IRCNet abuse

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Thu Jun 9 10:35:05 UTC 2005


On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:57:11PM +0200, Robert Mischke wrote:
> 
> --- "Jonathan D. Proulx" <jon at csail.mit.edu> schrieb:
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 06:48:24PM +0100, Adam
> > Langley wrote:
> > 
> > :You could port sniff outbound 6667 ports with
> > tcpdump or ethereal.
> > 
> > that's a bit rude, 

My hoster (Hetzner) blocks port 6667 by default, unless I ask them to open
it. Do I have to tell Tor that it's blocked, or will Tor discover it
automatically?

> Not only rude, but illegal in several countries. Of
> course, this can be done in secrecy, but I think
> advocating sniffing in the context of a privacy
> network is Not A Good Idea (tm).

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