
alot of website. but after giving this some thought i think i
came up with a possible solution to the problem :there is a
thing called bridges, they are used to access the tor network
without your isp knowing that you use tor, but if you can use
those proxies to enter the network, it might also be possible
to exit the network with them. But then we face a second
challenge, the exit nodes have to be configured in such a way
that it will relay traffic to such a bridge, so the exit node
owners also need to know the ip of the bridge. While this
doesn't seem difficult to do, it can become difficult. You see
if the bridges are published on a public list(like normal
bridges are) then the blocking sites in question will be able
to block those address too. While this also posses a problem,
a possible solution could be found in something called
flashproxies, flashproxies are bridges with a really short
life span, they are created and destroyed fairly swiftly, when
this is done in a rapid pace, they become really hard to block
because the ip changes all the time. So if the exit nodes can
be configured to make use of such flash proxies, then the
problem could be solved. I Must admit that not an expert on
this or anything, and it needs alot of more thought, but it
could work. so i was wondering if there are any experts who
could help me with thinking out this subject and maybe confirm
if this idea could work.<br>
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greetings, blacklight<br>
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