[tor-relays] Contacting Apple About a Block IP Address

[Daniel Thill]

I found the same thing when I ran a middle relay on my home connection.  Hulu and Best Buy outright blocked me. I ended up having to switch to a bridge relay and wait for my IP to change. 

> On Aug 12, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Thomas White <thomaswhite at riseup.net> wrote:
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> Don't run a relay from your own IP address. Pretty standard advice
> there sorry regardless if it's an exit or non-exit. I guess the people
> at Apple simply downloaded every Tor server IP and put no effort into
> reading the differences between types of relay because to be fair,
> they aren't paid to give a damn as long as it stops problems.
> 
> You could pop an email off to their customer support, but honestly I
> wouldn't get your hopes up with Apple.
> 
> - -T
> 
>> On 12/08/2014 19:29, Christopher Burg wrote:
>> Hey fellow relay operators,
>> 
>> While searching for a solution to a problem I've been having I
>> learned that my IP has been blocked from accessing
>> discussions.apple.com. The message that I get is the same message I
>> get whenever I attempt to access a website known to block IP
>> addresses operating Tor relays. I am running a non-exit relay,
>> which I'm assuming is the reason I'm now blocked from access the
>> site.
>> 
>> Has anybody else run into this problem and, if so, have you been
>> able to get your IP address unblocked by Apple? If you have managed
>> to get your IP unblocked what steps did you take? Unfortunately due
>> to my work I am in a position where I have to access Apple's
>> discussion forums from time to time.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Christopher Burg
>> 
>> 
>> 
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