[tor-relays] Amazon abuse report

[Andreas Krey]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:43:41 +0000, Paritesh Boyeyoko wrote:
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> This is something which has always confused/annoyed me.  How can a Tor node 
> (unless it's exposing its SOCKS interface to the whole world) be classed as an 
> "open proxy"?

The 'open proxy' is simply a tag on the IP address; it does not say that
the openness actually exists at that address.

> Yes, Exit Relays exit to the clear Internet but they're not exactly open to 
> clients for connection (unless specifically configured that way).

Oh, but they are. Anybody with a tor client can use them, and if only a
single tor client is run with its socks port exposed then all of the
exit relays become 'open proxies' more along your definition.

Andreas

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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800