[tor-relays] FYI: ISP's and blocked Authorities

[Sebastian Urbach]

Hi Philipp,

Thats what he tried first, ping / traceroute was more or less to confirm 
the suspicion.

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Mit freundlichen Grüssen / Sincerely yours

Sebastian Urbach

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On November 17, 2014 12:15:01 PM Philipp Winter <phw at nymity.ch> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 07:08:55PM +0100, Sebastian Urbach wrote:
> > The operator i talked to tried ping / tracetoute. There was 100 %
> > package loss.
>
> It's probably better to directly connect to an authority's OR port.
> ICMP can be blocked by an ISP while direct TCP connections to the OR
> port can still succeed.
>
> Cheers,
> Philipp
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