I have the opposite problem in a way. I use geocaching.org frequently. But because they have had a problem in the past with Tor users they block Tor nodes. As I run a Relay, not Exit, this means that I have to ask for an exception every time my IP changes Happily that doesn't happen very often but it is surly a pain when it does.
Is there a way for someone to distinguish real and exit IPs? If so I'll try to educate them.
Bill W
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Daniel Case danielcase10@gmail.com wrote:
I have a real world example of this. My forum was being abused by several users all originating from the Tor network, so the first thing I did (and any sane admin would do) was block Tor access (with a note) for a few hours while I figured out what to do. I ended up unbloacking the network and showing Tor users a low-fi version of the forum, and not letting them sign in without captcha (a simple qualitative question) - reducing load and spam.
But something must be done temporally, I agree that Tor users shouldn't be blocked permanently but quiet is needed in order to implement a solution and to get that quiet you need to block at network level, then you can begin a more permanent mitigation plan.
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