[tor-relays] Re: Consensus frequently reports relay down, despite relay passing traffic

On 26.12.2025 10:40 forest-relay-contact--- via tor-relays <tor-relays@lists.torproject.org> wrote:

Would it be appropriate for me to try to ping every relay in the consensus to try to map its connectivity?

Ping (ICMP echo request) is not the same as a TCP connection to the ORPort. The latter is relevant. Some operators block ICMP echo request and some countries might censor the TCP connection to the ORPort, but not ICMP. -- kind regards Marco Send spam to abfall1766742026@stinkedores.dorfdsl.de