<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Isn't it more likely that rather than blocking it, they monitor who uses it (i.e., who connects to entry points?)<br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Nick Mathewson &lt;nickm@freehaven.net&gt;<br>To: or-talk@freehaven.net<br>Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 5:20:31 PM<br>Subject: Re: Can governments block tor?<br><br><div>On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 03:15:39PM -0500, Arrakistor wrote:<br>&gt; <br>&gt; I&nbsp;&nbsp;am&nbsp;&nbsp;sure&nbsp;&nbsp;this&nbsp;&nbsp;has&nbsp;&nbsp;been&nbsp;&nbsp;answered&nbsp;&nbsp;before,&nbsp;&nbsp;but my email logs are<br>&gt; destroyed.<br>&gt; <br>&gt;
 Can&nbsp;&nbsp;a&nbsp;&nbsp;government&nbsp;&nbsp;find&nbsp;&nbsp;out&nbsp;&nbsp;what&nbsp;&nbsp;IP&nbsp;&nbsp;addresses that tor originally<br>&gt; connects to in order to get directory information?<br><br>Currently, yes, if the government employs anybody who knows how to<br>download Tor and read C.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would imagine that most governments do.<br><br>We're working on this.<br><br>rtfm'ly yrs,<br>-- <br>Nick Mathewson<br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>